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The Handmaid's Tale's Genevieve Angelson, who plays Gilead protagonist Alanis Wheeler, shared her thoughts connected that viral mentation that Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) volition go a handmaid herself.
Genevieve Angelson connected Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Theory
For Genevieve Angelson, blessed are the silent.
The actress, who made her Handmaid's Tale debut Sept. 28 playing Gilead-lover Alanis Wheeler, knows about that viral TikTok theory which posits that Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski) volition go a handmaid for the protective Wheeler family. And portion she's keeping her lips sealed—noting that spoiling this plotline would beryllium "so cruel"—Angelson said that the guess isn't retired of the question.
"It's truly dramatically affluent to acceptable up parallels. To beg the question of Serena, 'Do you judge successful this ngo truthful overmuch that you would dice for it, successful a way?' Maybe not dice for it, but if the tables were turned, bash you judge capable successful the bigger representation that you would instrumentality 1 connected the chin?" she exclusively told E! News. "I deliberation that that is simply a tenable question to inquire of anyone with power, with condemnation down a movement. Would you bash it?"
Angelson's character made her debut successful occurrence 4 of the 5th play arsenic Serena's caller hostess after Gilead's embassy—and Serena's makeshift location successful Canada—is attacked. But arsenic clip has gone on, fans person noticed signs that the caller surviving statement whitethorn not conscionable beryllium for her protection: Alanis cradles her stomach successful awe erstwhile she archetypal meets her successful occurrence four, and the Wheelers dictate what Serena eats and drinks.
And portion Angelson says she's work comments from fans calling her quality a "villain" oregon "creepy," thing Alanis does—or volition do—comes from a spot of existent belief that Gilead's ways volition repopulate the planet.
"I deliberation 'creepy' is profoundly caring successful the incorrect circumstances," she explained. "The reason, I think, radical would picture the mode that I'm behaving towards Serena Joy arsenic 'creepy' is due to the fact that I person met idiosyncratic who was chosen by God to prevention humanity. Because we're successful the 5th season, I deliberation radical sometimes hide that the grounding premise of the amusement is that determination is an infertility situation internationally that is threatening the quality race. We whitethorn beryllium extinct."
Because of this, Angelson noted that Alanis most apt hasn't met a large person in years; therefore, erstwhile she meets Serena, it feels similar "salvation."
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"There's an strength to that that comes disconnected successful my quality arsenic truly creepy," she noted. "But you tin imagine, being successful those circumstances, that a idiosyncratic would enactment successful a mode that seems unhinged. It's an unhinged reality."
As for their narration for the remainder of the season? Angelson hints that you tin already spot the cracks starting to signifier successful Alanis' worship of Serena, bringing up 1 occurrence 5 country successful which Serena offers for Alanis to articulation a telephone with top-level Gilead commanders (which Alanis obviously refuses).
"I'm reconciling successful that moment, for the archetypal time, that determination is simply a region successful the orders connected insubstantial and what I'm seeing successful the guru practicing them," she said. "It's the archetypal infinitesimal of dissonance for me."
Watch what happens between Mrs. Wheeler and Serena when The Handmaid's Tale airs Wednesdays connected Hulu.
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