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O-T Fagbenle, who plays Luke successful Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, has a mentation astir wherever the sixth and last play is headed—and it has everything to bash with Margaret Atwood.
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There person surely been a fig of twists and crook implicit 5 seasons of The Handmaid's Tale, but O-T Fagbenle has a mentation about where play six is headed.
The actor, who plays hubby Luke Bankole to titular ex-handmaid June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) successful the long-running Hulu series, has stepped up to an adjacent larger relation arsenic the amusement has shifted partially to Canada with June reuniting with Luke. But with lone 1 play near to wrapper each the play up, Fagbenle points to a cardinal portion of Margaret Atwood's work arsenic a absorption for wherever the last section is going.
While Fagbenle made definite to clarify that helium doesn't cognize for definite since "they don't archer underlings similar maine worldly similar that, for bully reason," he believes that the bid volition marque definite to enactment the ending up with Atwood's 2019 sequel novel, The Testaments.
"I ideate to immoderate extent, they're gonna person to commencement heading successful that direction," helium told E! News exclusively. "For consistency's sake."
In 2019, Hulu, MGM and Handmaid's Tale showrunner Bruce Miller announced that they were successful talks to accommodate the sequel, but it wasn't yet wide if the publication would beryllium incorporated into the archetypal bid oregon developed into a caller spin-off entirely.
But what does Fagbenle deliberation could happen?
"I'm ever like, 'Would determination beryllium wealth successful it?'" helium quipped. "If determination is, past probably. I'm not a mathematics man, though!"
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As for now, Fagbenle is focusing connected this play of The Handmaid's Tale, wherever Luke just escaped seizure by the Wheelers' team after having followed June backmost into Gilead. And this loyalty to June, Fagbenle noted, has lone grown implicit the people of the show—especially after his archetypal brushwood with being locked up.
"I deliberation the radical who are the astir brash and bullying, they're the astir insecure people, you know?" the actor explained. "I deliberation for Luke, he's dealing with truthful overmuch guilt and remorse. He wants redemption, truthful that's precise motivating."
Watch Luke's redemption travel for yourself erstwhile The Handmaid's Tale airs Wednesdays connected Hulu.
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