California Doubling: The story is set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but filmed in Toronto. In the scene of the pre-Gilead protest, the demonstrators march past the distinctive Toronto City Hall.
Elisabeth Moss directed episodes in Seasons 4 and 5.
Bradley Whitford directed "Allegiance".
Enforced Method Acting: Sam Jaeger, who plays Mark Tuello, did this to himself. When preparing for the role, he only watched episodes of the series that put Serena Joy Waterford in a good light. As Jaeger himself put it, Mark Tuello is supposed to be attracted to Serena Joy's good side. Prior to the scene where Mark arrests Serena, he would watch all of the episodes with Serena Joy along with all the abuses she heaped on June, and his disgust in Serena's character is obvious when Mark proceeds to make the arrest.
Serena Joy's is desperate to finally have a baby via Handmaid, since she's been rendered incapable of having children via being shot. Yvonne Strahovski revealed she was pregnant some time before the second season aired.
Elise Bauman has a small role in season two as Serena Joy's assistant, who seems to agree with her ideals and praises her work. Bauman herself is an openly bisexual feminist — i.e. the exact sort of person Serena Joy is looking to eliminate.
Similarly, Chris Meloni, an open feminist and LGBTQ ally, being cast as High Commander Winslow, one of the chief architects of a society responsible for enslaving women as chattel and murdering countless LGBTQ people.
Killer App: The TV series has finally given Hulu an original series that has garnered attention from critics similar to Netflix's original programming. It ended up giving Hulu the honor of being the first streaming service to get a Best Series Emmy.
Method Acting: McKenna Grace spent the entire day of the hospital scene in Season 5 in handcuffs, resulting in swollen wrists and bruises. Shortly after this, she had surgery to correct scoliosis, watching the episode in question while recovering in hospital.
Funny Or Die presents a Gender Flip parody called The Handman's Tale.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Halloween Episode has a set of men dressed in the handmaids' iconic red costumes. It's part of the precinct's traditional heist.
Emma. (2020)'s first trailer has Mrs Goddard's pupils walking at a brisk pace dressed in long red coats and light-coloured bonnets. They look a lot like the oppressed handmaids from Hulu's series.
Troubled Production: The scenes at the Colonies in Season 2 were filmed in very cold and rainy Canadian weather, putting the actors in genuine danger of hypothermia. Their costumes had to be specially designed to keep them warm without actually looking like they were to sell the women's conditions.
Word of God: The show's creative team have said that handmaids are allowed to keep one item of red clothing from before among their wardrobe while in Gilead. For June, this is her red sweatshirt she sometimes wears.
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