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The actress playing Aunt Lydia couldn't be a more perfect casting! Scary lady! I still don't know how she became so disillusioned with life so as to become such a hideous, conscienceless, sociopath!
The character is so unique, so full of edges and faces! And the actress is just amazing, you look into her the eyes and just buy it all, she is truly perfect.
Right for a while actually thought she was a plant from the rebel side, but based on some of the dark thing she's done lately even behind the back of Gilead, especially to the poor crazy one eyed girl ( sorry ive been locked up with to much tv can't recall her name ) I kinda figured she just crazy or disillusioned
Aunt Lydia really steals the show when she’s on screen. Such a deep character! Also, I bet in real life she’s a sweet heart! Lol Such an amazing actress.
I've been studying Scientology - NOT as a participant but just to know more about this belief system. It truly is oppressive and dangerous. Elizabeth Moss was born into it. Her whole family is still in. She keeps her connection under wraps and it's no wonder. She is a great actress and a fine producer and Handmaid's Tale is great television. It is to be hoped that one day she will have an awakening regarding her belief system and move away from Scientology's abusiveness. Meanwhile, I still admire her talent.
It's so hard for me that such a brilliant actress, and no doubt brilliant mind, is living under such heavy chains. Can't really see her directing this particular show and not question her own system believes... 😢
I guarantee you she wants out of it but she can't because if she does she will lose her entire family. Not to mention Scientology will try to destroy her life like they do everyone else that tries to leave...
I find Serena Joy fascinating and of course Yvonne does such a great job. I find myself rooting for her when she gives you a glimmer of humanity and then she pull it back. I want her to jump ship so badly.
I think it's because I watched every episode of Chuck but I keep finding myself hoping like she's going to turn out to be one of the good guys. But every time she starts looking like maybe she's realized how horrible this is and maybe she might try to help she turns around and River it's back.
Wonderfully played. She brings out so many mix emotions. I root for her too but only with hope she will wake up and act as a solid and intelligent woman..
Natalie Sooooo true!!!! She doesn’t deserve ANY REDEMPTION!!!! She is cruel and soooooo evil. I love the actress, hate Serena and Fred the same!!!! They both need to burn.
I dont know why it took me so long to watch the series. The story and the cast is amazing. The character are so complex and full of layers of traumas and issues.
Agreed. It looked like something from the past, not from a dystopia future. That's why I wasn't interested at first. But then I found out the premise of the show. And I was hooked.
I first read “The Handmaids Tale” in my mid-20’s, and it scared the living hell out of me. I have to admit, I was honestly a little nervous when I’d heard it was being made into a series, but clearly I needn’t have worried. Everyone working on this, from the writers to the cast are nothing short of phenomenal! I love every single person that make up the immensely talented cast working on this show, but I especially adore Ann Dowd. Her talent absolutely blows me away every time I’ve watched anything she’s in. But more than anything, I adore how she’s yet another brilliant light in an amazing string of talented women who have literally just exploded that stupidly long held idea in Hollywood that actresses over 40 have nothing to offer. She’s not what most would see as “beautiful” compared to all the other perfectly plastic actors and actresses, but I see such beauty and grace in her as well as all the other amazing women who have rocked the status quo of Hollywood to its core in the past 30 years. If I didn’t know any better, I would swear the role of Aunt Lydia was made especially for her - I honestly doubt anyone else could’ve pulled off this highly complicated, complex character as perfectly as Dowd has.
Aunt Lydia is the most complex character I believe! She's caught between empathy for the handmaids and the extremism of Gilead commanders. It's really interesting how they developed her character and Ann Dowd does a fantastic job!! I gotta say the show makes me very happy and proud to be Canadian! 😂 Glad to see you've all discovered our hidden treasure Margaret Atwood, she's got an incredible mind splattered in a number of books! English was a favourite subject growing up and she was one of the authors I had to wrap my head around. Not an easy task I might admit. 🤪
I am so floored by this show. I have loved it from the moment i watched the first episode and became somewhat obsessed if i admit it. The way they execute the killings and cover ups, the plans and attacks carried out by the most brutalized and abused people on screen is somewhat freeing for those of us who've been brutalized in real life. The artistic beauty in the way they've written the characters yet at the same time making them brutal and seemingly equal parts incredibly evil.
Funny, it’s almost like an actual part of body has been hacked off by a bunch of nutters! Not to mention the constant degradation, brutality, rape, your child taken from you, imprisoned, seeing someone she loved hung, etc. Emily is so traumatised, I’d have questions if she didn’t look burdened. Poor Emily.
@Annie Oops now that’s an interesting take. Aunt Lydia confuses me too. Sometimes I see the soft side coming through, but then bam, she’s vicious again. I hope the next season doesn’t take too long!
Yep. I like the scene where he asks Emily, “what are you doing?” While she was the floor kneeling for her first ceremony with him. Then he told her that he didn’t want to that (ceremony).
@@gabriellacallozzo1565 Ikr! I just finished season 4 today and I know season 5 probably won't come until next year so I wonder if I should just rewatch the whole thing lol. But Idk, the tears won't stop if I do 😅
It’s a little odd to me that Joseph and Yvonne refused to do a scene where the Commander rapes Serena but throughout the first season basically played rapists towards June. Maybe it’s due to the fact they hated those scenes so much I dunno.
@Arielle Yvonne was pregnant at the time of that would-be rape scene and even if she wasn't, I think he (th actor) didn't feel it fit with the plot of the story. They use rspe against the handmaids to supposedly populate Gilead and I feel like if he crossed that line with his wife he would just see it as a cheap and rapey show with no real substance.
It wouldn't have made sense to the plot I think. The wife is not a sexual vessel. She is supposed to be pious and almost especially as a wife who cannot have a baby. It would have been, in Gilead's eyes, something heinous. OR maybe the scene itself didn't make sense to what was happening in the episode?
I think it would have made sense to show that the wives are actually worth just as much as the handmaids and that fred did not love serena because the lines were blurred of their romance. But its good that it wasnt in there.
I totally love Lydia's character..you can see sometimes when her character seems to struggle with her role as an enforcer ..I even envision her maybe turning on Gilead. And helping the handmaidens...
Aunt Lydia (Anne ) is my fav. She’s such an excellent actress and her character so interesting. So many layers to Aunt Lydia I just want to know more about her. Her scenes always pulled me in.
when i saw the "potentioal" for Tom Cruise and Elizabeth Moss be a maybe couple, i knew where it was going and my heart sunk. SERIOUSLY?! Scientology? Moss might as well should of played Serena or Aunt Lydia. she wouldnt even need to audition.
I am obsessed with the books and the series and I don't know how to survive while I have to wait until season four finally starts next year 😂. All main characters are so intetesting.
I LOVED this! Am binge watching (as much as one can binge on this series...I have to take one episode at a time to digest all the misery) and love seeing these people IRL. Where's Nick, tho? And I wonder what Ann's children think when they see their mom in the role of Aunt Lydia...
I’m super confused about Nick?! He tryied to help June escape twice and actually had a conscience when they made him marry that 15 year old girl... I don’t get it. Someone chime in here. Would love to hear your take!
its funny because watching Handmaid's Tale would trigger thoughts of Scientology , and even more funny , Elizabeth Moss is actually an executive producer of HT. so go figure.
At first I thought aunt Lydia was really mean and liked being mean... but once I got through season 1 and 2, I started changing the way I thought about her, and I was thinking more of like, she’s just hard on the girls bc one, she’s doing her job and two, it’s out of tough love? Idk? Am I way off here lol? It’s like sometimes she would be kind and I’d be like okay okay keep this up and then, here comes the mean bitch Aunt Lydia and I’m like damn I was starting to root for you Aunt Lydia. Lol so does she really care for the girls or what😩 Her back and forth niceness and then bitchy-ness drives me crazy lol
I didn't know that Joseph Fiennes played the other characters in the movie and tv show he was in. That's crazy I had to rewind to look at him in Shakespeare in Love☺☺
Aunt Lydia is one of the most amazing actresses seen today. No words for her depiction of like a Jail Warden, but fully convicted to her own beliefs. Phenomenal, phenomenal actress. I love the show The Handmaid's Tail.
I think that the way this show presents mean characters (by also showing their humanity, having good moments, showing vulnerabilty and feelings to the point that make us forget about how evil they are and start to kind of like them) is very related to the cycle of abuse/doméstic violence/GBV where abusers go from evil to charming in a blink of an eye.
I disagree completely. It's important to humanize and provide nuances. People are complex. A lot of people do evil acts without being psychopaths. It's possible to be extremely clear about judging the evil acts, without judging and dehumanizing the whole person. Dehumanizing entails a "them and us" way of thinking that can legitimize hurting and punishing said person in any way possible, and in so doing stoop to their level.
Yvonne has always been my favorite ever since I seen her for the first time as an actress on Dexter. I think I fell in love with her beauty first lol. She is such a beautiful woman🖤 Auwhhhh, what a dream it would be to meet her in real lifeeee😭😭😭 & hold upppp, Where is Nick and Luke’s story👀🤔🤨
Aunt Lydia was a family court judge in her previous life. She felt that she had to be as ruthless as possible to gain the trust of the commanders. In the sequel Testaments she uses all the dirt she has gathered to bring down Gilliad.
Thanx for this vid! Too bad the Moss/Hiddleston thing didnt work out. I must confess a fondness for TH, & EM is the calibre of artist this observer would like to see him with (we'll leave the rest of that sentence unwritten!). Yep.....Im a grandma. Can't help giving relationship advice when the opportunity arises, tho I know it only travels to the cloud. And yes.....what about Max M? A fine young actor Ive been following since "Elvis & Annabelle." I'd luv an update. Would also like to know more about the actresses playing Marthas. I recognize some of the faces, but know very little about the artists.... Hm.... Perhaps you could make a few vids devoted to the categories of persons (& unpersons) in Gilead: handmaids, Marthas, aunts, wives, commanders, etc. I would certainly appreciate learning more about the lesser-known actors populating these roles, & I believe many others would too. For eg, who was the willowy young actor playing the "silenced" handmaid? (s3 e6) That scene where June is speaking to her, unknowing, then looks!!! I'm hauntd by it. The horrific elegance of those 3 simple metal circles & those large hopeless eyes? It's the only scene in the series so far that sticks in my craw, perhaps because that was precisely June's reaction, one she could not effectively repress. Or perhaps because the greatest (& closest) evil of the story, for me, is the brutal, all-to-familiar attempt to murder women's voices & return us all to the cage. A part of me knows I could probably manage the sexual BS (after all, many women know the art of cutting themselves off at the neck, a survival skill in our world, & one we hope to leave in the dust, eventually), but no words? No reading or writing? How can you stop thinking? Or speaking? Or asking why? & according to every elementary report card I have: "Robin continues at the top of the class, but she still talks too much." Im a Canuck, bred & raised with Margaret Atwood, & have studied her work all my adult life (MA in Lit & some years teaching at uni). I am in awe of her precience! We would ALL do well to pay attention & I read everything she publishes ASAP. There is something remarkably singular about this series, pretty much the only one Ive watchd in all these years that equals its source novel. (disclaimer: huge GoT fan, books 1st then series, but have complex thoughts re: the relationship of text/film in that case). And I confess I made a few false starts with Handmaids, unwilling to face the bleakness I knew was coming. That changed, & soon I couldnt look away! I watch each episode 3-4 times when it drops, there is so much cinematic detail to absorb, & in this show, faces are important. They punch far beyond their class. OK. Hadnt intended to write a personal review essay here, apologies. Must be some passion under this old surface.......
I am slightly disturbed by the fact that the actress that plays aunt Lydia feels she has things in common with the character. I don’t gaf of what happened in her past life, nothing justifies her actions.
Serena went through absolutely zero character transformation. Being a crybaby cause she realized she wasn’t the exception to the horrific rules she helped make isn’t a character development it’s perfectly in line with the horrible character she is
You should read the book...i dont think the show stresses the dire situation the world is in..not excusing here but it will help you get a better grasp on her charecter and why she does what she does
Huh didn't know about the scene between the commander and Serena when they went to Canada but I have to give the guy who played the commander credit. Unlike when they forced down June, the act of doing so to his wife has very little bearing on the story as he's already put forth that he is a terrifying character around her at times. The weird relationship between the two of them has developed well enough that I don't think that visual is needed!!! There's nothing wrong with actors setting a boundary for their sanity especially if it doesn't contribute anything to the artwork of the storyline!
Every time I see Ann Dowd I hear “PETER! I expel you! Zantany! Dagdany! Aparagon! Peter! Get out!” Her role in Hereditary is so important to the movie and she does an incredible job portraying Joan.
Innocent Spectator IKR?!? Uggghhh... now I have mixed feelings 4 her after seeing her real life. I almost like her. A wife & mother.....smh LOL. I mean seriously, I LOOOOOATHE THAT DOGGON cattle prodding Aunt Lydia😡😡!!
How come noone ever mentions that elizabeth moss's first role she played in escape to witch mountain? The 90s version. Not the 70s one. As soon as I seen her face I knew she was that little girl in ETWM. Does noone notice that or something? I feel like I'm the only one who has seen that movie.
That was not Elizabeth Mosses first big role... Anyone who knows her work knows better than that! Please do your research... Go watch her in Escape To Witch Mountain and tell me she wasn't preparing for this role then... Even then, she owned the stage. She knew her own and clearly everyone else's presence in a scene and could guide it, and build it up into something beyond words... Watch her in Girl Interrupted, watch her in literally everything... This woman is a flame like no other in cinematography of our time.
@@sharonsmith2771 I've been following her career wayyyyy before that... I recognize that may be where you hopped on the band wagon but she was a full on child star... and I and many others grew up watching her... when people say things like this it reminds me of when Smashmouth released their cover of I'm a Believer... it's like... hun, that song had a life before you were born... Elizabeth has a whole world of work and it's been very well received... for decades.
@@bethfargo6663 sweetheart, just because you were following her waaaay before Mad Men, she was not that well known. Mad Men was her moment,so to speak. She may well have had a career as a child and was in some movies, however, she was not Emmy nominated until Mad Men.
Aunt Lydia is such a complicated character. Rarely are we all good or all bad. If you look you will see bits of her true self and humanity before life swayed her.
Thanks for the bio about the cast members of this show. Hopefully more of the cast will be added to your next video. I love this show even though it makes me cringe to think about the possibility of this being the societal norm... again.
Her mother (not sure about her father) raised her in Scientology. When you hear discussions about Scientology it's almost as if there are two tiers one for the common folk and the second for celebrities and those networked into outside positions that give them some kind of power. According to other info you have some Scientologists that are pretty networked into Hollywood. If true, she may feel like she owes her success to them? Who knows does she stay with it out of misplaced gratitude?
@@wb2824 cults often force people to stay inside of them despite their wishes to leave. They shame people who try to leave and at some times they threaten them.
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Aunt Lydia is that one complicated character that blows my mind. Even more than Serena.
The actress playing Aunt Lydia couldn't be a more perfect casting! Scary lady! I still don't know how she became so disillusioned with life so as to become such a hideous, conscienceless, sociopath!
The character is so unique, so full of edges and faces! And the actress is just amazing, you look into her the eyes and just buy it all, she is truly perfect.
Damn girl, wait till you read the testaments. I think then you’ll be able to understand her a bit more.
Right for a while actually thought she was a plant from the rebel side, but based on some of the dark thing she's done lately even behind the back of Gilead, especially to the poor crazy one eyed girl ( sorry ive been locked up with to much tv can't recall her name ) I kinda figured she just crazy or disillusioned
I like Serena she's a
Great Actress did felt
Sorry for her she was
Also was a victim ,!?
Aunt Lydia really steals the show when she’s on screen. Such a deep character! Also, I bet in real life she’s a sweet heart! Lol
Such an amazing actress.
She is
She seems like it. Haha
she is!
See if you can find an interview of hers. She like this kind, crazy, shaman woman.
Her acting is deep!!
I'm so glad they cast Samira as Moira! What a part and it feels like Poussay has lived on through moira
Yesss!!!
I wanted to see Rita. Her extraordinary face and demeanour steal every scene she’s in.
I've been studying Scientology - NOT as a participant but just to know more about this belief system. It truly is oppressive and dangerous. Elizabeth Moss was born into it. Her whole family is still in. She keeps her connection under wraps and it's no wonder. She is a great actress and a fine producer and Handmaid's Tale is great television. It is to be hoped that one day she will have an awakening regarding her belief system and move away from Scientology's abusiveness. Meanwhile, I still admire her talent.
It's so hard for me that such a brilliant actress, and no doubt brilliant mind, is living under such heavy chains.
Can't really see her directing this particular show and not question her own system believes... 😢
Not underwraps at all
Do you have access to free information on the scripture ? I also want to learn more purely for information not to join the bizarre faith
She was not born into it. Her family joined CoS when she was 8. Still sucks.
I guarantee you she wants out of it but she can't because if she does she will lose her entire family. Not to mention Scientology will try to destroy her life like they do everyone else that tries to leave...
I find Serena Joy fascinating and of course Yvonne does such a great job. I find myself rooting for her when she gives you a glimmer of humanity and then she pull it back. I want her to jump ship so badly.
I wldnt b surprised if she committed suicide 🙄
I think it's because I watched every episode of Chuck but I keep finding myself hoping like she's going to turn out to be one of the good guys. But every time she starts looking like maybe she's realized how horrible this is and maybe she might try to help she turns around and River it's back.
Wonderfully played. She brings out so many mix emotions. I root for her too but only with hope she will wake up and act as a solid and intelligent woman..
Sheri Denney I want her to take up the treason and coconuts offer lol
Natalie Sooooo true!!!! She doesn’t deserve ANY REDEMPTION!!!! She is cruel and soooooo evil. I love the actress, hate Serena and Fred the same!!!! They both need to burn.
I dont know why it took me so long to watch the series. The story and the cast is amazing. The character are so complex and full of layers of traumas and issues.
Agreed. It looked like something from the past, not from a dystopia future. That's why I wasn't interested at first. But then I found out the premise of the show. And I was hooked.
Everytime I see Aunt Lydia, I remember the strict and not so old lady from the movie Matilda lol
iza omg I feel the same way.
Trunchbull?
@@hi_kayla_ yup
She also reminds me of Ms Mead from American Horror Story Apocalypse
ME TOO
Wait wait wait... June is a scientologist ?! Ironic since in the show she's trapped in some sort of cult 🤔
I know, is so sad that she is part of something like that
"Stupid,stupid girl." Aunt Lydia was right
@@KN-ev1tq All religions seem to associate with the cult mentality.
How and why do they just gloss over the scientologist thing? Ugh, I really liked her. That's a shame.
@@amandakay8672 really shitty of you to judge someone so harshly based on their belief system.
Get off your high horse, you moron.
Can't believe everyone's favourite Janine doesn't get a mention here!
So glad to see I’m not the only one who absolutely adores her! She’s my all time favorite on that show.
Nothing about Nick? Seriously??? It's not fair...
Seriously I’m pissed
Laura • no, he’s not. Haha. They debunked this.
Idk? I’ve heard different
Miya Elle debunked it.
Nick is the mystery man of the show.It seems like he's the mystery man is real life too...
Serena is absolutely stunningly beautiful! Although her personality on the show is absolutely disgusting
She's an amazing actress
Agree 😊 love her character, beautiful n smart wow what a combination , this is survival
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I first read “The Handmaids Tale” in my mid-20’s, and it scared the living hell out of me. I have to admit, I was honestly a little nervous when I’d heard it was being made into a series, but clearly I needn’t have worried. Everyone working on this, from the writers to the cast are nothing short of phenomenal!
I love every single person that make up the immensely talented cast working on this show, but I especially adore Ann Dowd. Her talent absolutely blows me away every time I’ve watched anything she’s in. But more than anything, I adore how she’s yet another brilliant light in an amazing string of talented women who have literally just exploded that stupidly long held idea in Hollywood that actresses over 40 have nothing to offer.
She’s not what most would see as “beautiful” compared to all the other perfectly plastic actors and actresses, but I see such beauty and grace in her as well as all the other amazing women who have rocked the status quo of Hollywood to its core in the past 30 years.
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear the role of Aunt Lydia was made especially for her - I honestly doubt anyone else could’ve pulled off this highly complicated, complex character as perfectly as Dowd has.
I read it at 14!!! It was in the teen section.
Not a good age to read that book in my opinion lol
One of the most talented casts and we'll written, filmed shows in a long time. We are addicted in my home. Great acting!
Aunt Lydia is the most complex character I believe! She's caught between empathy for the handmaids and the extremism of Gilead commanders. It's really interesting how they developed her character and Ann Dowd does a fantastic job!!
I gotta say the show makes me very happy and proud to be Canadian! 😂
Glad to see you've all discovered our hidden treasure Margaret Atwood, she's got an incredible mind splattered in a number of books! English was a favourite subject growing up and she was one of the authors I had to wrap my head around. Not an easy task I might admit. 🤪
My favorite story: June and Nick!!!!!!
Same!!!
X2
Yvonne Strahovski is stunningly beautiful. My God
@Niamh De Na Crainn Arda 😂😂😂
In spite of his role on Handmaids, ‘Fred’ has really sexy, warm and kind eyes.
That is what makes Fred even more dangerous. You know that he is the devil but you are desperately attracted to that man 😱
Joseph Fiennes is an amazing human being, very kind and warm, from what I’ve read! So you’re not wrong! Fred is a role, not a real man!
If you think he's sexy in The Handmaid's Tale, wait till you see him in Shakespeare in Love.
@@lawnerd9263 oh yesss. He was a lot younger then...he is gorgeous!
his family line and conditioning is related to vlad in the impaler. evil often looks charming
I am so floored by this show. I have loved it from the moment i watched the first episode and became somewhat obsessed if i admit it. The way they execute the killings and cover ups, the plans and attacks carried out by the most brutalized and abused people on screen is somewhat freeing for those of us who've been brutalized in real life. The artistic beauty in the way they've written the characters yet at the same time making them brutal and seemingly equal parts incredibly evil.
Emily always looks sad or worried
She has every reason to...
@@LilachIsrael hmmm?
@@szeptacz5342 what
Funny, it’s almost like an actual part of body has been hacked off by a bunch of nutters! Not to mention the constant degradation, brutality, rape, your child taken from you, imprisoned, seeing someone she loved hung, etc. Emily is so traumatised, I’d have questions if she didn’t look burdened. Poor Emily.
Yeah, she gets on my nerves, hahaha
Commander Lawrence has been my favorite character so far. He is complicated.
His behaviors confuse me. Bit I’m fascinated in him.
@@ccat71 Same! I think he has big plans..and he is trying to stay alive so they can execute them..I think him and aunt Lydia are in cahoots 🤣
@Annie Oops now that’s an interesting take. Aunt Lydia confuses me too. Sometimes I see the soft side coming through, but then bam, she’s vicious again. I hope the next season doesn’t take too long!
@@ccat71 omg me too! I really think aunt Lydia with try and redeem herself and Janelle will be involved in a big way!
Yep. I like the scene where he asks Emily, “what are you doing?” While she was the floor kneeling for her first ceremony with him. Then he told her that he didn’t want to that (ceremony).
Where is Nick?? Probably somewhere hiding his relationship from me😂😂
I struggle to believe that the charcters aren't real people!
@@gabriellacallozzo1565 Ikr! I just finished season 4 today and I know season 5 probably won't come until next year so I wonder if I should just rewatch the whole thing lol. But Idk, the tears won't stop if I do 😅
Joseph Fiennes “sexy?” Sexy? Seriously? Hahahaha 😂
It’s a little odd to me that Joseph and Yvonne refused to do a scene where the Commander rapes Serena but throughout the first season basically played rapists towards June. Maybe it’s due to the fact they hated those scenes so much I dunno.
those scenes were important to plot
@Arielle Yvonne was pregnant at the time of that would-be rape scene and even if she wasn't, I think he (th actor) didn't feel it fit with the plot of the story. They use rspe against the handmaids to supposedly populate Gilead and I feel like if he crossed that line with his wife he would just see it as a cheap and rapey show with no real substance.
It wouldn't have made sense to the plot I think. The wife is not a sexual vessel. She is supposed to be pious and almost especially as a wife who cannot have a baby. It would have been, in Gilead's eyes, something heinous. OR maybe the scene itself didn't make sense to what was happening in the episode?
I think it would have made sense to show that the wives are actually worth just as much as the handmaids and that fred did not love serena because the lines were blurred of their romance. But its good that it wasnt in there.
Because she was pregnant
Moss looks more beautiful as a brunette, brings out her eyes more n better!
Elizabeth Moss is a hell of actress...in Madison boys she was the best among the best...i know she is in Tale the best again....
Nope she's not the best in the handmaid's tale.. yvone and aunt lydia are way better. Very settled acting but yet soo convincing with no added drama
Elizabeth moss looks so much better with dark hair!
Agreed!!!
true. she looks younger
Well yeah, makes an excellent antithesis with white skin and blue eyes!
Agree!!!!!!!
I totally love Lydia's character..you can see sometimes when her character seems to struggle with her role as an enforcer ..I even envision her maybe turning on Gilead. And helping the handmaidens...
Yes I think she will eventually end up helping the girls run away
You didn’t talk about Ann Dowd’s medical school background! She was going to be a surgeon but found a love for acting!
My favorite character hands down is nick 😭😍
Aunt Lydia (Anne ) is my fav. She’s such an excellent actress and her character so interesting. So many layers to Aunt Lydia I just want to know more about her. Her scenes always pulled me in.
I piss in my pant when aunt Lydia starts with "What a beautiful day...🤐😵😱
when i saw the "potentioal" for Tom Cruise and Elizabeth Moss be a maybe couple, i knew where it was going and my heart sunk. SERIOUSLY?! Scientology? Moss might as well should of played Serena or Aunt Lydia. she wouldnt even need to audition.
I figure she kamikaze- married Fred Armistan to keep Tom the hell away from her.
I'll never forget Elizabeth Moss role as Molly in Girl, Interrupted. I love her as June!!!
So literally no one met their spouse on set? That's what I was waiting on...
I am obsessed with the books and the series and I don't know how to survive while I have to wait until season four finally starts next year 😂. All main characters are so intetesting.
I LOVED this! Am binge watching (as much as one can binge on this series...I have to take one episode at a time to digest all the misery) and love seeing these people IRL. Where's Nick, tho? And I wonder what Ann's children think when they see their mom in the role of Aunt Lydia...
The never ending brutality is getting to after binging 12 episodes
Where tf is my Nick?!!!!
He’s single
Yussssss! 🤘🏽
Hahahaha ......my nick 😊
He's dating one of the fanning's sisters
He's busy running Gilead's revolution
The actor who plays commander Lawrence is married to the actress that is the foster mother to Hannah
I didn't know! Cool.
I 💜💜💜 Alexis Bledel.
Still can't believe the twist about Nick's character, like seriously!! Wtf
I agree and what is going to happen to that poor baby
I honestly thought people already knew he was loyal to Gilead. I mean he was basically there when it’s existence was being formed.
Eve B I feel like this is Bennett and Daya storyline from OITNB - Nick will just disappear
I can't believe I just read this and didn't even started to watch season 3.......
I’m super confused about Nick?! He tryied to help June escape twice and actually had a conscience when they made him marry that 15 year old girl... I don’t get it. Someone chime in here. Would love to hear your take!
its funny because watching Handmaid's Tale would trigger thoughts of Scientology , and even more funny , Elizabeth Moss is actually an executive producer of HT. so go figure.
I loved how non PC Elizabeth Moss was about her marriage
After the last episode I see aunt t lydia having a true heart when she talks and cries with june you can see the true emotions in her character
Same it killed me
At first I thought aunt Lydia was really mean and liked being mean... but once I got through season 1 and 2, I started changing the way I thought about her, and I was thinking more of like, she’s just hard on the girls bc one, she’s doing her job and two, it’s out of tough love? Idk? Am I way off here lol? It’s like sometimes she would be kind and I’d be like okay okay keep this up and then, here comes the mean bitch Aunt Lydia and I’m like damn I was starting to root for you Aunt Lydia. Lol so does she really care for the girls or what😩 Her back and forth niceness and then bitchy-ness drives me crazy lol
@@brandyyyxo9395 Who knows. I mean look at how Nick is as well. Just when you think you know it all something else happens.
brandyyy xo The bottom line is that anyone with any power in Gilead is a nut job.
I didn't know that Joseph Fiennes played the other characters in the movie and tv show he was in. That's crazy I had to rewind to look at him in Shakespeare in Love☺☺
Aunt Lydia is one of the most amazing actresses seen today. No words for her depiction of like a Jail Warden, but fully convicted to her own beliefs. Phenomenal, phenomenal actress. I love the show The Handmaid's Tail.
I think that the way this show presents mean characters (by also showing their humanity, having good moments, showing vulnerabilty and feelings to the point that make us forget about how evil they are and start to kind of like them) is very related to the cycle of abuse/doméstic violence/GBV where abusers go from evil to charming in a blink of an eye.
I disagree completely. It's important to humanize and provide nuances. People are complex. A lot of people do evil acts without being psychopaths. It's possible to be extremely clear about judging the evil acts, without judging and dehumanizing the whole person. Dehumanizing entails a "them and us" way of thinking that can legitimize hurting and punishing said person in any way possible, and in so doing stoop to their level.
I use this show as trauma treatment so I agree fully
Wow! Elizabeth Moss looks really good as a brunette.
Elizabeth Moss , is incredible, talented, amazing!! Thanks for next episode! Can't wait!! From Europe, hugs!!
Yvonne has always been my favorite ever since I seen her for the first time as an actress on Dexter. I think I fell in love with her beauty first lol.
She is such a beautiful woman🖤
Auwhhhh, what a dream it would be to meet her in real lifeeee😭😭😭
& hold upppp, Where is Nick and Luke’s story👀🤔🤨
Yvonne is more than beautiful, she's got charisma and class. I'm not gay but that woman is soooo special I'd fall for her if I was to meet her.
Ann Dowd is the reason I keep watching. She is extraordinary.
yvonne never ceases to amaze me. she looks like a blonde olivia wilde 🥺
I love these women so much! I am blessed to watch some of the greatest acting in the history of television!
The handmaid tale is untouchable as far as evey single actor in it is phenomenal
Aunt Lydia was a family court judge in her previous life. She felt that she had to be as ruthless as possible to gain the trust of the commanders. In the sequel Testaments she uses all the dirt she has gathered to bring down Gilliad.
Thanx for this vid!
Too bad the Moss/Hiddleston thing didnt work out. I must confess a fondness for TH, & EM is the calibre of artist this observer would like to see him with (we'll leave the rest of that sentence unwritten!).
Yep.....Im a grandma. Can't help giving relationship advice when the opportunity arises, tho I know it only travels to the cloud.
And yes.....what about Max M? A fine young actor Ive been following since "Elvis & Annabelle." I'd luv an update.
Would also like to know more about the actresses playing Marthas. I recognize some of the faces, but know very little about the artists.... Hm....
Perhaps you could make a few vids devoted to the categories of persons (& unpersons) in Gilead: handmaids, Marthas, aunts, wives, commanders, etc. I would certainly appreciate learning more about the lesser-known actors populating these roles, & I believe many others would too. For eg, who was the willowy young actor playing the "silenced" handmaid? (s3 e6)
That scene where June is speaking to her, unknowing, then looks!!! I'm hauntd by it. The horrific elegance of those 3 simple metal circles & those large hopeless eyes? It's the only scene in the series so far that sticks in my craw, perhaps because that was precisely June's reaction, one she could not effectively repress. Or perhaps because the greatest (& closest) evil of the story, for me, is the brutal, all-to-familiar attempt to murder women's voices & return us all to the cage.
A part of me knows I could probably manage the sexual BS (after all, many women know the art of cutting themselves off at the neck, a survival skill in our world, & one we hope to leave in the dust, eventually), but no words? No reading or writing? How can you stop thinking? Or speaking? Or asking why? & according to every elementary report card I have: "Robin continues at the top of the class, but she still talks too much."
Im a Canuck, bred & raised with Margaret Atwood, & have studied her work all my adult life (MA in Lit & some years teaching at uni). I am in awe of her precience! We would ALL do well to pay attention & I read everything she publishes ASAP.
There is something remarkably singular about this series, pretty much the only one Ive watchd in all these years that equals its source novel. (disclaimer: huge GoT fan, books 1st then series, but have complex thoughts re: the relationship of text/film in that case). And I confess I made a few false starts with Handmaids, unwilling to face the bleakness I knew was coming. That changed, & soon I couldnt look away! I watch each episode 3-4 times when it drops, there is so much cinematic detail to absorb, & in this show, faces are important. They punch far beyond their class.
OK. Hadnt intended to write a personal review essay here, apologies.
Must be some passion under this old surface.......
I am slightly disturbed by the fact that the actress that plays aunt Lydia feels she has things in common with the character. I don’t gaf of what happened in her past life, nothing justifies her actions.
Serena went through absolutely zero character transformation. Being a crybaby cause she realized she wasn’t the exception to the horrific rules she helped make isn’t a character development it’s perfectly in line with the horrible character she is
You should read the book...i dont think the show stresses the dire situation the world is in..not excusing here but it will help you get a better grasp on her charecter and why she does what she does
Except she did become an exception at some point
THANK YOU. This is why I don’t feel bad for Serena. She also still refers to Nichole as HER daughter.
Soooo.... she isn’t good, but I think she has gone through some growth. SOME. Love this show.
@@karlabunns only when it benefited her
I think its sad that Elisabeth moss is still in Scientology.
Why?
@@dilysyankey6026 because it’s a cult and a disgusting one at that.
Huh didn't know about the scene between the commander and Serena when they went to Canada but I have to give the guy who played the commander credit. Unlike when they forced down June, the act of doing so to his wife has very little bearing on the story as he's already put forth that he is a terrifying character around her at times. The weird relationship between the two of them has developed well enough that I don't think that visual is needed!!! There's nothing wrong with actors setting a boundary for their sanity especially if it doesn't contribute anything to the artwork of the storyline!
personally i feel like the scene where he spanked her with the belt was disturbing enough. A rape scene would have been unnecessary imo.
Serena did look pregnant to me, lol weird thing she was!
Moss is also the main character of "Top of the lake"
Underrated show set in beautiful new Zealand
Yes definitely got hooked on this series..can't wait for season 6 ...👍enjoyed this info on the actors ... I think I'll subscribe 😉
Every time I see Ann Dowd I hear “PETER! I expel you! Zantany! Dagdany! Aparagon! Peter! Get out!” Her role in Hereditary is so important to the movie and she does an incredible job portraying Joan.
I love Aunt Lydia and was so relieved she survived the stabbing. She deserves all the acting awards.
I am so sad to hear that Elisabeth Moss is a Scientologist.
Me too, it's such a turn off
The fact that June Osbourne is a practicing Scientologist irl messes with me SO MUCH
Yvonne is a brilliant actor. She made me hate her in Handmaid's tale.
Her and the actress that played Mrs Putnam, (baby Angela’s “mother”) she plays such a evil woman
A beautiful monster!
LOVE those the shoot of Samira!!! Stunning. Those dresses are gorgeous!
Le jeu d'actrice de Serena est magnifique car elle sait nous mettre dans l'apitoiement, on l'aime et on la déteste. Magnifique prestation des acteurs.
I remember Elisabeth Moss from Girl, Interrupted
How did I not realized it’s her wtf! You just blew my mind
How can someone acting in a show about how cults are dangerous is in a cult herself? This is stupid.
I'm sorry, I'm just like SO obsessed with that sheer black long sleeve one piece Elizabeth Moss is wearing @ 5:41 Where can I get that?!? Hahaha
Hope June and Nick Get together
😮 LAWD AUNT LYDIA IS A MOM & WIFE..SHE'S FINALLY HUMAN IN MY BOOK😄👍🏿
She plays her role so good, it's hard to picture her as anything but Aunt Lydia. Amazing actress!
Innocent Spectator IKR?!? Uggghhh... now I have mixed feelings 4 her after seeing her real life. I almost like her. A wife & mother.....smh LOL. I mean seriously, I LOOOOOATHE THAT DOGGON cattle prodding Aunt Lydia😡😡!!
How come noone ever mentions that elizabeth moss's first role she played in escape to witch mountain? The 90s version. Not the 70s one. As soon as I seen her face I knew she was that little girl in ETWM. Does noone notice that or something? I feel like I'm the only one who has seen that movie.
Ann Dowd steals the show in a series where everyone is at the pique of their career. It's astounding, this performance.
That was not Elizabeth Mosses first big role... Anyone who knows her work knows better than that! Please do your research... Go watch her in Escape To Witch Mountain and tell me she wasn't preparing for this role then... Even then, she owned the stage. She knew her own and clearly everyone else's presence in a scene and could guide it, and build it up into something beyond words... Watch her in Girl Interrupted, watch her in literally everything... This woman is a flame like no other in cinematography of our time.
I think you need to do some research. It was her role in Mad Men that gained her wider recognition. She was nominated for five Emmys.
@@sharonsmith2771 I've been following her career wayyyyy before that... I recognize that may be where you hopped on the band wagon but she was a full on child star... and I and many others grew up watching her... when people say things like this it reminds me of when Smashmouth released their cover of I'm a Believer... it's like... hun, that song had a life before you were born... Elizabeth has a whole world of work and it's been very well received... for decades.
@@bethfargo6663 sweetheart, just because you were following her waaaay before Mad Men, she was not that well known. Mad Men was her moment,so to speak. She may well have had a career as a child and was in some movies, however, she was not Emmy nominated until Mad Men.
@@bethfargo6663 hun... i was born waaay before the original Im a believer....
Aunt Lydia is such a complicated character. Rarely are we all good or all bad. If you look you will see bits of her true self and humanity before life swayed her.
read Margaret Atwoods sequel to really understand Aunt Lydia
Elizabeth Moss is a Scientologist???? What the heck?
I never heard the rumor of her and Hiddleston! LoL.
Thanks for the bio about the cast members of this show. Hopefully more of the cast will be added to your next video. I love this show even though it makes me cringe to think about the possibility of this being the societal norm... again.
Each one's role was very complicated. to transform them to that particular character takes a lot . Blessed day and night😊
In some weird way there is peacefulness in the face of the actress portraying Aunt Lydia.
Can’t believe I didn’t know “Emily” is married to “Connor” from Angel!
I...just lost a lot of respect for Elisabeth Moss. Scientology? Really?
What does scientology mean?
Her mother (not sure about her father) raised her in Scientology. When you hear discussions about Scientology it's almost as if there are two tiers one for the common folk and the second for celebrities and those networked into outside positions that give them some kind of power. According to other info you have some Scientologists that are pretty networked into Hollywood. If true, she may feel like she owes her success to them? Who knows does she stay with it out of misplaced gratitude?
@@suaibahsumaitakhan3154 A cult disguised as a religious organization. Google it.
She was raised a Scientologist.
@@wb2824 cults often force people to stay inside of them despite their wishes to leave. They shame people who try to leave and at some times they threaten them.
Moss better not bring Loki into Scientology...
I would think Moss would know a lot about cults- too soon!!!
Moira is dope! Excellent actress
Love the entire cast!!
She is not evil. Aunt Lydia is figuring out who she is really
Yvonne’s wearing red and Elizabeth’s wearing blue
Serena who is the most screwed up in the series is the healthiest in real life.
At 2:27 it looks like he, Fred Waterford, has devil wings :o
Wow. Moss looks stunning with dark hair.
The craziest part of this I just learned is I’m related to the Fiennes’s😂😂 I’m a direct descendant of Mary Stuart of Scotland. My mind is blown.
You mean marty queen of scots ? That's so cool
Yvonne was so incredibly gorgeous on Chuck.
She still is man.nomakeup and she makes that green getup work. A goddess
I love this serie, the characters are awesome
Anytime a Hollywood person talks about "you gotta do what you can to make it work," They about to break up.