Samira Wiley, who enlivened the character of Moira Strand for all six seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale”, is prepared to leave the dystopian world of Gilead for good.

Talking with Parade During the premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale” in the sixth season at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood at the starting of this month, the 37-year-old actress said that she would not return to the newly announced continuation of the series “Testaments”.

“I don’t tease and say” perhaps “or nothing. NO. I finished with this, “said Wiley.” I finished with the trauma. I am. I mean this. Margaret Atwood, the way these characters write, depth to everything, I feel that I played my role and my story is finished. “

Wiley explained how to participate in the dark and dystopian season after the season, she had to apply specific techniques to manage her mental health.

“I had to learn some techniques-meditation and mindfulness and all these things-to consciously get out of the world of Gilead,” she said, adding: “I often tell people who watch the program, please, take care of your mental health.”

When “The Handmaid’s Tale” took place for the first time at the Hulu in 2017, the viewers were introduced to Moira as the best friend of June, the essential series, played by Elizabeth Moss, because the reality they once knew, goes to violent dystopia, wherein women do not have the rights or a private agency. The series of continuation of “The Testaments” is predicated on the book Atwood of the same name and takes place 15 years after the events of “The Handmaid’s Tale”.

Wiley was a favourite of fans throughout the series, and the role contributed to her 4 Emma nomination and one win.

The sixth season, which premiered on Hulu on Tuesday, begins, wherein the fifth season ended: with June on a train for refugees to Alaska or Hawaii.

According to Official abstract, In the sixth season, the “unjustified spirit and determination pull her back to the fight to defeat Gilead. Luke and Moira join the resistance. Serena tries to reform Gilead, while the commander of Lawrence and Aunt Lydia count what they’ve done, and Nick is in the face of difficult testing. Feelings, solidarity and resilient in condition and freedom.

New sections of the stream “The Handmaid’s Tale” on Tuesdays in Hul.

This article was originally published on Popviewers.

The stars were available, the vibrations were high, and the emotions went deep on Wednesday, April 9 at Ludlow House, New York. Presented by PopViewers in cooperation with Apple TV+, The Night was devoted to celebration, one of the most buzzing programs on the platform-I was Brian Tyree Henry, who raised the house on his feet (and a number of tears).

In a room full of creation, tastychcare and cultural people Star and executive producer joined the founder of Popvievers Chris Witherspoon to get a sincere, emotional and sometimes hilarious conversation about his life, profession and role that haunted him and healed him at the same time.

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Brian shared his journey with Fayetteville in North Carolina, to the holy Hall Yale School of Drama, where he refined a craft, which is able to eventually land on Broadway – for the first time as a member of the band, after which as a breakthrough lead. But it was his role that Paper is afraid of the Hollywood door openly open.

“This role changed everything,” he said. “It will allow me to show a different type of black man on the screen – born, funny, sensitive and real.”

But it was an Apple TV+criminal thriller, created by Peter Craig () and directed by Ridley Scott (), he called him back to the television-so sworn in that he ended up with that.

“I said that I would never go back to TV. I meant it,” Brian told the crowd, laughing. “But Ray did not let me go. And when they told me that I would be an executive producer? I knew that I could help shape history in a way that mattered.”

Surprised in the heart of Philadelphia, he follows two friends pretending to be agents DEA, who rob drug traders – so long as their hustle and bustle lands deep in one of the most dangerous drug corridors on the east coast. Together with Henry with the participation of Wagner Moura (), the series combines a grasping motion with Gut-Punch-and Episode sixth, debuting tonight, is her most powerful as before.

When life imitates art
At an unforgettable moment, during the questions, Brian opened himself to the destructive loss of his real father, Marion Henry Jr., at the end of 2023-just weeks before filming. Time was amazing.

“The sixth episode is a place where Ray’s father dies,” said Brian. “And weeks before how we filmed him, my real father died. I just buried him.”

The pain was still raw. And entering this episode – where Ving Rams plays an advanced, powerful father Ray – like art is waiting for life.

“If we failed, this episode would already be shot,” said Brian. “But it wasn’t. It was waiting for me.”

He described being in the therapy in the strike of actors and writers, a confrontation with the years of unsolved tension with his father. Their relationship was marked by friction, distance and unmet expectations.

“My father was angry,” he said. “I didn’t turn out to be a son he wanted. But he still loved me. And I still loved him.”

What he found when he returned home to Fayetteville almost broke him: the temple of his life. Pictures from the red Oscar carpet. Broadway playbills. Even his Marvel Happy Meal Toy.

“This man watched me all the time. He was proud,” said Brian. “But I have never heard that he says it.”

The sixth episode gave Brian a likelihood to process this loss on the screen – with a rolling camera, regret remains to be fresh, and Rames directs a form of paternal presence that seemed almost too real.

“I didn’t have to act,” he said. “I just had to allow it.”

Night to remember
The crowd of Ludlow House laughed, cried and vibrated with Brian all night. And he wasn’t alone. Guests like Bevy Smith (), Taylor Polidore (), Jerrie Johnson () and Grammy nominated writer Stacy Barthe were there to have a good time Brian and this daring series.

Before the evening ended, one thing was clear: Brian Tyree Henry not only behaves – he manages something deeper. Something ancestors. Spiritual. True.

“These roles, these moments – choose me,” said Brian. “I just try to appear and tell the truth.”

Catch the sixth episode – Masterclass in Grief, Grace and Transformation – Tonight on Apple TV+.

While the figure of Brunson, “Mrs. Janine Teagues”, in her series “Abbott Elementary”, is an integral part of her beloved hit, she shouldn’t be her beloved by everyone in response to Brunson.

The 35-year-old author and producer opened on the criticism of a second-class weird teacher, especially from other black women, during a recent performance in Amy Poehler “” Amy Poehler “Amy Poehler”Good suspension from Amy“Podcast.

“I will be real with you: he is a black figure … The black audience has so few representative characters on the screen, and the black femininity herself is so irritated,” said Brunson. “So when many women saw Janine not present as they wanted her, it became difficult – and I understand it.”

This microscope is sort of every little thing, if not all, the black characters have experienced. This week, a colleague author and manufacturer Issa Rae stood before the re -control of the authenticity of the heroes and the stories she placed in the world, when the comedy she produced, “they of them” went to streaming.

Talking to Poehler, Brunson added that she was attempting to create characters through which “the program does not care about what the audience thinks,” but “it was a challenge for Janine.”

The actress noticed that she fully understands why some have arguments that they do about Janine, but ultimately for the creator it is necessary to present a large, diverse range of black characters. She expressed this, much more reduces the amount of restrictive or stereotypical stripes of black characters, to which for years have been forced in Hollywood.

“I think it is important that we have characters who are more realistic than the absolutely best representation of us,” said Brunson, ending their thoughts. “I think he creates layers for us, not only on television, but in the eye of the public. When I thought about it, I didn’t really think about representation, but she became a representation.”

“Abbott Elementary” is currently in the fourth season, broadcast on Wednesdays at ABC and the next day at Hulu.