Samira Wiley will not return to the continuation of “The Handmaid’s Tale”: “I finished with trauma”

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.