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Alexis Bledel Will Be Series Regular for Season 2 of The Handmaid's Tale

Alexis Bledel as Ofglen in The Handmaid’s Tale

Alexis Bledel Will Be Series Regular for Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale

Today Hulu announced that Alexis Bledel (Ofglen) will be upped to a series regular for the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale. Considering the impact her guest appearances had in the first season, I definitely think this is an amazing decision. And we will get to how they decide to expand her character more from the books.

The official synopsis of the series is below:

Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values’.

As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s household, one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids – where anyone could be a spy for Gilead – all with one goal: to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.

The first season of The Handmaid’s Tale premiered on Hulu on April 26, 2017. The TV series stars Elisabeth Moss as Offred, Samira Wiley as Moira, Joseph Fiennes as Commander Fred Waterford, Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford, and Alexis Bledel as Ofglen. Season one of The Handmaid’s Tale was the most-viewed premiere of any series on Hulu.

The 13- episode second season of The Handmaid’s Tale is scheduled to go back into production this fall and will premiere sometime in 2018.

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Sarah is a freelance writer and self-described workaholic. She loves fantasy and sci fi and will admit having dual loyalties between Star Trek and Star Wars as well as Marvel and DC. When she's not being socially awkward, she is in a corner obsessing over dragons, cute things, and a need to master all languages on the planet. She would like to be a professional blanket burrito when she reaches the peak of maturation.

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