Alexis Bledel has shockingly announced her departure from her Emmy Award winning role in The Handmaid’s Tale, which has begun filming for its fifth season.
“After much thought, I felt I should walk away from The Handmaid’s Tale at this time,” said the 40-year-old actress, who has been on the show since season one.
She said, ‘I am forever grateful to Bruce Miller for writing such heartfelt and resonant scenes for Emily, and Hulhu, MGM, the cast and crew for their support.’ diverse.
ON SCREEN: Alexis Bledel has shockingly announced her departure from The Handmaid’s Tale, which has begun filming its fifth season.
Based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, the show takes place under a patriarchal dystopia named Gilead, founded on what used to be the United States.
Women’s status is reduced to a much lower status than that of men, as they are denied basic rights such as being allowed to read or use money.
“Maids” are women who are forced to wear the hijab and subjected to a form of slavery where they are repeatedly raped in order to have children.
Alexis played Emily Malik, who was a maid under the name Ofglen until she fled to Canada and is now a Mayday Resistance.
The end of the road: “After much thought, I felt I had to walk away from The Handmaid’s Tale at this time,’ the 40-year-old actress told Variety in a statement this week.
She won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest for her work in the first season, and was nominated three more times for that show.
The show has long since outgrown the events of Margaret Atwood’s novel, so writers have a level of freedom to shape the plot around Alexis’ exit.
Starring Elisabeth Moss in the lead role of a maid called Offred, the show ran its first season in 2017 and lost its fourth season from April to June of last year.
One of the stars of the show, Ann Dowd, confirmed to does not depend on In January of that fifth season, “filming will begin in February.”
Side by Side: Starring Elisabeth Moss (left) in the lead role of a maid named Offred, the series premiered its first season in 2017; Elizabeth and Alexis are portrayed together in the series
Upon its debut, the show became a major cultural touchstone, particularly among feminists angry at Donald Trump.
A number of anti-Trump protesters have dressed as maids, not only in the United States but also in foreign cities such as London and Warsaw for his visits there.
Abortion rights protesters donned maid costumes this month after an unprecedented leak revealed that Roe v. Wade had flipped.
Horror: Based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, the show is set in a patriarchal dystopia called Gilead founded on what was once the United States.
Alexis became a star as one of the title characters in Gilmore Girls, a long-running drama that ran from 2000 to 2007.
She also embarked on a cinematic career that included memorable titles such as The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants and Sin City.
Her departure from The Handmaid’s Tale comes more than four years after it was revealed that a third Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants film was on the move.
Who it is: Alexis played Emily Malik, who was a maid under the name Ofglen until she fled to Canada and who now works to resist Mayday
Appear in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon On April 18, she said she and her co-stars “just showed a third movie, which I hope will come together.”
Alexis starred in Blake Lively, America Ferreira, and Amber Tamblyn in the first film in 2005, as well as the sequel in 2008.
The films are based on a series of five books by Ann Brashares, and four of the novels have already been condensed into the first two films.
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