The Handmaid’s Tale season six is currently in the making after production on the hit series began in August 2023.
And with filming underway star Yvonne Strahovski, who plays Serena in the gripping Hulu drama, has teased what is yet to come while also sharing her hopes for her character when the show returns in the near future.
Speaking with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the actress said she probed the writers to tell her what is in store for the cast, admitting: “I did ask them, I went in and asked them what the trajectory is.”
Explaining the reasoning behind her need to know, Yvonne continued: “I mean I like to know because there’s so many twists and turns and there’s so many you know up and downs and I kind of wanted to know where I find the baseline in all of that.
“So I can kind of get a better handle on it all and create that emotional rollercoaster,” she added.
Yvonne starring as Serena Joy in The Handmaid’s Tale (Image: Hulu/Getty)
The 41-year-old star noted: “I don’t know, I mean I think I know there’s a lot of people who are like, ‘Oh it’ll be great to see Serena come around and be on the good side,’ but I don’t know if I feel the same way.
“Not because I want her to remain on the bad side but because I kind of want her to get what she deserves in a lot of ways.
“And we did touch on that in season five – because you know living with the Wheelers and having nowhere to go, birthing a baby in a barn and it was like end game for her, like she really hit rock bottom.
“And look where she is now, where we ended off,” Yvonne went on to say, referring to the nail-biting cliffhanger fans were left on at the end of season five after Serna nabbed Noah back from the Wheelers.
Yvonne hopes Serena will get what she deserves in season six of The Handmaid’s Tale (Image: Hulu)
Yvonne then detailed how she wants the sixth and final season of the dystopian series to play out.
“I think I will feel satisfied, even though she is kind of like my best friend because she lives and breeds in me in that way, I still want her to have what she deserves – which isn’t good if that makes sense.”
As for when the series will actually be back on fans’ screens, it’s believed it will return in 2024 – although a specific date is yet to be confirmed.
In the 2022 New Year’s Eve special of The Graham Norton Show, Madeline Brewer, who plays Janine, told the host: “We have one more season, and that’ll be coming in 2024.”
