The sixth and final series of The Handmaid’s Tale is in full swing, with Luke Bankole (portrayed by O-T Fagbenle) hell-bent on dismantling Gilead and saving his daughter Hannah, who is currently being groomed to be a wife.
In the most recent episode, viewers saw Luke unveiling his plans to detonate various sites in Gilead to create havoc.
Despite his wife June Osborne (played by Elisabeth Moss) pleading with him not to risk his life and reconsider his plan, it appears that Luke is ready to stake everything to rescue Hannah.
In a fresh interview, actor O-T hinted at the possibility of Luke meeting his end as he discussed his character’s journey in the concluding series.
“Between seasons five and six, Luke has been to jail and he realises that the one port of safety he thought he did have, which was in Canada, is no longer there,” he revealed to The Hollywood Reporter, reports the Mirror US.
Luke and June were separated from their daughter Hannah(Image: Hulu)
The Handmaid’s Tale Luke’s death ‘sealed’ as star drops chilling clue(Image: Hulu)
“So if there’s no safety anywhere, then he might as well go on a mission that very well will lead to his death, and at least go out dying trying to save his child.”
He further added: “A lot of how I internally process this part of the journey for Luke is that he’s ready to die. And so the idea that it may not work, the idea that they may go in and die, well, maybe it’s a sweet relief.
“I think that kind of changes the math. It cannot be more dangerous than being dead, and so I’m willing to face anything.”
With six episodes of the final season yet to be broadcast, O-T assured fans that they would be satisfied with the series’ conclusion.
Luke Bankole will stop at nothing to rescue his daughter Hannah
The Testaments, the highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale series, has begun production, leaving fans buzzing with excitement. But Samira Wiley, who brilliantly portrayed Moira, has made it clear that she won’t be coming back for the sequel.
At 37 years old, Samira’s choice comes from a deep need to move away from the traumatic experiences of her character. In an interview with Parade magazine, she decisively stated, “I’m not gonna tease and say maybe or nothing. Nope. I am done with it. I am done with the trauma. I am. I mean it.”
She also expressed immense respect for Margaret Atwood’s writing but felt that her journey with Moira is complete, saying, “Margaret Atwood, the way she writes these characters, the depth to all of it, I feel like I have played my part and my story is done.”
To cope with the intense role, Samira turned to “meditation” as a strategy to compartmentalise and step back from the harrowing world of Gilead that had engulfed her on-screen life.
