Elisabeth Moss says she wishes Handmaid’s Tale was less relevant in Trump era

The Daily Beast

Moss denounced President Trump in a Daily Beast interview discussing her Hulu series. "We went to D.C. and shot at the Lincoln Memorial, and I find it incredibly moving what Lincoln stood for, what’s written on the walls, what those monuments stand for," said Moss. "The principles that this country was built on are important and we’re losing them—and perhaps we’ve already lost them. You feel a sense of responsibility and you feel honored telling this story at this time. When you’re kneeling on the steps in front of the Lincoln Memorial, you’re looking at where MLK gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, you’re in the outfit of complete lack of freedom, and your president is a few blocks away arguing about putting up a wall, you can’t help but feel that you have the responsibility to tell this story, and I feel honored to be able to express what I think, what I feel, and what a lot of other people feel through what I love doing. For me, it’s an unfortunate thing. I wish this was crazy, and I wish Handmaid’s Tale was insane Game of Thrones sh*t and pure fantasy. I wish that were true. But it’s not." ALSO: Moss was asked how she squares her Scientology beliefs with Handmaid's Tale