Gilmore Girls Star Alexis Bledel Joining the Cast of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
I don’t think we’re in Stars Hollow anymore.
Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel is returning to our TV screens yet again, and in a role that’s quite different than what we’ve seen her do before.
We were recently excited to see the return of Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore for the four-part Gilmore Girls revival series, and now we’ll get to see her on an upcoming Hulu series.
According to TV Line, Bledel has been cast in a major role alongside Elisabeth Moss in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
The Handmaid’s Tale is based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel of the same name (if you haven’t read it, you should go ahead and do that now), where women are kept for reproductive purposes in a totalitarian government.
Bledel will play the role of Ofglen, a fellow handmaid and companion to Elisabeth Moss’s character, Offred.
NEWS: @alexisbledel joins the cast of The #HandmaidsTale as Ofglen. Premieres April 26, only on @Hulu pic.twitter.com/QHFazTAXnV
— The Handmaid’s Tale (@HandmaidsOnHulu) January 5, 2017
Other cast members include Samira Wiley Samira Wiley as Moira, Joseph Fiennes as Commander Fred Waterford,
Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford, Max Minghella as Nick, Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia, Madeline Brewer as Janine, and O.T. Fagbenle as Luke.
Are you excited about the news, and are you looking forward to watching The Handmaid’s Tale? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!
The Handmaid’s Tale premieres Wednesday, April 26th on Hulu.
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Ashley Bissette Sumerel
Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.