What is it like being in those deep red handmaid’s robes, walking in sync with others?
“It’s very confining,” says Amanda Brewer, who played one of the handmaids. “It’s designed so that you’re not meant to lift your hands or raise your arms. You’re meant to be subservient, to have your head down, to have your arms folded.
Madeline Brewer says the handmaid's robes are confining, which helps with a performance.
“Ane Crabtree designed them in such a way that it was prescriptive — it’s difficult to move and to resist. It’s built like a cage almost … and that’s just a little tiny morsel of her genius.”
When Josh Charles joined the series, he was taken by the visual effect of so many rows of red and white. “It really taps into my sort of Virgo sensibility,” he says. “I like order, I like nice frame. I like things to be really symmetrical. So, watching it from a visual point of view is fascinating. It tells so much of the story just from that perspective.”
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Brewer says the visual impact is amazing. “When you’re in one, it makes it difficult to resist … but they move like crazy.”
Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter, talks with The Handmaid's Tale stars Josh Charles and Max Minghella.
