Yvonne Strahovski On "The Handmaid's Tale" 

"bizzare"... it had already happened ( 80 years ago - europe - and it was much worse than that ) and it can happen again , if we won't be careful. wake up guys, it's much closer to us than we think.

It happened?? Tel us more

mauveau check Wikipedia maybe

Right after Mr Robot and Stranger Things :D

Legion

She was the main instigator of Gilead, more so than her Husband. Nice is not a word i would associate with Serena she is vile

Its more like she is awful most of the time bit every now and then she will do something kind you get whiplash. Its like switching a switch.

She (Serena) was an intellectual who worked with her husband in the same organization. They got more and more radical (as often happens with fundamentalist people of the left or right alike) in their views, and she (according to her own words in the last episode) herself wrote the rules for this new dystopic society.

Exactly. She CAN'T be kind, otherwise the house gets out of control, and then she will end up on the wall. Everyone on the show is just trying to survive, and depending on your status, the way you survive is different. For a woman of her status, the way to make it in Gilead is to have a baby, exert control over other women, and try to get your husband to make changes, because you yourself have no power to do anything.

Tonya Stumphauzer No, I disagree. His political questions were relevant and appropriate. I'm glad he asked her all these "deep" questions.

Seriously? You used quotations because you know his questions aren't deep. I'm tired of every nook and cranny of the media bringing up Trump for their gain. If he really wanted to deeply discuss politics maybe he shouldn't be interviewing TV actresses....

Agreed, and plus he kept pushing that this was a 'far right' world when it could happen to either side. This side is just a little different than how it would probably be in a 'far left' world. We'd loose guns (giving the government complete physical power over us), we'd eventually loose religion, ext. He was just ignorant of people who disagreed woth him

ms wpwm Not really. Switzerland allows the people to own guns, and they are doing amazingly. You also can't say they are attacking just us because of guns. Im sorry, but thats illogical. Ariana Grande's concert, Paris, and Berlin all were attcked. Not because they had guns mind you, because they didn't worship Islam. That's the radical Islamic's whole thing. You don't follow Allah and our rules, you don't deserve to live. On the issue of where nost Radical Islamics get their guns, they get them illegally (or from parents). Banning that wouldn't matter because they'd still find away. Dude, these guys are basically suicide bomber ready to do anything to kill, you don't think they'll find away to get a gun? But that wasn't what I was saying. What I was saying is that when the people loose their power (via guns, speech, ext) the government gains controll. We are a land that was meant to be buillt on a small government, one that didn't have the government hanging over us and controlling everything we do. We have the right to own guns incase our own government decides that it wants power, just like England did back in the day. If you see in the show, these people are defensless. They get shot at and no one could shoot back. And you really want us to be compaired to other countries? Where one girl was being attacked, but used pepper spray, and instead of being helped, they charged her? He was trying to rape her, but I guess since it's another country it's okay.

I agree, plus not everyone is interested in American politics

Dana B This clown makes an ass out himself in every interview he does. Can’t stand him.

At one point I noticed her eyes widen a bit while he was talking as if she were thinking "wow, really?"

Ikr 😑

I don’t know, it was pretty impossible to detect if he said or she so I would refrain from commenting on that. It was very quick and kind of muffled. But he was a pretty terrible interviewer.

They did already. It starred Nicole Kidman. It was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I know! It was not very good... but Yvonne would be awesome .... The film should focus on Kelly's early years in Hollywood rather than being a Princess

Honestly speaking, Yvonne would be great in any role. Including Kelly before being a Princess. She has all the acting means necessary.

Noticed that too

I feel like she puts it on for American tv. When she did an interview on Australian tv fairly recently, her Australian accent is pretty strong still.

What is worth noticing- English is not her first language. It may make it both easier and harder to learn different accents. Essential for an actress.

Watch her tomorrow war interview.

She hates trump but your boner will get over it.

I know this is such a late reply but what's wrong with people publicly talking about their politics? I'm not asking this to start an argument, just curious. I don't really understand why people get upset when public figures share their opinions and beliefs. Isn't that a human right regardless of occupation.

@@lynn99anna Personally, I consider it to be divisive among people. More often than not, it’s very difficult to convey exactly how you feel about a certain subject. And as a result, people can often get an inaccurate assessment for how you feel & what you think on certain subjects. And with news headlines, reporters often try to get any misleading headline about you or simplify what you’re saying so much that it becomes inaccurate. But TLDR; I think it’s often hard for people to look past certain disagreements they have with other people. And as a result, politics often cause more division than good.

@@vincenttalley5938 yeah, you've got a point. Sadly a lot of people can't agree to disagree on things which shows a lack of maturity in some people. Thank you for sharing a different insight :)

with Polish roots- her parents are Polish, but they've moved to Australia short before she was born

It's his habit.

Gabriel Jager-Sumner it was uncomfortable

What !!! He didn't even watch the show before the interview ..... what an idiot

As much as agree the way it came off was creepy I think what he meant was because she said “we all have sex together” and he was saying saying wait... that didn’t happen because it didn’t happen as Serena isn’t sexually involved in that scene. But yes he’s a creepy and horrible interviewer!

Right?

I have to disagree. I don't like American interviewers generally as they tend not to be very clued up and constantly interrupt their guests. However, I think this guy really, really knows his stuff, asks intelligent questions and gets fantastic interviews out of all of his guests. But then I've seen a lot of his Build interviews, and it's probably difficult to judge on this one instance. I recommend watching others in the series, as they are truly brilliant, and they seem to get the cast of all the most current shows and recent films, so they must be highly regarded by actors and producers etc and their publicists.

Matthew Ash I totally disagree.

He's also dead wrong on the Australian far right, and she's obviously not politically involved enough to argue that point. Our right wingers do everything in their power to defund and degrade public health and education (along with environmental efforts and social welfare). It's the public who won't let them do it as brazenly as the American right, so they have to do it quietly in ways you wouldn't necessarily notice until you need the services that are having their funding chipped away at, or work in those industries.

Her parents are science types. I'm glad she isn't into politics. It's probably for good reasons.

As a 'non-American' in the US, I know talking politics can be a bit... tenuous. I'm perfectly happy discussing my views with people who know me, but even then - depending on the scenario - I'm very careful with what I say/ the way I say it. This is youtube, so I don't have to be quite so careful ;-) - I don't know this interviewer but he is so 'sheltered American' in the way he said he doesn't think Trump is funny - he had no idea why she laughed. It's a 'oh dear, how exactly do I answer this' kind of nervous laugh because she's speaking in front of an audio doing a promo interview. Fast forward 15 months to now & the comparisons have been drawn far more frequently, the conversation is there; but even still, passing comment on the political system - especially if you're not a citizen and can't vote (idk if she is... You can be a permanent resident but not a citizen) is different than if you *are* an American. He also showed he had no clue here by passing comment himself on Australian politics - which is fine if they're into a discussion, or it's been agreed as a talking point, but he really came across as tone deaf the way he did it. Also, in Australia, everyone legally must vote, so I'd hazard a guess that she skipped over that question and *really* didn't want to go political rather than she had absolutely nothing to say. It doesn't sound like any of this was prepared, or questions agreed upon. He did the same laughing and saying he 'doesn't know' "SEGA" (in the UK, we said 'say-ga') when he laughed at her for saying that and she gave examples of other words that are said differently... just came across as a poor interviewer, with no idea a world exists beyond the US.

Ash also shes a white woman. Her take on certain freedoms will always be a bit off... I don't say this to be controversial, i say this to point out the fact that people of privilege always see the idea of oppression as something they can seperate from whereas an Original australian descendent, i.e. the more disenfranchised of Australia have a completely different take on the political climate and certain aspects of the democracy.... remember there was a period in time where the original people of Australia were invaded and had their children taken away strippes of their language and had their women sexually assaulted and displaced into the lowest positions of white society...

Sophie HM yeah to americans everything is about America. I'm not american nor do I live there but it is very amusing to see online how they actually think this is where the US is heading. Pure fucking paranoia and hysterics.

Not exactly happening in Saudi Arabia but yeah maybe some part of it Women are allowed to read and be educated and they can work too Some jobs are not allowed Men can have a second wife by her own will if his first wife can’t carry a child and its not rape and the baby is the second wife’s baby no giving babys there But of course regarding the physical punishment its there but not also hitting the wife with a belt😥

+Sophie HM Saudi Arabia has lots of problems but you sound like an idiot as you're clearly not aware that Saudi women are highly educated. So, not quite.

zammmerjammer I never said they weren’t educated 😂 I wrote a whole feature article called “Yes, you should be afraid of the Handmaids Tale” and it was all about drawing points of similarity between Gilead and Saudi Arabia. Things such as female genita mutilation, stoning for rape and adultery, forced relations, the male guardianship system (which applies to both the commanders wives and handmaids)

"all this shits already happening in Saudi Arabia" -- except it isn't.

Well, compared to Gilead, I can see how Canada is utopia.

So you'd be happy with aligning yourself with a man hating movement which seeks to demonize women into pathetic helpless victims and blame men for literally everything

andr andr no one said to kill Christianity fuck tard. You can be Christian and still respect everyone.

It is I, Your Cis White Male feminism is equality for the sexes. Nothing more, nothing less.

Actually it's called being equal, and I don't need a group to complain about someone making sexist comments to me. I have both guys and gals who are assholes and say the same thing. I can handle it myself. I don't need a group pushing for more jobs in computers simply because most women don't want to work on/build tech (the ones that do always get hired fast though). I just want to be equal and be able to cut the pink tax. That's it. No one needs to stand up for me unless I ask.

Furk tard? Really? So, you're one of those pathetic flag waving, bible thumping trump voters.

She had changed a lot. Hasn't she?

Also whats happening in every majority Islamic country atm.

Yes! Creepy stuff.

Stop writing such utter drivel.

Much much different role and the only role I like her in.

Her job is speaking with an american accent, so it makes sense. And secondly, both her parents speak with a heavy polish accent, so I assume her australian accent wasn't that heavy to begin with.

As a general rule, it doesn’t matter what the parents accent is, wherever the child grows up, they pick up their peers accents within a very short period of time. I’ve witnessed this many times. Also, a job doesn’t usually make a difference. Look at Gerard Butler, Anthony Hopkins, Adrian Brody, Nicola Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Russell Crowe, Christoph Waltz, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Idris Elba, Daniel Craig, Jude Law, Helen Mirren...the list is endless. They still have their original accents. There are exceptions to the rule, I guess she’s one of them.

@@OzzieOzzieOzzieOyOyOy you put it perfectly. Totally agree. Of course doesn't matter how your parents speak! By the way, she once said that back home they were speaking only Polish and emailing in Polish, so her native Australian accent comes from her growing up there. One of the exception who can change her accent at will is the English Millie Bobby Brown. But well, she is much younger and also very talented.

... hilarious

Morgan King the beautiful thing that Yvonne brought to this role is that we were able to see just how trapped both women are. Especially come season 2, with Marissa Tomei’s cameo. I’m so proud of this lady, proud to have her as part of my home country.

Although to me, it’s not about what she wants... but fear of ending up lower down - fear that if she isn’t complicit, then who knows what will become of her?

Her character held down June for a very forced rape in a bitter misguided revenge.

lorfalconswan True. But there are some moments/scenes of the series cause me to see that there is some good in her. She does love Nicole. And is willing to let June hold the baby and even run away. She stood up as sort of resistance which cause her finger to be cut off.