Elisabeth Moss reacts to reading ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 finale script: ‘Holy s–t’

Blessed be the finale.
Elisabeth Moss shared her thoughts on the final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” revealing her gut reaction when she first read the finale script.
Speaking to the press at the Hulu show’s sixth and last season premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, April 2, in Hollywood, California, the actress said she had mixed emotions when she got her hands on the scripts for Episodes 9 and 10.
“Can I swear?” she responded when asked for her first thoughts. “Holy s–t. And tears, lots of tears on the last one.”
Moss elaborated that while she was blown away by the final season of the hit show, “Holy s–t was on nine. Yeah, big one.”
She hasn’t just starred as the rebel June Osborne since the beginning of the series. Moss has directed several episodes of “The Handmaid’s Tale” over the show’s almost eight-year run, including the last two in the finale series.
When asked how she balances acting alongside her peers and leading them behind the camera, Moss told The Post, “They’re very connected. I don’t worry about dividing them.”
The Emmy winner said, “I think that being an actor helps me as a director and being a director helps me as an actor,” adding she doesn’t “worry” about creating boundaries or separating the two.
“I let them kind of help each other,” Moss shared.
At the Season 6 premiere, several of the actress’ co-stars, including Samira Wiley — who plays June’s best friend Moira Strand — had nothing but glowing feedback when it came to Moss as an actress and director.
“It’s so many things at once being able to see my friend who I’ve witnessed her growth and see her in that position of power,” Wiley told The Post on Wednesday, adding it’s a “level of trust” she hasn’t experienced.
“I think that the relationship between Moira and June on-screen is definitely influenced by our relationship in real life.”
When informed that her colleagues did nothing but sing her praises as a director all night, Moss got emotional and responded, “That is so kind.”
While “The Handmaid’s Tale” is coming to an end, it won’t be the last of Gilead fans will see.
Hours before the premiere, Hulu announced “The Testaments,” a sequel to the series based on author Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel of the same name. Moss will also executive produce it.
The spinoff will take place four years after the end of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and fans will be seeing a few returning faces, as it’ll be centered around Ann Dowd’s character, Aunt Lydia, and include Moss’ on-screen daughter Hannah (Jordana Blake), known as Agnes in the patriarchal territory of Gilead.
Creator Bruce Miller teased the synopsis of “The Testaments,” telling the Hollywood Reporter it’s about “Agnes MacKenzie living in Gilead and gradually finding out who she is. In the end of the book The Testaments they bring down Gilead, so that’s the goal of the show and the goal of Agnes growing up.”
He continued, ”We tried not to make the same show — it’s got younger voices, it’s got a completely different feel and a completely different vibe but it’s still Gilead, so I hope that the continuing threads continue to interest people while the new stuff is exciting.”
“The Handmaid’s Tale” final season premieres April 8 on Hulu with a three-episode drop.