‘No human’s life is worth a TV show’: Elisabeth Moss says The Handmaid’s Tale won’t resume filming until it’s safe ‘for everybody’
Hulu announced in mid-March that filming on the fourth season of The Handmaid’s Tale would be put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And in an interview with TV show Extra on Thursday, Elisabeth Moss explained that the production team is trying to figure out a time frame for resuming.
‘We were only two weeks in, so we actually have an entire season to shoot,’ said the actress who also serves a producer on the award-winning series.
Not rushing into it: Elisabeth Moss said Thursday that while everyone wants to get back to work filming season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale, production won’t restart until it’s safe to do so
She explained: ‘We want to go back to work because families have people to support and rent they need to pay, but at the same time no human’s life is worth a TV show. We’re just trying to figure out how to do it safely for everybody.’
Moss, 37, is set to make her directorial debut with an episode in the new season.
Meanwhile, she will next be seen in the horror movie Shirley that’s set to be released on Hulu, on video-on-demand and at drive-ins.
Playing it safe: Moss told Extra: ‘We want to go back to work because families have people to support and rent they need to pay, but at the same time no human’s life is worth a TV show’
On hiatus: The actress, 37, also serves as a producer on the Hulu series and said they’d only managed to do two weeks of filming before production was halted due to the coronavirus
Coming soon: Meanwhile, Moss will next be seen as famed horror writer Shirley Jackson in the movie Shirley, set for release on Hulu, VOD and at drive -ins on June 5
Based on true story: Jackson is best known for 1959’s The Haunting of Hill House, a supernatural horror novel widely considered to be one of the best ghost stories ever written
In the film, directed by Josephine Decker, Moss plays real-life horror writer Shirley Jackson with Michael Stuhlbarg as her college professor husband Stanley.
Set in the 1960s, the story follows what happens when a young couple move in with Shirley and Stanley sparking events which will form the basis for the author’s next book.
Shirley premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January where it won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking.
In real-life, Shirley Jackson is best known for 1959’s The Haunting of Hill House, a supernatural horror novel widely considered to be one of the best ghost stories ever written.
Indie pic: Shirley premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January where it won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking. Pictured: Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Josephine Decker and Moss