O-T Fagbenle advised HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Luke and June 'have lots to take care of' within the penultimate season of 'The Handmaid's Story', together with saving their daughter Hannah.
Season 4 of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Story featured the long-awaited reunion between June and Luke in Canada, after June was separated from her husband and tormented in Gilead for thus lengthy. Though they’re free, not less than for now, June and Luke nonetheless must get their daughter Hannah again from Gilead. Seems like the proper storyline for season 5!
O-T Fagbenle, who performs Luke, spoke to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY about Luke and June’s “new dynamic” that viewers will see on the brand new season. “Luke and June have lots to take care of and attempt to get on the identical path, which is attempt to get Hannah again. However as all the time in ‘Handmaid’s’ there’s so many issues in the best way of that,” he advised us.
The Emmy nominated actor, 41, continued, “One of many issues I’m actually enthusiastic about audiences seeing this season is Luke and June’s relationship going to a totally new place. They’re not going again to the place they have been in season 1, or the place they have been final season. They discover a new dynamic and I feel it’s actually thrilling.”
O-T additionally spoke about how his character has “failed” at defending his spouse and daughter all through the sequence. “The primary factor that eats at Luke is his incompetence, his incapability to do probably the most elementary factor as a guardian which is to guard your baby,” he defined. “A very powerful factor as a companion is to attempt to defend your companion, and he failed at each of these issues. I don’t assume he’ll discover relaxation till he makes up for that.”
Though it’s been confirmed that The Handmaid’s Story is ending after season six, O-T claimed that producers haven’t advised him about Luke’s eventual destiny. “I don’t assume we converse a lot about endgame, however we do converse in regards to the trivialities and scene to scene trajectories. By way of endgame, I don’t dare look that far forward,” he stated.
Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Story premieres Wednesday, September 14 on Hulu. Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovksi, Samira Wiley,Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, and Max Minghella additionally star.