“It was just Agnes,” The Testaments creator Bruce Miller told Deadline of the moment Chase Inifniti auditioned for the lead in the Hulu series. The adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s book and the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of Agnes’ coming of age as a member of Gilead’s elite.
When she auditioned Infiniti had wrapped filming One Battle After Another, which catapulted her to global attention and the red carpet at the Academy Awards. Last weekend it was the Series Mania purple carpet as Infiniti arrived in Lille for the world premiere of The Testaments. “It was a non-decision,” Miller adds of the casting decision, noting the team were confident they had recruited a breakout star when they brought her on. “Then we were waiting for the rest of the world to notice.”
Series exec producer Warren Littlefield adds that Elisabeth Moss, star of The Handmaids Tale
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