The Handmaid's Tale
A haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrong.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$13 000 000
Revenue
$4 960 385
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Daniel Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Wolfgang Glattes
Operator
Igor Luther
Composer
Artist
Thomas A. Walsh
Audition
Pat Golden
Editing
David Ray
All team (19)
All team (19)
Short description
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
What's left behind the scenes
- The Commander lives at 1810 Cedar Street, Durham, North Carolina, USA. In the United States, this house is known for being the site where writer Michael Peterson killed his second wife in 2001. At the 55th minute of the film, Faye Dunaway and Natasha Richardson descend the same staircase from which, as the writer told doctors, Kathleen allegedly fell.
- The final film role of Bill Owen (1914-1999).
- The role of Kate/Offred was offered to Jodie Foster and Sigourney Weaver. Weaver was forced to decline due to pregnancy. Ultimately, Natasha Richardson was cast in the role.
- Faye Dunaway initially turned down the role of Serena Joy, the Commander's wife, believing the character was too weak. However, she changed her mind after a phone call from the book's author, Margaret Atwood.
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio turned down the role of Moira.
- The Commander lives in a house at 1810; the full address is 1810 Cedar Street, Durham, North Carolina, USA. In the United States, this house is known as the place where writer Michael Peterson killed his second wife in 2001. At the 55th minute of the film, Faye Dunaway and Natasha Richardson descend the very stairs from which the writer claimed Kathleen had allegedly fallen.
- Bill Owen's (1914-1999) last film role.
- Faye Dunaway initially refused the role of Serena Joy, the Commander's wife, finding her character too weak. However, she changed her mind after a phone call from the book's author, Margaret Atwood.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
