-For people who are skittish, like, how is this --
how does this film -- What do you recommend for that?
-Well, I had a fun experience with my best friend, Goldie,
who I took to the premiere.
And at first, she didn't want to go.
At first, she was like, "I can't.
It's too scary. I can't see it."
And I just guilt-tripped her. -Yeah.
-And I was like, "No, that's totally cool.
I worked really, really hard on this
and poured my heart and soul into it.
And I went to Australia, and shot for 2 1/2 months.
And I hurt my neck." -Yeah.
-"And I busted my ass. But that's totally cool."
-"I had to do a harness stunt five times, which is a lot."
-"Which is a lot, by the way. It may not sound like it."
-"I know that some people, some dummies think it's normal."
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, some dummies. [ Laughter ]
And I was like, "But that's cool.
You can't sit through the movie for an hour and a half?
That's totally fine." And so I got her to go.
So she sat next to me, which I promised her I would do.
And then we had, like, a system where she would hold my arm,
and then I would sort of tap her.
So if there was something scary coming, I'd go...
-Oh, that's very nice. -Yeah, very nice.
Except I totally messed it up. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -So I'd be watching.
And I'd just be watching the movie.
And then I'd just sort of tap her arm
just, like, lovingly, you know? [ Laughter ]
And then she'd be like, "What are you doing?"
And I'd be like, "Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
I was just -- I love you." [ Laughter ]
And then, there was one scene -- there's one scene
in the movie -- Well, there's a lot of scenes --
scary scenes in the movie, but there's one scene
where something really bad happens at the end.
And I was like, "Something kind of scary
happens at the end of this."
And she was like, "Okay."
And then I proceeded to tell her
about the other actor in the scene
and how great they were and how wonderful.
We should have dinner with them, and they're so funny,
and she was gonna love them.
And then something bad happened in the scene.
[ Laughter ]
And she literally pulled her arm away
in actual anger and was like, "You're a dick."
[ Laughter ]
And, like, refused to speak to me.
-So you were basically like, "You will love them.
We should have dinner. Oh, right.
Dinner's not a possibility." [ Laughter ]
-So I kind of messed that up.
But we had a system, but, oh, well.
-I know that you were doing a junket,
what people do when you do press, you and your co-star.
And there was an effort made to scare you guys during that.
And junkets are not, by nature, scary.
-No. Not at all. Only by length.
-Yeah, exactly. -Yeah, they tried to scare us.
They pulled us into a room.
And we bought it, hook, line, and sinker.
We were such stupid actors. -Yeah.
-You know, and they were like, "Our stunt coordinator, Harry,
who's from Australia, has flown out to interview you."
Which is not a thing. -Right.
-No one's going to do that. -Yeah.
-And so we we're like, "Oh, cool, right.
Of course he did," because we're actors.
So, like, of course, everyone wants to talk to us.
[ Laughter ] -Right, that's all you have
to do to trick an actor is be like,
"People find you interesting." It's like, "Oh!"
-"Of course they do!" -Well, well, well.
-"What can I do for you?" [ Laughter ]
We started -- We sat down and started taking pictures
of each other, like, just, stupid.
And then they started to really, really scare us.
And they had this whole magic thing that they did.
And they did all the tricks in the movie.
And we actually legitimately got really scared.
And there's a great video of it which I posted on my Instagram.
And I immediately did the total anti-feminist thing and, like,
threw myself into his arms. [ Laughter ]
And was like, "Oh, my God, I'm so scared."
I, like, lost a shoe.
Like, I was not the superhero that I am in this movie at all.
I was a total -- -Yeah, the minute --
Yeah, I want to make it clear, I would do that, as well.
[ Laughter ]
I scare easy and jump fast. -You would.
-I will jump into the arms of a stranger if it comes to that.
And then you -- we were talking backstage here,
you're about to leave to start shooting season four
of "Handmaid's." -Yeah, yeah, we start on Monday.
[ Cheers and applause ] -And, I mean, so exciting.
I mean, one, I just want to ask, like, when you embarked on this,
I think, you know, anytime you embark on this --
which at a time, you know, for Hulu, there weren't
a lot of shows that they had had
that resonated like this with people.
Are you just shocked that you're still doing it?
You must be so happy. -I am.
I am, really happy. -Yeah.
-It's a real -- It's -- I'm very grateful for it.
And I love doing the show, so... -I know you can't say much.
Things weren't going great for June at the end of season three.
-All that running. -Yeah, so much running.
[ Laughter ] I just remember --
All I remember is, you were very winded at the end.
-Yes, the whole -- I can tell you this --
the whole first episode is just me out of breath.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-Just me trying to catch my breath.
-No dialogue. It's just a lot of, like...
[ Breathing heavily ]
Holding up one finger. -The resistance, yeah.
[ Laughter ] I got this.
-What is -- Can you say anything about it?
-I think we're gonna lean into the comedy of the show.
-Yeah, I think it's about time.
-Yeah, I think we're really gonna -- yeah.
-'Cause I will say -- and I don't want to be critical of it.
Very few laughs in the first three seasons.
-And we've taken that note. We understand that.
And we're gonna lean into the comedy of it.
You know, pump up the romance a little bit.
[ Laughter ] You know, like "This Is Us."
-Yeah, yeah, a little more "This Is Us."
-A little more "This Is Us." Yeah.
-It's interesting, though, 'cause when Bradley Whitford
was here, I remember talking to him about the fact that
actually, on set, it's not the most
depressing place in the world.
Like, you have a lovely crew.
And I imagine, like, when you're dealing with subject matter
like that, you can't, like, bring it to set
and bring it home every night over the course of
however many months you're doing it.
-You can't. You can't. Also, because there's like
a hundred crew members that don't really care, you know?
[ Laughter ]
They don't care about your drama and your resistance
and just want to go home to their families.
-But that must make it easier.
It must make it easier to, like, leave it on the set,
which makes you have a healthier life, I would imagine.
-Yes, absolutely. It definitely, definitely does.
We have a lot of -- believe it or not,
we have a lot of fun making the show.
[ Laughter ] Isn't that crazy?
-I know it's a weird thing to say, but I can't, like --
the opposite would be so much worse, obviously.
-I know, it would be terrible. -Yeah.
Because I feel like that's what we're missing is, like,
we would love to see the blooper reel
from "Handmaid's," I feel. [ Laughter ]
Just with a lot of terrible sound effects,
like, "Wah wah!" [ Laughter ]
-Just me panting. The whole time.
-Congratulations on the film.
I can't wait to see the next season of "Handmaid's Tale."
It's always such a delight to have you here.
-Give it up for Elisabeth Moss, everybody.