Joseph Fiennes: ‘I’ve done my bit for society – I’ve illustrated the patheticness of misogyny’

By Zoe Williams

 

Joseph Fiennes … ‘There are some very angry women in red out there.’ Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

 

It’s alluded to in the novel … someday, something will happen to Fred. Quite soon.”

 

In a neutral-looking cafe in central London, Joseph Fiennes is talking about the future of his role in The Handmaid’s Tale.

 

“Why, though?” I plead with him. “Why does he have to die?” “It’s in the novel,” Fiennes explains very patiently. “He’s got to. Come on, there are some very angry women in red out there.”

 

When The Handmaid’s Tale first appeared on our screens in 2017, it was a bit like having an anxiety dream about the new politics, your subconscious supplying the sharp contrasts and glorious Technicolor, the brutally formal sexual violence and the intricate dystopian detail. 

 

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The movie was better, tv series is just too long.

11 hours ago, DrTuner said:

The movie was better, tv series is just too long.

Stick with the book, published in 1985.

 

Saw the movie, have no interest in the TV series.

 

On ‎8‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 4:27 PM, DrTuner said:

The movie was better, tv series is just too long.

Only saw the movie. Can't see how there is enough to make a series out of it though. Is it just a load of angry women hating men? Get enough of that in real life.