Elisabeth Moss: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale hasn’t taken a toll, it has helped me’

The Handmaid’s Tale star on doing her own stunts in The Invisible Man, the symbolic power of Offred’s cape – and working with a demanding dogElisabeth Moss, 37, has been nicknamed “the Queen of Peak TV” for her award-winning roles in several of the 21st century’s most acclaimed dramas.

She played the president’s daughter Zoey Bartlet in The West Wing, secretary turned copywriter Peggy Olson in Mad Men and detective Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake.

She currently plays June “Offred” Osborne in The Handmaid’s Tale, which she also co-produces.

She stars in the new film version of Hg Wells’s The Invisible Man.The Invisible Man seems a bit of a departure for you.

What attracted you to the role?I’ve always loved horror films and secretly wanted to be that girl running around screaming.

This role not only offered that but was an interesting character piece with deeper resonances.

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