Elisabeth Moss Set to Make Directorial Debut on 'Handmaid's Tale' | THR News - video Dailymotion

The Emmy-winning star will step behind the lens for the third episode of season four, set to debut this fall.

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00:00-"You working hard?" -"Yes."

00:06Elizabeth Moss is taking over the director's chair. The Hollywood Reporter has

00:10exclusively learned that the actress is set to make her directorial debut on The

00:14Handmaid's Tale in the forthcoming fourth season of the award-winning Hulu drama.

00:18The Emmy winner, who stars as June and executive produces the series based on the

00:22dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, will step behind the lens to direct the third

00:26episode of season four. Of the news, Moss says in part,

00:29"...it means so much to me and I do not take the responsibility lightly. Leading and

00:33executive producing this show the past three years has been such a joy and I've had the

00:37incredible gift of learning so much from the directors we've had on this show."

00:41As for what the fourth season will entail, it will have to answer some big questions left at

00:45the end of season three. June was successful in freeing dozens of children from Gilead,

00:50but there could be a global cost. Questions remain as to whether this will spark a war

00:54between Gilead and Canada. And as for June herself, she was last seen nursing a gunshot.

00:59Wound. So there's still a lot left to explore within the show's dystopian universe.

01:03Executive producer Bruce Miller previously told The Hollywood Reporter about what to expect

01:07next, saying,

01:08"...people find the show unpredictable. I don't try to make it unpredictable. In fact, I try to do the opposite.

01:13Almost inevitably, what you think would happen is what happens. It's just not what would happen

01:18on television. It's what would happen in Gilead to June."

01:21For more TV and film updates, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.