Chase Infiniti Landed Starring Role in ‘The Testaments’ Because of a Similar Elisabeth Moss Quality, Says Showrunner

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Are you ready to return to Gilead? Chase Infiniti , Ann Dowd and Lucy Halliday marched down a purple carpet at the Academy Museum on Tuesday evening to celebrate the world premiere of The Testaments , Hulu’s follow-up series to The Handmaid’s Tale . Set four years after the Handmaid’s Tale series finale, The Testaments follows Infiniti’s Agnes and Halliday’s Daisy as they navigate coming of age in Gilead. The show is Infiniti’s first project after her star-making turn in One Battle After Another , and she said that starring in that film prepared her to work with a large ensemble cast in another story of revolution . Related Stories TV Is Robert in 'Imperfect Women' a Monster? Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara Weigh In Business Inside the Snappys: Snapchat Launches Inaugural Awards Show, With Kylie Jenner, David Dobrik Among Winners “The thing that One Battle really prepared me for was, honestly, getting to work with an incredible group of girls,” the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. “I feel very fortunate that One Battle taught me how to work in an ensemble and form connections with other actors. And I hope that the connection we built on this show can transcend the screen as well.” Handmaid’s creator Bruce Miller returns as showrunner for The Testaments , which premieres with three episodes on April 8. He shared that he cast Infiniti in the lead role, in part, because she reminded him so much of Handmaid’s star Elisabeth Moss . “She was unpredictable. I didn’t know what she was going to do — not in a scary way, but I just didn’t have any idea what she was going to say, if she was going to go left or right,” he explained. “And as a person, she’s that way too. She’s delightful, but you don’t know if she’s going to ...