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Image credit to Lucy’s Instagram and Burton(Elisabeth’s personal make up artist’s Instagram)

Image credit to Lucy’s Instagram and Burton(Elisabeth’s personal make up artist’s Instagram)

Variety released their final predictions today and is predicting 4 Emmy nomination for The Testaments. They are predicting Elisabeth to be The testaments sole acting nomination, with additional nominations for Casting for a Drama Series, Costumes(contemporary, series) and for Hairstyling.

I haven’t seen many sites make predictions on the craft nominations so it was interesting to get an idea of what the testaments might get recognition for. I am hoping they are right when it comes to costume design especially because the costumes this season were excellent and I loved the little details that would differ between the girls outfits. I am also hoping they are wrong about Lead Actress and that Chase is able to get a nod.

Here’s what they’re predicting:

GUEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Brittany Allen, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Tal Anderson, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Elisabeth Moss, “The Testaments” (Hulu)
Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Merritt Wever, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu)

CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“The Testaments” (Hulu)

COSTUMES (CONTEMPORARY, SERIES)
“All’s Fair” (Hulu) — “When We Were Young”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “No New Tricks”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “HDP”
“The Testaments” (Hulu) — “Ball”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money”

HAIRSTYLING (CONTEMPORARY)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — “Mall Part 3: Heroes”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “No New Tricks”
“I Love LA” (HBO Max) — “Roger and Munchy”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Pirate Lady”
“The Testaments” (Hulu) — “Ball”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money” ***

Link:

https://variety.com/lists/2026-emmys-predictions/hairstyling-contemporary-2/

vulture has released the full panel recording, however it is behind a pay wall. You can see watch it at the link, they also posted this video on their social media

https://www.vulture.com/article/testaments-handmaids-tale-elisabeth-moss-chase-infiniti-lucy-halliday-vulture-festival.html

Edit: you can watch the full panel on YouTube(no pay wall)
https://youtu.be/FHGS5n49tfI

I was lucky enough to attend the panel last night and I figured I would recap some of what they said on the panel.

-at the end of the panel, the host asked them if they are going to start filming season two “sometime soon”, Chase and Lucy both looked at Elisabeth(I’m guessing they weren’t sure if they could say anything) and Elisabeth said that they are going to start filming “sometime very soon”.
-Elisabeth mentioned how she is a huge fan of the handmaids tale universe, so to see any of these characters and this world continue is exciting to her. That there is a lot of the handmaids tale’s universe’s world to explore
- Lucy did not know that Daisy had been changed until after she was cast and joked she didn’t take it well at first when Bruce told her
-Lucy and Chase only had the pilot when they signed on, and even the pilot ended up shifting a lot in tone and focus from when they were cast(the lighter tone and focus on the girls friendship)
-elisabeth said for her it wasn’t about passing the torch, she didn’t want to pass the torch, she wanted the girls to “light a new one”. She didn’t feel she needed to teach them anything, and she didn’t want to mess with the freshness of things. They wanted it to be new, so she didn’t want to give them too much advice and mess with things. They more bonded on an actor level.
-Lucy said that Elisabeth taught her to take naps during down time, especially on night shoots and she’s carried that with her
-Lucy and Chase talked at length about the costumes and how they make them feel wearing them
-Chase and Lucy talked about the voice overs. They would always record rough cuts for editing when they filmed the episodes so there were rough cuts for editing, but voice overs would often change drastically between filming the episodes and the final versions
-they showed 2 clips, Agnes telling Daisy about what doctor grove did and the ep 10 scene between Daisy and June.
-Lucy had a really good read on the Daisy and Agnes scene, that up until that point her fire had been fueled by her personal vengeance for her family but now she wants vengeance for those girls because they deserve far more then what they are getting.
-Elisabeth hopes to explore the complexity of June and Hannah’s relationship, like what happens if Hannah does not want to leave, doesn’t understand she needs to leave and the fact there are things about Gilead that Agnes’ likes
-regarding exploring how the show is so relevant to the real world, Elisabeth talked about how looking at it through the next generations lenses, it’s hopefully more hopeful and stronger, with characters that have an idea of what we can do. Also talked about how Gilead has to be taken down from the inside.
-Elisabeth talked about that scene with Daisy, that Bruce really had to convince her that June did not know where Agnes was exactly. She also has been worried that that could be the last time she played June, because they had no idea how the Testaments would be received.

I was lucky enough to attend the panel last night and I figured I would recap some of what they said on the panel.:

-at the end of the panel, the host asked them if they are going to start filming season two “sometime soon”, Chase and Lucy both looked at Elisabeth(I’m guessing they weren’t sure if they could say anything) and Elisabeth said that they are going to start filming “sometime very soon”.
-Elisabeth mentioned how she is a huge fan of the handmaids tale universe, so to see any of these characters and this world continue is exciting to her. That there is a lot of the handmaids tale’s universe’s world to explore
- Lucy did not know that Daisy had been changed until after she was cast and joked she didn’t take it well at first when Bruce told her
-Lucy and Chase only had the pilot when they signed on, and even the pilot ended up shifting a lot in tone and focus from when they were cast(the lighter tone and focus on the girls friendship)
-elisabeth said for her it wasn’t about passing the torch, she didn’t want to pass the torch, she wanted the girls to “light a new one”. She didn’t feel she needed to teach them anything, and she didn’t want to mess with the freshness of things. They wanted it to be new, so she didn’t want to give them too much advice and mess with things. They more bonded on an actor level.
-Lucy said that Elisabeth taught her to take naps during down time, especially on night shoots and she’s carried that with her
-Lucy and Chase talked at length about the costumes and how they make them feel wearing them
-Chase and Lucy talked about the voice overs. They would always record rough cuts for editing when they filmed the episodes so there were rough cuts for editing, but voice overs would often change drastically between filming the episodes and the final versions
-they showed 2 clips, Agnes telling Daisy about what doctor grove did and the ep 10 scene between Daisy and June.
-Lucy had a really good read on the Daisy and Agnes scene, that up until that point her fire had been fueled by her personal vengeance for her family but now she wants vengeance for those girls because they deserve far more then what they are getting.
-Elisabeth hopes to explore the complexity of June and Hannah’s relationship, like what happens if Hannah does not want to leave, doesn’t understand she needs to leave and the fact there are things about Gilead that Agnes’ likes
-regarding exploring how the show is so relevant to the real world, Elisabeth talked about how looking at it through the next generations lenses, it’s hopefully more hopeful and stronger, with characters that have an idea of what we can do. Also talked about how Gilead has to be taken down from the inside.
-Elisabeth talked about that scene with Daisy, that Bruce really had to convince her that June did not know where Agnes was exactly. She also has been worried that that could be the last time she played June, because they had no idea how the Testaments would be received.

She is with June, I know the writers/Show runner have already said this, but if you need further proof, here. In this scene from last night, you can see a little girls backpack on the left near the stairs and on the right, there is a child’s rain boots/shoes.

This clip was part of the announcement that the testaments was renewed. Is Daisy passing information to June via the jars of honey?

This the video that was posted on the official channels. Also note, the video has a scene from episode 10, so be careful watching if you don’t wish to be spoiled