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- culture
- June 5, 2019
Stars talks 'The Handmaid's Tale' impact
Elisabeth Moss and Samira Wiley spoke about the meaning of the show's costumes.
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The costume's cultural impact has extended off the screen, with protesters using them to advocate for women's causes in real life in recent years.
People have worn them in everything from protests against the controversial appointment of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to fighting abortion bills across the United States.
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Moss described seeing the impact of the show in real life as \"an honor.\"
\"Those are our work clothes, that's our thing we put on when we go and do our job, but I get inspired when I see women out there wearing that costume and standing up for what they believe,\" she said on \"GMA.\"
\"That actually inspires me,\" she continued. \"I think they're doing the real work. I think they're out there on the front lines and so I feel honored to put on that costume with them.\"
“I get inspired when I see women out there wearing that costume,” #ElizabethMoss says of seeing people don the #HandmaidsTale ensemble. @samirawiley: “It gives me a heightened sense of responsibility.” pic.twitter.com/pLsgLjanGO
— Good Morning America (@GMA) June 5, 2019
\"I feel like that is exactly who we are representing,\" Wiley added on those using the costumes in their protests. \"To see that people are out there wearing those things and wearing the handmaid's costume, it just gives me a heightened sense of responsibility, in terms of what we are making.\"
\"It is television, but at the end of the day it can elicit real change so I'm really proud,\" she added.
Season three of \"The Handmaid's Tale\" premieres on Hulu on June 5.
Hulu is owned by a division of Disney, ABC's parent company.
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