THE Handmaid's Tales' Yvonne Strahovski has left fans devastated after revealing they have a 'long wait' for season four.
The 37-year-old plays Serena Joy in the hit Hulu series, which had to halt filming its fourth season due to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year.
Fans are desperate to know what happens to Serena, who was arrested in Canada for her part in the brutal Gilead regime and treatment of her handmaid June (Elisabeth Moss).
Meanwhile June's fate hangs in the balance after she was shot by a guard as she helped dozens of children escape from Gilead to the safety of Canada.
But Yvonne has warned them it will be a long time until the next season will air, telling Gold Derby: "We can look forward to the start of going back to continue what we started.
"How much did we get in the can, maybe two weeks worth? I don’t know, it’s going to be a long wait.”
Yvonne's co-star Elisabeth, 37, was set to direct some of her first episodes for season four, but her plans were derailed by the coronavirus-related shut down.
Speaking about the halt in production, Elisabeth - who is also an executive producer on the show - told Deadline: "We were two weeks into shooting when we shut down, so we didn’t get a lot in the can, and I was actually also in the middle of directing.
“Our writers are still writing, and they are continuing to write this season, obviously remotely from their own homes, separately, and that train is still chugging along."
Elisabeth is excited to get behind the camera and direct a number of episodes in season four.
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She continued: "Yeah [first time directing]. I know…. You prep and spend so much time thinking about it and you’re ready to go.
"And you’re excited, and you feel like, ‘OK I’m ready’, and then when this happens you sort of have this funny thing where you’re like, ‘Well I guess I have more time to think about it’.”
Elisabeth revealed she had originally hoped to direct an episode of season three, but decided against it due to "logistics".
