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'The Handmaid’s Tale': Elisabeth Moss on Alexis Bledel’s Exit in Season 5 and Possible Return (Exclusive)

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’s return with season 5, longtime star Alexis Bledel announced that she was leaving the Hulu series. “After much thought, I felt I had to step away from at this time,” she shared in a statement, revealing that she would not be back as Emily, a fellow handmaid who managed to escape Gilead with June’s (Elisabeth Moss) daughter, Nichole, and later struggled with PTSD as she resettled in Canada.

According to executive producer Bruce Miller, Bledel’s departure was not sudden. “It was far before production [began],” he tells ET's Will Marfuggi. “You know, Alexis had been doing this for a long time and she had been thinking and talking to her people, so it was all handled very professionally.

Still, though, we have plans for the character and we had to do some pivoting.”“I love Alexis. I’ve known Alexis for years, back from our days.

So, I love her very much. We were very sad that she couldn’t join us this year but I think she’s spectacular,” Moss says, adding that “it wasn’t the easiest thing in the world to handle, I’ll be honest with you, because she’s such a great, fantastic part of the show.

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