The Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer Explains Janine’s Choices


With regards to Janine, Madeline Brewer is aware of there’s greater than meets the attention. 

In season 5 of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Story, which dropped its first two episodes Sept. 14, Janine refuses to shake free from being a subservient Handmaid underneath the management of the Aunts, regardless of the urging of Esther (Mckenna Grace).

Whereas Janine’s complacency may be complicated for some viewers, Madeline fully understands her motivations.

“I believe it is really easy to take a look at Janine and suppose that she’s simply following in line and he or she’s following the principles,” Madeline informed E! Information’ Francesca Amniker. “I believe it is very straightforward to suppose that she’s doing that. However there’s nothing that Janine does with out motive. I believe that she’s a survivor and he or she all the time has been.”

With a view to survive, Janine decides to aim to get on the nice facet of the Aunts.

“I believe that she sees herself as, ‘If I am helpful to them, perhaps they will not publish me,'” Madeline argued. “Her most modern anxiousness proper now, after we see her on the high of this season, is, ‘Will I be posted or not? Are they going to ship me again into service or not?’ As a result of in the event that they ship me again into service, I’ll bow out of life. She would not must be right here anymore.”