Joseph Fiennes doesn’t have many kind words for his “Handmaid’s Tale” character.
In an interview with TheWrap, Fiennes compared The Commander’s relationship with Offred to that of a “cat with a ball of string,” calling their dynamic “perverse and horrific.”
“He’s a complex character, that’s what I loved about him,” the actor said the man to whom Elisabeth Moss’ handmaid Offred is assigned. “Their relationship is complex. She’s navigating her survival with him … he needs the contact. He has no contact with his wife. She’s barren, possibly. And they have no sex, as sex is outlawed unless you’re procreating.”