Hulu’s The Testaments has just premiered, and the show found its breakthrough star in Chase Infiniti. However, showrunner Bruce Miller cast her largely because she reminded him of Elisabeth Moss in a very specific way, and that quality might be exactly what this revolution needs.
Set four years after The Handmaid’s Tale ended, the show follows two young women, Infiniti’s Agnes and Lucy Halliday’s Daisy, coming of age inside Gilead. Miller returns as showrunner, and at the world premiere at the Academy Museum on Tuesday, he explained what drew him to Infiniti for the lead role.
Talking about the actress on The Testaments, Miller stated,
“She was unpredictable. I didn’t know what she was going to do — not in a scary way, but I just didn’t have any idea what she was going to say, if she was going to go left or right. And as a person, she’s that way too. She’s delightful, but you don’t know if she’s going to say if she wants chocolate or vanilla ice cream, and no matter how much I get to know her, I don’t think I’m going to know, which is wonderful. It was the same thing with Elisabeth Moss; she’s not volatile, but she is unpredictable.”
For Infiniti, landing this role comes right after her star-making turn in One Battle After Another, and she’s been clear about what that experience taught her. She talked about how the film really prepared her for getting to work with an incredible group of girls and that she feels very fortunate that it taught her how to work in an ensemble and form connections with other actors.
More details about The Testaments
We are finally getting The Testaments on Hulu this month, and with the glowing reviews The Handmaid’s Tale received, we are in for another disturbing watch. led by Bruce Miller who previously worked on The Handmaid’s Tale, the show is about two girls. Chase Infiniti plays Agnes, a girl who’s lived her entire life in Gilead’s system and is beginning to understand that something is deeply wrong and Lucy Halliday plays Daisy, a Canadian girl whose world gets destroyed when she finds out her family has ties to the regime. They meet at Aunt Lydia’s school for future wives, which is just as disturbing as it sounds.
Ann Dowd is back as Aunt Lydia, joining Rowan Blanchard, Mabel Li and Amy Seimetz playing other Aunts. Mike Barker is directing the opening episodes and Elisabeth Moss is producing as well.
The Testaments premieres on Hulu on April 8, 2026.
Edited by Nibir Konwar