Elisabeth Moss topless The Handmaid's Tale scene

Publish date: 2024-05-16

She played Peggy Olsen, a prudish yet ambitious advertisement executive in Mad Men. 

Yet Elisabeth Moss is assuming an entirely different role in new TV series The Handmaid's Tale as she was seen in a super saucy sex scene opposite co-star Max Minghella, in which she displayed the entirety of her sizzling figure.

The popular show, which is based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling 1985 dystopian novel, sees Elizabeth play a handmaid named Offred who takes the hand of Max’s character Nick, a chauffeur who works for her boss, as she initiates sex.

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Oh! Elisabeth Moss is assuming an entirely different role in new TV series Handmaid's Tale as she was seen in a super saucy sex scene opposite co-star Max Minghella, in which she displayed the entirety of her sizzling figure

Oh! Elisabeth Moss is assuming an entirely different role in new TV series Handmaid's Tale as she was seen in a super saucy sex scene opposite co-star Max Minghella, in which she displayed the entirety of her sizzling figure

Elisabeth's character's dalliance is given the shock factor in the show due to the fact The Handmaid's Tale is set in a totalitarian society where recreational sex is banned.

Offred is one of thousands of handmaids who serve to provide children for people, due to the fact the future in which the show is set, most women are left infertile.

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In the scene, Elisabeth looks worlds away from her Mad Men persona as she was sporting acres of auburn hair while going totally naked. 

The show also stars Gilmore Girls actress Alexis Bledel who also plays a handmaid - this time a women called Ofglen.

Sending pulses racing: The popular show, which is based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling 1985 dystopian novel, sees Elizabeth play a handmaid named Offred who takes the hand of Max¿s character Nick, a chauffeur who works for her boss, as she initiates sex

Sending pulses racing: The popular show, which is based on Margaret Atwood's best-selling 1985 dystopian novel, sees Elizabeth play a handmaid named Offred who takes the hand of Max’s character Nick, a chauffeur who works for her boss, as she initiates sex

Insistent: Author Margaret added: 'They needed an ¿only,¿ an ¿also,¿ and a human rights definition of the F word, in my opinion'

Insistent: Author Margaret added: 'They needed an ‘only,’ an ‘also,’ and a human rights definition of the F word, in my opinion'

Elisabeth is also an executive producer on the show, which takes place in Gilead, a simple and futuristic world where women have no rights and infertility is rife.

The government send forth young, fertile women to keep the population up, with the handmaids serving wealthy families where they help couples extend their families as sex slaves.

The stunning star recently caused shockwaves when she insisted The Handmaid's Tale is 'not a feminist story'. 

Prim: She played Peggy Olsen, a prudish yet ambitious advertisement executive in Mad Men

Prim: She played Peggy Olsen, a prudish yet ambitious advertisement executive in Mad Men

Dapper co-star: Elizabeth appears opposite 31-year-old British actor Max, best known for The Social Network and The Internship

Dapper co-star: Elizabeth appears opposite 31-year-old British actor Max, best known for The Social Network and The Internship

She said: 'It’s not a feminist story; it’s a human story, because women’s rights are human rights. I never intended to play Peggy as a feminist and I never expected to play Offred as a feminist.'

Author Margaret added: 'They needed an ‘only,’ an ‘also,’ and a human rights definition of the F word, in my opinion'.

Elisabeth echoed: 'I think what happened was that I left out a very, very important four-letter word, which is ‘also.’ It’s a humanist tale. That’s all. Women’s rights are human rights.'

Honest opinion: She said: 'It¿s not a feminist story; it¿s a human story, because women¿s rights are human rights. I never intended to play Peggy as a feminist and I never expected to play Offred as a feminist'

Honest opinion: She said: 'It’s not a feminist story; it’s a human story, because women’s rights are human rights. I never intended to play Peggy as a feminist and I never expected to play Offred as a feminist'

Setting temperatures soaring: Offred is one of thousands of handmaids who serve to provide children for people¿s husbands, due to the fact the future in which the show is set, most women are left infertile

Setting temperatures soaring: Offred is one of thousands of handmaids who serve to provide children for people’s husbands, due to the fact the future in which the show is set, most women are left infertile

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