When I saw D'Arcy Carden was joining The Handmaid’s Tale, I thought, “Oh, she’s going to be terrifying.” Turns out, she thought the same thing.

“I joked with the showrunner,” she said, “‘I’m either going to die in episode one or I’m the villain.’” But what actually unfolded was far more layered, and completely unexpected.

As Aunt Phoebe, she walks into Gilead looking like just another enforcer. But behind the harsh uniform and rigid posture, there’s a twist brewing. “Even I didn’t know she was working with the resistance,” Carden revealed. The scripts were redacted, secrets were kept, and then one day, there it was, her line: “Let the revolution begin.”

Mic. Drop.

It’s not just a line, it’s the season’s tagline. It’s a signal that Aunt Phoebe might be one of the most subversive players in the game. And yes, Carden delivers it with spine-tingling conviction.

Joining this dystopian world in its final act wasn’t just another role for her, it was a deep dive into ambiguity, rebellion, and what it means to resist from the inside. “There’s something exciting about being in a show where truly anything can happen,” she said, and her character proves exactly that.