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    ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Ann Dowd Reveals The Text Elisabeth Moss Sent Her After Trump's 2016 Win
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    ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Ann Dowd Reveals The Text Elisabeth Moss Sent Her After Trump’s 2016 Win


    ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Ann Dowd Reveals The Text Elisabeth Moss Sent Her After Trump’s 2016 Win

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    1. run-on_sentience on

      Ann Dowd asked, “What are we going to do?”

      Moss’s response was, “Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum.”

      (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” But in Latin, because it’s from the book the show is based on.)

      Saved you a click.

    2. jojomoodie on

      I hate to hold people to their worst associations but it’s always worth keeping in mind her history with scientology

    3. sparrow_42 on

      I can’t believe my decade-long wait to find out what the text said is finally over.

    5. Aggressive_Set8155 on

      I hope she’s taking a good long look at her cult as well as MAGAS cult.

    6. djac13 on

      The next morning (after the election), (actress Ann Dowd) immediately texted actor Elisabeth Moss. At the time, they were still in production on Hulu’s hit series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel of the same name.

      “I woke up, opened the door, The New York Times on the floor, announcing his win,” Dowd continued. “So I texted Lizzie Moss, and I said, ‘What are we going to do? This can’t be.’ She wrote back, ‘Don’t let the bastards grind you down.’”

      That last line — which Moss wrote in Latin — is a famous one from the Hulu series. “Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum” appeared in Atwood’s novel as well.