Ann Dowd opens up about Aunt Lydia's past. HandmaidsTale
In season two,came to a shocking close when Emily unexpectedly stabbed Lydia in the back before pushing her down the stairs of Commander Lawrence’s house. It appeared that she had been killed off, much to the shock of audiences, who’d grown to love and hate the unflinching den mother.
Lydia is embarrassed, ashamed and has something to prove. “She’s very concerned by the way the commanders view her,” Dowd says. That ultimately leads to an aunt who is lashing out -- delivering a particularly brutal beating on Janine -- as she attempts to re-establish her authority. “She’s furious and frightened of her own girls and she doesn’t want to be furious and frightened,” Miller says, while the actress adds that “she carries this fear, which she never had before.
In a moment that only an actress like Dowd can pull off, Lydia goes into the bathroom and starts smashing the mirror with both fists. While it’s something she and the director discussed prior to filming, Dowd was unsure of which way the scene would go. “But, boy, did it feel absolutely right in the moment,” she says, adding: “On so many levels, she has shame, rage, loss and tremendous disappointment in herself. And I think to shame that image of herself felt so, so good.
Ultimately, Lydia feels responsible for Janine’s livelihood, even if means serving out a punishment as severe as having her eye removed. “I love that relationship,” says Dowd, who admits that Lydia prides herself on being in control of her emotions and not reactive. “In other words, thinking before she decides on a punishment. But if Lydia had to do it over again, she probably would not have taken out that eye.
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