O-T Fagbenle on playing Luke Bankole in The Handmaid's Tale (Interview)

Eyes On Gilead: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast

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The Handmaid's Tale, Tv & Film, Podcast, Podcasts, Tv Shows, After Shows, Sbs

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

O-T Fagbenle braves our six seasons' worth of questions about Luke Bankole, June's husband, Hannah's dad, and the "best man" Moira knows. He reflects back across the seasons, about Luke's time as a refugee in Little America and lately, in his role as a wannabe Mayday fighter. And: Team Luke or Team Nick? Let's get to the bottom of it, once and for all.

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0:00.0	I couldn't be religious and gay. It was impossible. I was being marketed as some sort of like teenage it girl. When a girl kissed me on my 18th birthday, a whole other world opened up to me. I was a minor nuisance. Eight Australians will tell you about the choices that have led them to unexpected places.
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0:36.2	Ultimately, one of the things I like about Luke is that he's like an everyday person.
0:41.3	He is thrust into war and chaos and becoming a refugee while managing, I guess, a sense of
0:48.1	failure for not being able to ultimately keep his family safe.
0:52.3	And then having this frustration of not being able to be some kind of action hero with a gun
0:58.4	who can influence government.
0:59.8	He's just a normal guy refugee and trying to deal with that.
1:03.0	You don't own me.
1:05.0	I know your property.
1:06.7	So take a shifty little bitty eye over me.
1:11.3	Welcome to Eyes on Gilead, an SBS podcast dedicated to The Handmaid's Tale.
1:17.0	There is a lot going on in this show, and we think it helps to talk it out.
1:21.2	I'm Fiona Williams, and I'm head of curation at SBS On Demand,
1:25.0	and I'm joined by my friends, colleagues and fellow resistors. Haiti Island, channel manager of SBS On Demand, and I'm joined by my friends, colleagues and fellow resistors.
1:28.9	Haiti Island, channel manager of SBS on Demand, hello.
1:33.1	Natalie Hambly, journalist turned gemologist.
1:36.2	Hello.
1:36.9	And Sana Khadar, host of All In The Mind podcast on ABC Radio National.
1:41.3	Hi.
1:42.1	Now, we usually gather to recap episodes of The Handmaid's Tale, and we're still watching along
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