Work in Progress: O-T Fagbenle

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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Music, Arts, Comedy

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Triple threat, O-T Fagbenle, has had viewers glued to their screens with his portrayal of Luke on Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," which is coming to its conclusion after six intense seasons!

The actor, writer, and director joins Sophia to talk about the final season of the Emmy-winning show, including his evolving relationship with his on-screen wife, June Osborne — aka Elisabeth Moss — his audition for the role, and his feelings about the show ending. Plus, a deep dive into AI, a conversation about politics and community, and O-T's heartfelt work in progress.

The final episode of "The Handmaid's Tale" will drop on Tuesday, May 27, on Hulu.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.2	Hey, everyone. It's Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress.
0:19.3	Hello, friends. Welcome back to work in progress.
0:22.3	Today, we are joined by an actor that I am such an enormous fan of.
0:27.8	You likely know him from his award-nominated role as Luke Bancolay in Hulu's Groundbreaking Drama Series, The Handmaid's Tale.
0:34.7	I was obsessed with his character in presumed innocent,
0:39.4	alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Naga, and Peter Sarsgaard, and he was absolutely hysterical
0:46.4	in lute alongside Maya Rudolph and amazing on Netflix's No Good Date with Lisa Crudrow, Ray Romano,
0:53.8	and Dennis Leary.
0:55.3	O.T. is here today to talk about art, the last season of The Handmaid's Tale, politics,
1:01.3	parenthood, and everything in between. And I'm going to get to pick his brain about what it was
1:06.9	like to play. Former President Barack Obama. Let's jump in with O.T. Fed Benley.
1:25.8	We sure did. I love it. I should have thrown my Dodgers hat on.
1:29.3	Someone closes a gift. I don't know anything about baseball.
1:34.3	Baseball for me is really more about going with friends and getting the hot dog and the beer and having the experience.
1:40.3	I'm not good in public, like big lots of people, like lots of people around me.
1:44.7	I'm not, I'm such a homebody. I never, I never really get out very much. I'm a big basketball
1:50.9	fan and even like every now and then, like some opportunity to go watch a game will come off.
1:55.4	I'll be like, I'm good in my garage like that I'm in right now, yeah. I mean, you can see it better on ESPN anyway.
2:03.2	This is what I'm saying.
2:04.1	I don't even know what the advantages are.
2:06.0	I'm uncomfortable seats.
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