‘It’s a gun, and it’s five centimetres from my face’: Australian star on her terrifying TV moment
Australian actress Mabel Li discusses her role as Aunt Vidala in the series The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. She recounts a frightening scene in which a gun was held five centimetres from her face during filming. Li describes how she secured the part through auditions and notes it is her first overseas production.
- ▪Mabel Li, a Logie‑nominated Australian actor, plays the character Aunt Vidala in The Testaments.
- ▪She describes a particularly terrifying moment on set when a prop gun was positioned five centimetres from her face.
- ▪The role was Li’s first international job, obtained after auditioning and multiple callbacks with the show’s producers.
- ▪Li says the series feels deeply personal despite its authoritarian themes, which attracted the attention of executive producer Mike Barker.
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