"It felt like an adaptation of a book, so we had that road map to follow... And then more recently, I've become aware of what it was bringing up for people when they watch it," Bledel told Bustle. "Reading some of the reviews have really made me understand better what it might bring up for people. I think it's going to shock some people at how hard it is to imagine people living in such a world like this one, because as Margaret Atwood has said, she didn't make anything up. Everything that happens in the book has happened somewhere. Some of it can seem frighteningly real, which makes it scarier."