Margaret Atwood Wants Drake To Appear In 'Handmaid's Tale'

Margaret Atwood has a small, unexpected request - she wants Drake to have a cameo in season two of The Handmaid's Tale.

The idea arose when acclaimed writer Junot Diaz interviewed her in the Boston Review.

"I'll drop that notion into the ear of Bruce Miller, the showrunner, and see what he can do with that, because of course the show is filmed in Toronto," she said. "Maybe Drake could help smuggle someone?"

The legendary author hasn't met Drake - a fellow Canadian - just yet, but she is a fan.

"I have of course met people who have met Drake," she says. "But you have to realise how o-l-d I am. I'm not likely to go to the same parties. Or many parties at all, to be frank."

At the end of the interview, Atwood brings up the casting notion again. "I hope [we run into each other again], and you've given me a new idea. Drake in The Handmaid's Tale!"

Let's hope this idea is pursued.

Ella Alexander

Ella Alexander is Harper’s Bazaar's Deputy Digital Editor. She writes across all sections, covering fashion, arts and feminism – from fashion features and shopping galleries to celebrity interviews and long-form opinion pieces. She lives in South London and has an ardent love for Keith Richards, Gary Barlow, AA Gill, George Orwell and Patti Smith (not in order). Her favourite film is The Labyrinth, mostly because of David Bowie, and she is distinguishable through her self-titled ‘Jeremy Corbyn baker boy hat’. She recently achieved relative fame after the Clooneys named their twins, Ella and Alexander, after her.