United Kingdom, May 27 -- Elisabeth Moss "closed the set" for the final scene of 'The Handmaid's Tale'.

The 42-year-old actress - who has won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of June Osborne - has opened up on the emotional closing moments of the show's sixth and final season, and how she wanted to protect herself as an actress and director as her character returned to the Waterford house.

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I did close the set. Not to keep it secret, but mostly because I needed the set to be a very quiet space that day.

"When you're shooting the final scene of a show, it tends to attract some attention. So it was actually me as a director protecting my actor, who is me.

"I needed to be able to do my job that day, whic...