Sandman. Netflix has announced that Kirby Howell-Baptiste (
Killing Eve) will play Death in the series. Howell-Baptiste is not the only addition; Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Jenna Coleman, Niamh Walsh, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Kyo Ra, Stephen Fry, Razane Jammal, Sandra James Young and Patton Oswalt have joined the series as well.
Death is one of the most beloved characters in Gaiman’s comic book. Along with her younger brother, the primary character Dream, Death is one of the Endless anthropomorphic personifications of universal concepts. The family consists of, by order of age: Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire & Despair, Destruction, and Delirium. Park will be playing Desire, while Preston will play Despair.
The Sandman casts Kirby Howell-Baptise, Patton Oswalt, Jenna Coleman, Stephen Fry, David Thewlis and more
The Sandman is Kirby Howell-Baptise (
The Good Place), Patton Oswalt (
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.), Mason Alexander Park (
Transplants), Donna Preston (
Victoria), Sandra James Young (
EastEnders) and newcomer Kyo Ra.
The Sandman follows “the adventures of Morpheus, lord of dreams and member of a pantheon of immortal beings called The Endless who personify certain universal concepts that, along with dream, includes death, desire, destiny, delirium, despair, and destruction.”
Howell-Baptise will play Death, “Dream’s wiser, nicer, and much more sensible sister.”
Alexander-Park will play Desire, “Dream’s sibling and everything you want, whatever you want and whoever you are. Desire is also trouble for Dream. Families are complicated.”
Wolverine actress Svetlana Khodchenkova is set to star in the modern adaptation of the literary classic.
Park and Preston play Desire and Despair, respectively, brother and sister of Dream. Coleman stars as occultist adventurer Johanna Constantine in a performance Gaiman describes as âtough, brilliant, tricky, [and] haunted.â The character Ethel Cripp, the love of Danceâs Roderick Burgess, is played in the past by Walsh and in the present by Richardson.
Fargo alum Thewlis, meanwhile, plays Ethelâs mad son John Dee.
The Dollâs House portion of the series, which is the second big
Sandman storyline, tells the story of Raâs Rose Walker, a young woman on a desperate search for her missing brother. Fry plays Roseâs debonair protector Gilbert, while Jammal stars as Roseâs friend and travel companion, Lyta Hall. Young plays Unity Kinkaid, Roseâs mysterious benefactor. And Oswalt rounds out the new cast members as the voice of Matthew the R
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Netflix Announces Additional New Cast for THE SANDMAN
New cast member for Netflix s upcoming THE SANDMAN series produced by Neil Gaiman include Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, and Patton Oswalt!
The Sandman comic book series created for DC by Neil Gaiman (
Good Omens, Coraline). Gaiman is also an Executive Producer and Co-Writer. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television.
Synopsis:
A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, The Sandman follows the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic and human mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.