We tried it and the script was sparkier, feistier, and in some ways even more fun. When we broke down the first season, given that we knew that we would be encountering Johanna in the past, we wondered what would happen if we met a version of her in the present as well. I created her to fill the role that John Constantine does in the past. This Sandman character became so popular that she even had her own spin-off series. JOHANNA CONSTANTINE – Eighteenth Century occult adventuress, John Constantine’s great-great-great grandmother. Donna Preston (she/her) will be playing her, and her performance is chilling and sad. She is the moment when all hope is gone, the bleakest of the Endless. We were thrilled when they got the part.ĭESPAIR – Desire’s twin, Dream’s sister. We had barely started looking when Mason Alexander Park (they/them) reached out on Twitter, and threw their hat into the ring. And then we saw Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s (she/her) audition and we knew we had our Death.ĭESIRE – Dream’s sibling and everything you want, whatever you want and whoever you are. Someone who could speak the truth to Dream, on the one hand, but also be the person you’d want to meet when your life was done on the other. Hundreds of talented women from all around the planet auditioned, and they were brilliant, and none of them were right.
Significantly harder to cast than you might imagine (well, than I imagined, anyway). And I thought it would be fun to tell you about some of them, and the thinking behind them.ĭEATH – Dream’s wiser, nicer, and much more sensible sister.
You all know that Tom Sturridge (he/him) is Dream of the Endless, Gwendolyn Christie (she/her) is Lucifer, Sanjeev Bhaskar (he/him) and Amid Chaudry (he/him) are Cain and Abel, Charles Dance (he/him) is Roderick Burgess, Vivienne Acheampong (she/her) is Lucienne, and Boyd Holbrook (he/him) is The Corinthian.īut there are more parts to be announced.
#DREAMS OF DESIRE EPISODE 12 SERIES#
They join the previously announced “Sandman” cast members, including star Sturridge as Dream of the Endless, Gwendolyn Christie as Lucifer, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Amid Chaudry as Cain and Abel, Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne and Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian.īased on the comic book series created for DC by Gaiman, the Netflix’s “The Sandman” is co-written and executive produced by Gaiman, Allan Heinberg and David S.
Other new additions to Netflix’s “Sandman” cast include Mason Alexander Park as Desire Dream’s sibling, and desire personified Donna Preston as Despair, Dream’s sister, and the twin of Desire Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, haunted exorcist and Occult Adventuress for Hire Niamh Walsh as Young Ethel Cripps, a betrayed and determined young woman seeking to survive Joely Richardson as Ethel Cripps, Master thief and woman of a thousand identities David Thewlis as John Dee, Ethel’s son, who is dangerous, insane and on a quest for truth Kyo Ra as Rose Walker, a young woman on a desperate search for her missing brother, who discovers a connection to Dream that neither of them can escape Stephen Fry as Gilbert, debonair protector of Rose Walker Razane Jammal as Lyta Hall, Rose’s best friend and travel companion Sandra James Young as Unity Kincaid, heiress and mysterious benefactor and Patton Oswalt as the voice of Matthew the Raven, Dream’s trusted emissary. Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Casts Tom Sturridge as Dream, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer