Fans of The Sandman comic series definitely, absolutely noticed that the first season of Netflix’s The Sandman adaptation did not include all the members of the Endless, the siblings of Dream (Tom Sturridge). We got half of them—Kirby as Death; Mason Alexander Park as Desire; and Donna Preston as Despair.
But here comes the rest of the fam. Adrian Lester joins the show as Destiny, the eldest of the Endless. Esmé Creed-Miles plays Delirium, the youngest, who (say it with me!) was once known as Delight. And Barry Sloane will be The Prodigal. Yes, The Prodigal, specifically. This sibling has also been known as Destruction, but he goes by a different name early in the comics. You can get a too-brief look at each of them in the video below.
Lester was recently seen in Renegade Nell. Creed-Miles played the title character in Prime Video’s Hanna and provided the voice of Cassandra in The Legend of Vox Machina. Sloane was recently in Passenger and has done voice work in Call of Duty games.
The second season of the show seems likely to follow the second graphic novel collection, The Season of Mists, which begins with a family meeting and then—literally—goes to hell. Gwendoline Christie will be returning as Lucifer; the rest of the returning cast includes Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong, Jenna Coleman, Ferdinand Kingsley, Stephen Fry, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Vanesu Samunyai, and Razane Jammal.
There’s no word as to when The Sandman will return to Netflix, but the streamer’s announcement about the new cast members makes note of today’s date: The comic series debuted 35 years ago today, exactly. So that’s neat.
The first season of The Sandman is available on Netflix.
