Netflix has announced nine new cast members for The Sandman Season 2, including comedian Steve Coogan and three actors with Game of Thrones on their resumes.
Perhaps most notable of those is Jack Gleeson, who will play Puck, "a malevolent hobgoblin who serves as the royal jester to King Auberon of Faerie." Gleeson is best known for playing Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones from 2011-2014, after which he took a hiatus from acting. He's had a number of small roles here and there recently, including in Netflix's Sex Education and the BBC's The Famous Five, in addition to theater work.
Also on the Thrones front, Clive Russell, who played Brynden Tully in the HBO hit and was recently cast in One Piece Season 2, has joined The Sandman as Odin. Laurence O'Fuarain has been cast as Odin's son, Thor, and his credits include a Season 5 episode of Game of Thrones, as well as Fjall the warrior in The Witcher: Blood Origin. Freddie Fox will round out their family as Loki.
Coogan, meanwhile, will play the voice of Barnabas. Also of note is Indya Moore, the model and star of FX's Pose, as Wanda. Rounding out the announcement is Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus, Ann Skelly as Nuala, and Douglas Booth as Cluracan.
Today's casting announcement is only the latest for the second season of the Neil Gaiman adaptation. Previously, Netflix cast the remaining Endless family members: Esme Creed-Miles as Delirium, Adrian Lester as Destiny, and Barry Sloane as The Prodigal, aka Destruction.
They join returning cast members like Tom Sturridge, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong, Gwendoline Christie, Jenna Coleman, Ferdinand Kingsley, Stephen Fry, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Vanesu Samunyai, and Razane Jammal.
We're still, however, waiting for a Season 2 release date. In the meantime, check out our 9/10 review of Season 1, where we said, "Netflix’s The Sandman brings Dream and his Endless siblings to life in a way Neil Gaiman and longtime fans could only conjure up in their deepest of sleeps."
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
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Perhaps most notable of those is Jack Gleeson, who will play Puck, "a malevolent hobgoblin who serves as the royal jester to King Auberon of Faerie." Gleeson is best known for playing Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones from 2011-2014, after which he took a hiatus from acting. He's had a number of small roles here and there recently, including in Netflix's Sex Education and the BBC's The Famous Five, in addition to theater work.
Also on the Thrones front, Clive Russell, who played Brynden Tully in the HBO hit and was recently cast in One Piece Season 2, has joined The Sandman as Odin. Laurence O'Fuarain has been cast as Odin's son, Thor, and his credits include a Season 5 episode of Game of Thrones, as well as Fjall the warrior in The Witcher: Blood Origin. Freddie Fox will round out their family as Loki.
Coogan, meanwhile, will play the voice of Barnabas. Also of note is Indya Moore, the model and star of FX's Pose, as Wanda. Rounding out the announcement is Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus, Ann Skelly as Nuala, and Douglas Booth as Cluracan.
Netflix's Official Summary of the New Cast Members:
- Ruairi O’Connor is ORPHEUS, the poet, musician, and oracle, is the only child of Dream and the muse, Calliope (last seen in “The Sandman,” Episode 111). Orpheus is an idealistic, romantic, young man – and very much his father’s son – until tragedy strikes and reveals to him the true nature of love.
- Freddie Fox is LOKI, the god of chaos. Loki is a charming, seductive shapeshifter. The smartest and most dangerous person in any room, Loki is utterly irresistible and never to be trusted.
- Clive Russell is ODIN, the father of Thor, and blood-brother to Loki. He is a longtime ally of Dream’s, but finds himself driven to desperate extremes in his efforts to stave off Ragnarök.
- Laurence O’Fuarain is THOR, the storm god. With his hammer Mjollnir, Thor is brusque, rude, and driven entirely by his appetites – for food and drink, for battle, and for sex.
- Ann Skelly is NUALA and Douglas Boothis CLURACAN, royal emissaries from the court of Faerie. Nuala and Cluracan are siblings who are opposites in every way. Nuala is responsible, empathetic, and principled. Cluracan is an impulsive rogue who lives for pleasure. They disagree about everything, except their devotion to one another.
- Jack Gleeson is PUCK, a malevolent hobgoblin who serves as the royal jester to King Auberon of Faerie. Puck is fascinated by mortals and enjoys nothing more than making sport of them for his own amusement. He’s also the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Indya Moore is WANDA, a professional driver and security agent for an exclusive travel firm. Wanda proves herself to be an indispensable guide on an Endless road trip to the waking world.
- Steve Coogan is the voice of BARNABAS, the canine companion of the Endless’s prodigal brother. Barnabas is loyal and loving, but an outspoken cynic. He’s man’s best friend and man’s sharpest critic.
Today's casting announcement is only the latest for the second season of the Neil Gaiman adaptation. Previously, Netflix cast the remaining Endless family members: Esme Creed-Miles as Delirium, Adrian Lester as Destiny, and Barry Sloane as The Prodigal, aka Destruction.
They join returning cast members like Tom Sturridge, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong, Gwendoline Christie, Jenna Coleman, Ferdinand Kingsley, Stephen Fry, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Vanesu Samunyai, and Razane Jammal.
We're still, however, waiting for a Season 2 release date. In the meantime, check out our 9/10 review of Season 1, where we said, "Netflix’s The Sandman brings Dream and his Endless siblings to life in a way Neil Gaiman and longtime fans could only conjure up in their deepest of sleeps."
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
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