Netflix has solid a contemporary pantheon of gods, faeries, speaking canines, and severed heads for its second season of the live-action Sandman—together with a brand new Thor, Loki, and Odin to rival Disney’s. Have a look:
A press launch reveals Sandman’s second season will introduce Ruarti O’Connor as Orpheus, Indya Moore as Wanda, Ann Skelly as Nuala, Douglas Sales space as Cluracan, Freddie Fox as Loki, Laurence O’Fuarain as Thor, Clive Russell as Odin, Jack Gleason as Puck, and Steve Coogan because the voice of Barnabas.
Orpheus, in fact, is the son of Dream and Calliope—doomed to be a severed head for eternity following a run-in with the Maenads. Within the comics, John Constantine’s ancestor, Johanna, is tasked with retrieving the timeless head from an order of monks. As for Netflix’s Orpheus, O’Connor’s earlier roles embrace Henry VIII in The Spanish Princess and Arne Cheyenne Johnson in The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It. Indya Moore of Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom fame will play Wanda, a doomed character—so don’t get too hooked up. Ann Skelly from The Nevers is ready to play Nuala, the socially awkward housekeeper of the Dreaming, whereas Clive Sales space from Jupiter Ascending and Pleasure and Prejudice and Zombies will make an look as her drunken brother, Cluracan. Jack Gleason—higher generally known as King Joffrey from Sport of Thrones—is Puck, the mischievous sprite of English mythology (a job the actor will doubtless knock out of the park), whereas Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge himself) rounds out the solid because the voice of Barnabas, a speaking German Shepherd owned by Destruction incarnate.
Notably, TV may even get pleasure from a brand new Loki in Freddie Fox, who’s presently showing on Home of the Dragon as Ser Gwayne Hightower. Loki’s nothing with out his better-liked brother, Thor, nevertheless, and so Laurence O’Fuarain of The Witcher: Blood Origins has the unenviable job of taking on the function from the MCU’s Chris Hemsworth. Scottish character actor Clive Russell (One Piece) will play their disillusioned father, Odin.
We’ll see how the brand new people, in addition to the previously announced season two additions, stack as much as their heavily merchandized colleagues when The Sandman returns subsequent yr.
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