The Sandman Season 2

Meet the new faces joining The Sandman as the show tackles Seasons of the Mist and Brief Lives.

Back in May, Netflix revealed the actors who will play the rest of the Endless, siblings to Dream, Death, Desire and Despair in the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy series.

The upcoming season tackles the comicbooks’ Seasons of the Mist and Brief Lives storylines, introducing both Norse Gods and Faeries.

Now, there’s been a further burst of names to fill out The Sandman‘s season 2 cast. Via social media, and on the Tudum site, we’ve been introduced to nine new faces.

Here’s the roll call of cast additions…

Ruairi O’Connor (The Morning Show) is Orpheus, a poet, musician, oracle, and the only child of Dream and the muse, Calliope. 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.

Indya Moore (Queen & Slim) plays 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.

Faeries

Ann Skelly (The Nevers) is Nuala, and Douglas Booth (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) is 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 each other.

Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones) plays 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.

Norse Gods

Freddie Fox (Slow Horses) is Loki, the god of chaos. Loki is a charming, seductive shape-shifter. The smartest and most dangerous person in any room, Loki is utterly irresistible and never to be trusted.

Laurence O’Fuarain (The Gentlemen) is Thor, the storm god. With his hammer Mjollnir, Thor is brusque, rude, and driven entirely by his appetites for food and drink, battle, and sex.

Clive Russell (Dracula) plays Odin, the father of Thor, and blood-brother of Loki. He is a longtime ally of Dream’s, but finds himself driven to desperate extremes in his efforts to stave off Ragnarök.

Finally, Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge) voices Barnabas, the canine companion of the Endless’s Prodigal brother. Barnabas is loyal and loving, but an outspoken cynic. Meaning, he’s both man’s best friend and man’s sharpest critic.

Back in November, as production restarted on the show, Neil Gaiman said:

“A journey is beginning that will take us from Destiny’s garden to Hell, from the Heart of the Dreaming to Ancient Greece and revolutionary France, and from there to places even I cannot quite imagine on the screen. I will be patient. Good things are coming.”

We’ll keep you posted on The Sandman season 2. Of course, all 11 episodes of season 1 are waiting for a revisit on Netflix.