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Netflix brings The Sandman for his service next month. The live-action version of the Neil Gaiman project has been in a long development process, and star Tom Sturridge, who plays Morpheus/Dream, says his character is also going through a long process.
In a new article published by Screen Rant, the actor comments on what to expect from the series. Essentially, his character begins work detached from others and first begins to learn empathy from his sister, who is the embodiment of Death.
I think a really important part of the story of our season is his discovery of that humanity. I think he does not necessarily begin the way he ends up. It’s a quest. He is powerless in the beginning and he requires the help of humans to regain that power. Thereby he listens to them. His sister Death also teaches him how extraordinary it is to try and feel [for] someone who is not you. And I think that is the birth of his empathy.
Sturridge does not reveal anything else about the show in the report. Try to adapt The Sandman began in earnest in 1996. Although versions of the work on film did not materialize, the Netflix taping on television does not prevent it from having a star-studded cast. Gwendoline Christie plays Lucifer Morningstar, David Thewlis is Dr. John Dee, Patton Oswalt is Matthew the Raven and Mark Hamill is Mervyn Pumpkinhead. It is not known if the project will have a second season, and its initial season has a 10-episode order.
The Sandman Season 1 comes out on Friday