Netflix’s The Sandman Season 2 Star Teases a ‘Hot-Tempered’ Norse God

Netflix’s The Sandman is all set to awake from its slumber next year as Dream, Death, Destiny and the rest of the Endless make their return, but one star, in particular, has confirmed that his forthcoming portrayal of the iconic God of Thunder, Thor, will have a short fuse and an ego to match. Touted as being one of the greatest comic books in recent times, The Sandman was created from the mind of Neil Gaiman, which ran from 1989 to 1996 and published by DC Comics. Even though The Sandman was going to be made into a movie in 1991, it went through development hell for years and the adaption wasn’t to be. Fast-forward to 2019, Warner Bros decided to shift its focus to television instead of the big screen and signed a Netflix deal to produce the series.

Over thirty years on from its humble graphic novel beginnings, The Sandman premiered in 2022 and, due to its unbelievable success with DC audiences, the show was then renewed for a second season. News of the show’s second season was greatly received by its fanbase, who were excited to experience more of its supernatural fantasy narratives. Although there isn’t a solid release date just yet for The Sandman season two, many old and new faces will be entering the mystical world of The Dreaming.

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The Sandman Season Two Will See a Temperamental Norse God

In an interview with What’s On Netflix, the cast’s newest member, Laurence O’Fuarain, opens up about his role as God of Thunder, Thor, in The Sandman season two and how he will portray a “hot-tempered” and egotistical Norse legend. O’Fuarain said that he was told to play Thor as true as possible to the comics but also to put his own spin on the character. Continuing, O’Fuarain stated that The Sandman‘s version of the God would be loyal, fearless but also temperamental. In the behind-the-scenes teaser for the show, audiences were introduced to a slew of new characters, including three Norse Gods: Odin (Clive Russell), Loki (Freddie Fox), and Thor (Laurence O’Fuarain). Netflix also unveiled that the second season of The Sandman will introduce Game of Thrones‘ Jack Gleeson as Puck, “a malevolent hobgoblin who serves as the royal jester to King Auberon of Faerie.”

Previously, fans got to see other new members join The Sandman cast, with Esmé Creed-Miles joining the cast as Delirium, Adrian Lester as Destiny, and Barry Sloane as “The Prodigal.” The Sandman season two also seems to be approaching Neil Gaiman’s graphic-novel series a bit more differently this time around by reworking the narrative to hone in on Dream’s perspective of events more, while allowing the rest of the cast to stitch other fantasical stories around him.

Whatever else is in store for season two, fans can only hope it serves up more of what has been seen in The Sandman season one’s line-up of incredible episodes. The earliest possible release date for season two of The Sandman is now likely to be in the first half of 2025, but of course, that’s entirely down to how Netflix decides to release them.

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The Sandman

Release Date

August 5, 2022

Cast

Sandra James Young , Joely Richardson , Sanjeev Bhaskar , Donna Preston , Charles Dance , Tom Sturridge , Patton Oswalt , Kyo Ra , Asim Chaudhry , Mason Alexander Park , Boyd Holbrook , Stephen Fry

Main Genre

Fantasy

Seasons

1

Story By

Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg

Writers

Neil Gaiman , Allan Heinberg , David S. Goyer

Showrunner

Allan Heinberg

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Source:What’s On Netflix