The Sandman season 2 has found its Delirium, Destiny, and The Prodigal – and they’re all strangely good collaborators

Netflix has announced three more additions The sandman the season 2 cast, and the trio will play more members of Dream’s dysfunctional family.

Netflix confirmed this in a press release The sandman had added Barry Sloane, Adrian Lester, and Esme Creed-Miles to the season 2 cast. Not only that, but the trio will also play other members of The Endless, aka the gods who inhabit the fictional universe that Neil Gaiman has created.

We know what characters they play The sandman season 2 too. Creed-Miles has been hired as Delirium, Lester will play Destiny, and Sloane is on board as The Prodigal, the Endless sibling also known as Destruction. The latest cast announcements were accompanied by a short reveal video, showing the actors in their Sandman costumes. Check it out below:

Lester, Sloane and Creed-Miles join Tom Sturridge’s Dream, Mason Alexander Park’s Desire, Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s Death and Donna Preston’s Despair as the seven members of the Endless. It is unclear whether this final trio will appear alongside Sturridge The sandman‘s newcomers in the second season of one of Netflix’s best shows, but — based on events that transpire in Gaiman’s beloved literary works — I’d be surprised if they don’t at least appear in Season 2.

This round of casting news is the first official news we’ve talked about The sandman since filming restarted during the second performance. I reported this in November 2023 The sandman season 2 had emerged from its slumber and principal photography resumed after being halted by the 2023 Hollywood strikes. No one knows when production on the next installment of the series will end, but it’s unlikely we’ll see the hit series before next year will see us return to our screens, especially with the amount of post-production work that will be required for the visual effects. heavy project.

Who are Destiny, Delirium and The Prodigal in The Sandman?

That’s a good question – and we can certainly answer it.

Let’s start with Destiny, who is played by Lester (some fans may recognize him as Renegade Nell, which recently aired on Disney Plus). In the source material, Destiny is the eldest of the Endless and resides in The Garden of Forking Ways. He also carries The Book of Destiny, which is said to contain everything that ever was, is and will be wherever he goes – it is chained to his right hand – and, like his siblings, is bound by The sandman‘s Ancient Rules which, among other things, forbid him from killing his fellow immortals.

Delirium, who is played by Esme-Creed – you may have seen her in Prime Video’s TV adaptation Hannah – is the youngest of the Endless. She used to be the personification of pleasure and happiness (also known as Delight), but for unknown reasons she turned into the entity prone to erratic and absent-minded behavior. Regardless of her title, Delirium possesses numerous superhuman abilities. Oh, and she doesn’t live in a specific realm. Due to her altered state – she is the only Endless to undergo such a transformation – her kingdom is considered abstract, forever changing shape and color.