Netflix’s The Sandman Adds Stephen Fry, David Thewlis, Patton Oswalt Among 12 New Cast
Neil Gaiman reveals all 12 characters with insights into their audition and acting. By Akhil Arora | Updated: 27 May 2021 17:22 IST
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12 new cast members join seven previously announced
Gaiman is an executive producer on The Sandman
The Sandman cast continues to grow. Netflix has announced 12 new additions to its adaptation of Neil Gaiman's dark fantasy graphic novel, along with their characters — with descriptions and insight provided by Gaiman himself. They include Stephen Fry (Gosford Park), David Thewlis (
Wonder Woman), Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille), Jenna Coleman (
Victoria), Joely Richardson (The Tudors), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Killing Eve), Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bepop), Donna Preston (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Razane Jammal (Djinn), Niamh Walsh (Holby City), newcomer Kyo Ra, and Sandra James Young (EastEnders).
The cast of RTÉ/BBC drama Smother, from left: Niamh Walsh as Jenny; Dervla Kirwan as Val Ahern; Seána Kerslake as Grace and Gemma-Leah Devereux as Anna
But nothing can compete with her hilarious nickname for ITV's This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby - who has a very public crush on Dervla's actor husband Rupert Penry-Jones - and later, we will get to that.
First, though, Dervla stars in new RTÉ/BBC drama Smother, a family thriller that opens with her matriarch, Val Ahern's, 50th birthday party and the mysterious death of her "despicable" husband Denis (Stuart Graham). Their three daughters are played by Seána Kerslake (Can't Cope, Won't Cope), Gemma-Leah Devereux (The Tudors) and Niamh Walsh (Holby City).