{"id":51784,"date":"2024-05-20T17:51:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2043571"},"modified":"2024-05-20T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T17:30:54","slug":"the-sandman-casts-holby-city-and-trigger-point-stars-and-hints-at-season-2-plot","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-sandman-casts-holby-city-and-trigger-point-stars-and-hints-at-season-2-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sandman casts Holby City and Trigger Point stars \u2013 and hints at season 2 plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles, Adrian Lester and Barry Sloane complete the Endless Family. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 20 May 2024 at 15:51 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The central cast for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/sandman-season-2-release-date\/\">The Sandman<\/a> season 2 has now been unveiled, with Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/doll-factory-true-story-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">The Doll Factory<\/a>), Adrian Lester (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/renegade-nell-season-2-release\/\">Renegade Nell<\/a>) and Barry Sloane (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/passenger-season-2-itv-release-date\/\">Passenger<\/a>) all joining in the major roles.<\/p>\n<p>The trio will all play additional members of the Endless, completing the family on screen. Creed-Miles will play Delirium, Adrian Lester will play Destiny and Barry Sloane will play The Prodigal.<\/p>\n<p>They will join season 1 cast members Tom Sturridge, Kirby, Mason Alexander Park and Donna Preston, who are returning as the other members of the Endless Family, Dream, Death, Desire and Despair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> also released a short teaser video on Twitter, giving us our first glimpse at both the new and returning characters, and hinting at \u201cone Hell of a family reunion\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Endless have finally assembled: Introducing Adrian Lester as Destiny, Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles as Delirium and Barry Sloane as the Prodigal in the next season of THE SANDMAN.<br\/><br\/>It\u2019s going to be one Hell of a family reunion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VRbuvUTfu0\">pic.twitter.com\/VRbuvUTfu0<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The Sandman (@Netflix_Sandman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Netflix_Sandman\/status\/1792555883051745298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/the-sandman-season-2-casts-delirium-destiny-destruction-the-prodigal-actors-1236009511\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a> has noted that The Prodigal is the estranged Endless sibling named Destruction in the comics series, and that \u2018The Prodigal\u2019 is how they are referred to throughout the first volumes of the story.<\/p>\n<p>The publication also noted that the castings point towards season 2 adapting the graphic novel\u2019s instalment called Season of Mists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/dead-boy-detectives-lgbt-representation-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Dead Boy Detectives boss \u201cparticularly proud\u201d of LGBTQ+ representation in show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/good-omens-aziraphale-cut-scene-newsupdate\/\">Good Omens boss Neil Gaiman reveals cut Aziraphale scene from season 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/sandman-netflix-cast-characters\/\">confirming the stars<\/a> playing the Endless, Netflix has also revealed additional stars who are returning to reprise their season 1 roles, including Patton Oswalt as Matthew the Raven, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar and Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand Kingsley will also return as Hob Gadling, alongside Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Asim Chaudhry as Abel, Sanjeev Bhaskar as Cain, Vanesu Samunyai as Rose Walker and Razane Jammal as Lyta Hall.<\/p> <p>The Sandman fans recently got an extra treat in new Neil Gaiman series and spin-off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/dead-boy-detectives-review-darkness\/\">Dead Boy Detectives<\/a>, with both Kirby and Preston making cameos as their characters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/dead-boy-detectives-neil-gaiman-cameo-kirby-death-newsupdate\/\">Death<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/despair-sandman-dead-boy-detectives-donna-preston\/\">Despair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, that series\u2019 showrunner Steve Yockey admitted that Despair was \u201ca little bit [of] Desire\u2019s sidekick in the first season of The Sandman\u201d, but teased that \u201cI know there\u2019s more of her coming\u201d.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; 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