The actress explains how she brings one of Neil Gaiman’s signature characters to life in audio form.
This past weekend,Netflix finally unveiled the first footagefrom its upcoming adaptation ofNeil Gaiman’s comicThe Sandman.
“We became Twitter friends through the miracle of the internet,” Dennings tells EW.
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So one day he just texted and asked, ‘would you like to be the voice of Death?
We’re making Sandman as an Audible original.’
She was always my favorite character, I could not believe it and agreed without any further thought.
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But I’ve since felt that pressure on my shoulders since we all love her so much.
It’s a huge honor."
“By that point I known Kat for about seven years,” Gaiman says.
One of the things I wanted in Death is a lightness.
Death first appeared inThe Sandman#8, an early chapter titled “The Sound of Her Wings.”
Having finished his quest, Morpheus feels a little morose.
“I really enjoyed recording that scene,” Dennings says.
“The cool thing about Death is her ‘job’ really goes against her adorable bubbly personality.
Her storylines are obviously very serious and pretty dark, but her personality and attitude keeps it somewhat cheerful.
And I think that’s something people really love about her.
‘Sound of Her Wings’ is sort of her most memorable chapter, even though it’s her first.
All of the famous Death quotes kind of come from that.
She sits down next to Dream and gets mad at him, they have this cute sibling argument.
But Gaiman thinks Dennings' performance has only improved in the second installment.
She was finding the character,” Gaiman says.
“In Act II, she’s found the character.
You get both regret and joy and all of those emotions.”
For her part, Dennings has also gotten used to embodying a character purely through her voice.
“It’s more similar than you would think, for me anyway,” Dennings says.
I like to really get into it.
You never really do when you’re acting in front of a camera.
I have a very weird voice and a very like odd way of talking.
And I really become very conscious of that while we do these things.
As endless, perhaps, as Death and Dream and the rest of their immortal siblings.
The Sandman: Act IIis now available to listen onAudible.
