The King of Pop was ready to transform into the King of Dreams.
Discussions surrounding a potential adaptation of the sleeper hit fantasy series have swirled since the early ’90s.
And I was like, ‘Ooh.'"
Michael Jackson and Tom Sturridge as Dream in ‘The Sandman.'.Phil Dent/Redferns; Liam Daniel/Netflix
“I was like, ‘It’s going to be so easy to cast!
“We saw, in the end, about 1500 Morpheus auditions.”
He shortlisted theSweetbitteractor straight away.
At the end of a week, we had Tom.
At the end of two weeks, we had Tom.
At the end of a month, we had Tom,” he said.
“We saw some fabulous actors.
So what sold him on Sturridge’s stoic performance?
“Mostly I think it was the voice,” Gaiman shared.
It was right.”
