Fantasy Cast 'The Sandman':

[skywaterblue]

This is a list I made up this morning of showrunners (or head writers with exec experience) who I'd RATHER see in charge of Sandman than Kripke.

Jane Espenson, Ira Behr, Orci and Kurtzman, Alan Ball, Steven Moffat, Bryan Singer, Brian K Vaughn, Joss Whedon, and yes, Russell T Davies. (I put Debora Cahn on the initial list, but I struck her off due to lack of genre experience. I wouldn't object, though.)

Any of them would be a better choice for this project than Kripke. Of them, Brian K Vaughn and Russell T Davies are in America looking for work. If I were Warner Brothers, I would call.

Meanwhile, aria and I have been fantasy casting for a bit.



Benedict Cumberbatch is Dream



Ashley Greene is Death



Candis Cayne is Desire





Suggestions for the other Endless? Bonus points for keeping it in a TV-possible budget.

Comments

[musesfool]

I'll have to think more about the Endless - you cast the easy ones already! - but Claudia Black for Mazikeen and Damian Lewis for Lucifer would totally work for me.

[kindkit]

I think I'd cast Tilda Swinton as Desire; the role needs someone who's quite androgynous.




Alternatively: Eddie Izzard.




Or it could be fun to cast them both and switch at unexpected moments.

endless

[(Anonymous)]

i think you are right on with dream and death but i think the person you picked for desire is too feminine the person needs to be more androgynous.