‘The Sandman': Here’s the First Footage of Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer (Video)
thewrap.comand we also covered that this morning — right now I want to focus on something specific: The first footage of Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar. (You know, the devil, Satan, ruler of hell, etc etc etc.)The clip comes hear the end as we see images of Lucifer standing in front of a crowd of demons in hell, then directly — and very friendly — addressing Dream of the Endless (Tom Sturridge) asking, “are you well?”You can skip directly to minute 1:35 if you want to watch it above right now, but for your convenience here are some screenshots:Very mild spoilers ahead.You don’t know if you haven’t read “The Sandman,” but for those who have, this is a pretty huge deal.
For the uninitiated — I promise this barely qualifies as a spoiler — the things that happen in this scene will later have literally cosmic repercussions.
Which is to say, Netflix revealed one of the most consequential moments in the entire series in passing. Good flex. (But again, not a spoiler, unless you’re the sort of person who thinks “magical Dream person meets up with Satan” is a NBD situation.
And I know you’re not.) Christie’s always great of course and here she really nails the kind of otherworldly detachment that Lucifer has when we first encounter him in the comics.
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