The emotional scene from Netflix’s “The Sandman” that made Neil Gaiman cry (spoiler)

The premiere of Netflix’s next comic book adaptation is approaching, one of the most anticipated fantasy series of the year. And a few days ago a clip of an emotional scene from “The Sandman” was released that made even its creator, Neil Gaiman cry, although you should know that he has spoilers.

With much anticipation, ‘The man of sand’ will debut August 5th on Netflixand its creator, Neil Gaiman, who also wrote the original Vertigo novel, saw fit to talk about one of the most emotional moments in the fantasy series, which was why he hired Kirby Howell to bring the film to life. version of Death.

On his Twitter account, the creator and writer of the ‘The man of sand’, Neil Gaiman cried when he saw the scene from episode 6, where Death goes for the soul of an old violinist: “. I cried the first time I saw this scene in the finished episode. If you wonder why I chose Kirby [Howell] like Death, that’s why, “Gaiman said.

In the scene from episode 6 of ‘The man of sand’, Kirby Howell’s character Death (Death), he takes a violinist whose days are over, and although at first he is terrified, he eventually accepts his fate and, seeing his lifeless body, takes the hand of the Eternal and says goodbye to this world.

What is the story of Netflix’s “The Sandman” about?

According to the synopsis revealed at Comic-Con, “The Sandman” follows the King of Dreams, played by Tom Sturridge: “By closing our eyes to fall asleep, we enter the world of Sandman, which shapes all our deepest fantasies and fears. When Dream is captured and held for a century, his absence triggers events that will forever change the world of dreams and the world of waking. To restore order and repair the mistakes he made during his long existence, Dream must travel through various worlds and timelines.

In ‘The Sandman’ the cast is led by Tom Sturridge as Dream, along with Gwendoline Christie, Patton Oswalt, Kirby Howell, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jenna Coleman, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Stephen Fry and Mark Hamill.

Neil Gaiman himself made it clear that in order to understand the story of ‘The Sandman’ it is not necessary to read the original graphic novel, as you want to bring The Eternal’s plot to the widest possible audience, although there will be some aspects of the comic in the Netflix series, which opens on August 5.