Gwendoline Christie compares Netflix’s “The Sandman” series to “Star Wars” “mystery”

Next Friday, August 5, 2022, the adaptation of “The Sandman”, based on the comics written by Neil Gaiman, will premiere on Netflix. On the occasion of its premiere, Gwendoline Christie, who brings the new version of Lucifer to life, compares the series to the ‘Star Wars’ franchise.

In ‘The man of sand’ Actress Gwendoline Christie plays Lucifer, and which is known for its time in the “Game of Thrones” series. For this new version of the character, who is no longer played by Tom Ellis, Neil Gaiman oversaw the change of the Morningstar, a major concern of fans.

And while there are some changes from Neil Gaiman’s original work, Gwendoline Christie compares ‘The man of sand’ with ‘Star Wars’, another of the fundamental works for science fiction and fantasy, created by George Lucas, during an interview at San Diego Comic-Con.

That’s why I compare it to Star Wars, because it leads you to solve many mysteries of the universe: from the human prison through their fantasies to the discovery of the true essence of evil, seen through the eyes of some people. It is the best thing they will be able to perceive in this story “

Also during the San Diego Comic-Con some previews of ‘The Sandman’ were revealed and one of these concerns the visit of Morpheus or Dream (Tom Sturridge) to Lucifer (Gwendoline Christie), where the protagonist is in search of your work Instruments.

The changes of “The Sandman” in the Netflix series to the original comic

Many fans of the fantasy work released by DC Comics were worried that Netflix would censor some of the most important parts of the story, a concern that was allayed with one of the clips revealed at San Diego Comic-Con, which, one of these It has showed a graphic violence that erased the doubts of the fans.

In this regard, creator Neil Gaiman said during the SDCC panel: “Nobody tried to change what I did. DC Comics respected that at the time of the adaptation and they haven’t changed. They just wanted to see the real The Sandman. We already had it in an audiobook and then it was wanted to be transferred to television so that people would cry and believe in The Sandman. We are making a series for both beginners and readers. ”

The first 11 episodes of the first season of “The Sandman” will arrive on the Netflix platform on August 5th, with Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Jenna Coleman, Boyd Hoolbrook, among many others.