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The Sandman Interview Special Featuring Tom Sturridge
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English - August 13, 2022 23:30 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsArts movies interviews culture business comedy science interview armchair expert dax shepard film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Sandman is a much-loved series of graphic novels written by Neil Gaiman (see also: Stardust, American Gods, Coraline and Good Omens with Sir Terry Pratchett) and it's finally - after two decades lurking in Development Hell - been turned into a TV show, now on Netflix. Tom Sturridge stars as the titular character, all cheekbones and black robes, who embodies the concept of storytelling and dreaming in a world that also features Death, Despair, Desire and many other anthropomorphic personifications known as 'The Endless'. It's a fascinating dark fantasy drama and it was Ali's great pleasure to talk to Morpheus himself (as he's also known) over Zoom just before the show's big BFI premiere that evening - hear their chat here, and do your best not to nod off...