Netflix’s The Sandman has finally concluded, with the riveting ending of Season 2 drawing curtains on the story of the fan-favorite DC character. In the wake of the grand finale of The Sandman, showrunner Allan Heinberg has come out to explain the decision to cast a Game of Thrones alum in the final two episodes of Season 2.
Jacob Anderson’s casting in The Sandman Season 2 ending explained
In a recent interview, Allan Heinberg opened up about why he recruited the Timestalker actor to play Daniel Hall, or the new Dream, following the death of Tom Sturridge’s Morpheus in the The Sandman Season 2 ending.
“Jacob brings joy wherever he goes,” the veteran screenwriter noted to TV Insider, before adding,” Jacob is so earnest, but not naive, and open. You saw in that scene with Lyta — [he is so] very moral, and he brings such grace to the role, and such humanity to the role, which, as you saw through the series, Morpheus struggled with the entire time.”
Heinberg then explained that he specifically chose Jacob Anderson to appear as Morpheus’ successor, Dream, in The Sandman Season 2’s ending by looking at “the variety in his work, seeing the core of his work, how intelligent he is, and how emotionally available he is.”
Turns out, “Jacob was already a huge fan of the comics, huge fan of Season 1,” and interpreted Heinberg’s desire to cast him as Daniel, “the highest form of flattery.” As such, Allan Heinberg ultimately “wrote the script [for Season 2] with Jacob in mind.”
Anderson dons the mantle of Dream when Sturridge’s Morpheus decides to face the consequences of murdering his son, Orpheus, leaving Daniel Hall as his successor.
While Season 2 has officially spelled the ending of The Sandman, Heinberg revealed that he has thought of a sequel installment centered around Jacob Anderson’s iteration of Dream. “I designed the end of this season with a possible Season 3 in mind, because I love Jacob so much that I just wanted to continue watching him play this part forever,” the Wonder Woman screenwriter remarked.
The two seasons of The Sandman are now available for streaming on Netflix.
Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on SuperHeroHype.
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