Neil Gaiman is opening up after seeing the backlash over the cast of Netflix’s Sandman, which is based of his comic book series of the same name.
The author spoke directly to his fans on social media and called out those who had been complaining about the casting of non-binary and Black actors in the roles. Click inside to read what he said about the backlash… The newly released cast features Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death and Mason Alexander Park as Desire, who were the subject of the most of the backlash.
In the comics, Death is depicted as white in the comics, and others also had issues with the casting of Mason, who is a non-binary actor, as Desire, who although is written as non-binary in the source material, some fans didn’t pick up
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