Neil Gaiman is shutting down toxic fans who are up in arms over the casting of non-binary and Black actors in roles in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of “The Sandman”.
Netflix recently announced additional cast members who joined the ensemble for the comic book adaptation, including Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death and Mason Alexander Park as Desire.
On Twitter, some trolls took issue with the casting of Black actress Howell-Baptiste because Death is depicted as white in the comics, while others had issues with the casting of Park, a non-binary actor, even though Desire is written as non-binary in the source material.
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