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Published on December 01, 2025 EDT See who's playing Delirium, Destiny, and Destruction when the supernatural series (based on the comic by Neil Gaiman) returns.

It’s time for a family reunion unlike any other. As Netflix’s The Sandman gears up for a much-anticipated season 2, the show (based on the iconic comic co-created by Neil Gaiman) has announced castings for the remaining family members of immortal beings known as The Endless.

Each of the Endless is an anthropomorphic personification of a universal experience. You already know series protagonist Dream (Tom Sturridge) and his scene-stealing older sister Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). The androgynous Desire (Mason Alexander Park) hatched some schemes with their twin Despair (Donna Preston) in season 1, but expect to see more from them in season 2.

Viewers will now meet the oldest member of the family, Destiny, as well as the youngest, Delirium. Destiny will be played by Adrian Lester, and Delirium will be played by Esmé Creed-Miles. There’s also a seventh member of the Endless who no longer takes his family’s calls. Once known as Destruction, he is now referred to only as “The Prodigal” by his siblings, and he will be played by Barry Sloane.

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Delirium is a favorite of Sandman fans thanks to her eccentric dialogue, reality-bending powers, and colorful wardrobe. Fans have been wondering how she'll be portrayed on the show, and now we get our first taste.

"There will be butterflies, there will be balloons, there will be magic, there will be chicken and telephone flavored ice cream," Gaiman promised in 2022 about Delirium's arrival on the show.

Destiny, by contrast, is the family's serious older brother. Chained to his book that contains details of everything that ever happened or will ever happen in the universe, he doesn't find much to laugh about.

The Sandman season 2 does not have a release date yet, but now fans know some of the faces they can expect to see when the show returns.

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