History Trivia / TheSandman2022

* ApprovalOfGod: [[https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1555575666795577349 According to]] Neil Gaiman, he spoke to some of the creators of [[Characters/HellblazerJohnConstantine Constantine]], and they approved of the decision to rewrite him as Johanna Constantine.

* IronyAsHeIsCast: Creator/StephenFry plays Gilbert, who models himself on Creator/GKChesterton. Chesterton was a famous Catholic apologist, Fry is an outspoken atheist.

** Creator/MasonAlexanderPark, who plays the non-binary Desire, is also non-binary.

* FakeAmerican: Due to being filmed in the UK, most of the actors playing Americans are actually British, most notably Vanesu Samunayi and Eddie Karanja as Rose and Jed.

* TheCastShowoff: It would have been remiss to cast Hal with Creator/JohnCameronMitchell (Theatre/{{Hedwig|and the angry inch}} herself), and ''not'' have him do a drag performance or three -- notably, we never see Hal perform in the comics (though the character ''was'' in a drag show.

* TheCastShowoff: It would have been remiss to cast Hal with Creator/JohnCameronMitchell (Theatre/{{Hedwig|and the angry inch}} herself), and ''not'' have him do a drag performance or three -- notably, we never see Hal perform in the comics.

* PromotedFanboy: Some of the cast members are fans of the comic, particularly Patton Oswalt and Tom Sturridge.

** Creator/JohnCameronMitchell, who plays Hal Carter, is gay like his character.

** Mason Alexander Park, who plays the non-binary Desire, is also non-binary.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In the 1989 comic issue "24 Hours", Judy kept walking to the pay-phone to call people about Donna, and when she wasn't she sat down trying to write an letter of apology to her. In the 2022 episode, "24/7", she is facetiming people and unsuccessfully trying to text Donna.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Oh ''yes''. Attempts to adapt the comics into a film have been notoriously difficult. Creator/NeilGaiman approved of almost every initial pitch during each iteration, but much of it was butchered by ExecutiveMeddling. Creator/RogerAvary wrote a draft. Gaiman loved it. But, producer Jon Peters demanded a more superheroic tone and a giant spider fight (which was a thing of his), leading to a script that Gaiman hated. Creator/JosephGordonLevitt got involved with a new attempt. Gaiman also approved. But the studio saw how much bank the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was pulling in, history repeated, and Levitt jumped ship. Then, years later an audio drama based on the comics was produced, paving the way for ''The Sandman'' to finally come to live action via Netflix, with Gaiman now having enough leverage to demand a greater amount of control.

* AllStarCast: The cast features a range of recognizable names, such as Creator/GwendolineChristie, Creator/StephenFry, Creator/JennaColeman, Creator/BoydHolbrook, Creator/DavidThewlis, and Creator/CharlesDance, as well as Creator/PattonOswalt and Creator/MarkHamill as voice actors.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: John Constantine appears in the third issue of the comic series, but Netflix was unable to use him in this version of the story because J.J. Abrams is developing his own show based on the character for HBO Max. Netflix worked around this by creating Johanna Constantine, who may or may not be John's daughter.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: John Constantine appears in the third issue of the comic series, but Netflix was unable to use him in this version of the story [[https://geekositymag.com/rights-issues-prevented-john-constantine-on-netflix-the-sandman/ because J.J. Abrams is developing his own show based on the character for HBO Max.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Alex Burgess' punishment of 'eternal waking' (constantly 'waking up' into worse and worse nightmares while never managing to truly wake) was shot and edited, [[https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/691774635969249280/hi-neil-i-just-watched-the-first-episode-of but it just didn't fit into the final version of the episode; test audiences just wanted to know what Dream did next.]]
* WordOfGod: While it may not seem like it, the events of ''ComicBook/TheSandmanOverture'' definitely happened. (Look closely at the state of Dream’s attire when Burgess summons him vs when he first confronts the Corinthian.)

** John Cameron Mitchell, who plays Hal Carter, is also gay.

* PromotedFanboy: Some of the cast members are fans of the comic, particularly Patton Oswalt.
** Tom Sturridge has also talked about how much of a fan he is.