Tom Ellis played Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer, the network television series later saved from cancellation by Netflix. While Lucifer is now over, Netflix remains in the Lucifer business, in a way, via its upcoming adaptation of The Sandman, the beloved comic book series from Neil Gaiman. That series is where the version of Lucifer who later spun off into his own comic book series, which serves as the television series’ basis, first appeared – it’s all a connected universe in the comics. Yet, Netflix cast a new Lucifer, Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie, to play the character in The Sandman. On Twitter, Gaiman took the opportunity to explain why that decision was made, stating that Ellis’ Lucifer, by the time his series had ended, had grown too far beyond the comics version.
Because his Lucifer, while inspired by the Lucifer in Sandman, is so far away in terms of Sandman continuity by the end of LUCIFER, that it’s easier on everyone to go back to the version in the comics. And this way you don’t know what our Lucifer is going to do. Tom’s is lovable. https://t.co/UwtI5vPEkQ
