The Sandman: Trailer for new Netflix series
The Sandman hits Netflix today, taking the comic book, written by Neil Gaiman and dubbed a ‘literary masterpiece’ onto screen. Razane Jammal, the British-Lebanese actress, will bring life to Lyta Hall, the daughter of Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor, although the actress hinted fans may be surprised at how her character is explored in the series thus far.
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Jammal began acting when she was a teenager, and moved from Lebanon to London where she was cast in her first film role in 2009’s, Carlos.
The breakout role spearheaded Jammal’s career and she soon appeared in Kanye West’s short film Cruel Summer.
She later appeared alongside greats like Liam Neeson before rising to stardom in the Netflix series Paranormal.
Now, Jammal returns to Netflix as part of the ensemble cast for Neil Gaiman’s comic classic The Sandman.
Speaking on the red carpet for her latest role in the dark fantasy series, she shared exclusively with Express.co.uk just how her emotional performance came to be.
She explained that although the comics depict her character as the powerful daughter of Diana Prince, the first season of the series focuses rather on her as a human.
Jammal teased a potential second season for The Sandman saying her character’s Amazonian power “is not something we explore in this series…yet. I’m a human in this one.”
She continued: “I focused on being as true as I can be to my character and what she’s going through, which is grief, something I was going through at the time.
“I lost my mum while I was filming.
“That day I was filming a very intense scene and it was very difficult because it was during Covid times.”
On set, Jammal, as Lyta, said goodbye to her husband and lifelong friend Hector Hall played by Lloyd Everitt.