It has always felt like a great injustice that Benedict Cumberbatch wasn’t big enough in 2001 to be cast as Voldemort in the Harry Potter films. Ralph Fiennes did a fine job, but the snakelike features and eldritch charisma of the future Sherlock would have required fewer hours in the makeup chair and probably made for some much more interesting fan fiction.
But balance is about to be restored to the nerd universe, with the announcement that Bandersnatch Cubbyhouse is joining the cast of Good Omens, as Satan himself.
The Amazon series, based on a cult classic novel by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Coraline, American Gods) and Terry Pratchett (Discworld), follows a demon and an angel as they maybe sort of try to avert the apocalypse.
The demon, Crowley, is played by David Tennant, and the angel, Aziraphale, is played by Michael Sheen, and they are dressed like this.
Technically Bunnyhutch is not appearing AS the Prince of Darkness, but as “a giant animated Satan”, according to Gaiman.
The voice of God is being played by Frances McDormand, and the rest of the cast includes Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, and Jack Whitehall.
A world where Marge Gunderson is God and Benefiber Cobblestone is Satan seems to all be in order.
Here’s hoping there will be a reason for the Dark Lord Lucifer to say the word “penguins” at some point during the proceedings.
Here’s last year’s Good Omens trailer again, to tide you over until it drops on Amazon Prime, which happens on May 31.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFpgwyHHQTA