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Dirk Maggs, director of the Audible adaptation of The Sandman, confirms the drama contains a subtle tribute to the late actor Christopher Lee.
A dedicated fan of The Sandman spotted a particularly obscure Easter egg in the Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel series.
Twitter user Amanda Pike asked Dirk Maggs, the director of The Sandman Audible adaptation, whether Morpheus (voiced by James McAvoy) is using the French word “Aparté” to open doors. Maggs confirmed that Pike had spotted a relatively obscure Easter egg, which served as a tribute to the late actor Christopher Lee. “You have spotted an Easter egg,” Maggs said. “When we made [Neverwhere] I needed to indicated where Door had to open a portal (she just [does] it silently in the book) and found the word Aprita (or similar) for ‘open’ in Latin. When Nat Dormer said it in read through Christopher Lee objected.”
You have spotted an Easter Egg. When we made NEVERWHERE I needed to indicated where Door had to open a portal (she just dies it silently in the book) and found the word Aprita (or similar) for “open” in Latin. When Nat Dormer said it in read through Christopher Lee objected. 1/2
— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) August 29, 2021
“It should be Aprité”, he said. As he was well read on many subjects and it was a word that could be whatever we wanted it to mean (thank Lewis Carroll) I adopted it for NEVERWHERE and later productions with Neil as a tribute to Christopher when things needed opening magically.
— Dirk Maggs (@DirkMaggs) August 29, 2021
“‘It should be Aprité,’ he said,” Maggs continued. “As he was well read on many subjects and it was a word that could be whatever we wanted it to mean (thank Lewis Carroll) I adopted it for [Neverwhere] and later productions with [Gaiman] as a tribute to Christopher when things needed opening magically.”
Lee, who passed away in 2015, appeared as the voice of The Earl in the 2013 Neverwhere radio drama, the audio adaptation of the 1996 novel of the same name by Gaiman, which premiered on BBC Radio 4 and was also dramatized by Maggs. The voice cast also included McAvoy as Richard Mayhew, Natalie Dormer as Lady Door and Benedict Cumberbatch as The Angel Islington.
The first installment, The Sandman: Act I debuted in July 2020 and adapted the first three volumes of the graphic novel series of the same name, Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll’s House and Dream Country.Earlier this year, DC and Audible announced two more installments of The Sandman audio drama, which will be titled The Sandman: Act II and The Sandman: Act III. Maggs will adapt and direct the next two chapters along with Gaiman, who will return as creative director and co-executive producr. The first installment of the audio adaptation broke records upon its release as the most pre-orders of any Audible Original title and quickly became the best-selling Audible Original in the company’s history. It also occupied the #1 spot on The New York Times Best Seller Audio Fiction list in July and August of 2020.
The second installment will adapt the following volumes of the graphic novel series, Season of Mists, Distant Mirrors, A Game of You and Convergence, and will feature the voice talent of Jeffrey Wright, Regé-Jean Page, Brian Cox, Emma Corrin, John Lithgow, David Tennant and others, along with returning cast members McAvoy, Kat Dennings (Death), Michael Sheen (Lucifer) and Andy Serkis (Matthew the Raven). The third installment will adapt Brief Lives and Worlds Ends.
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