The Sandman: Indya Moore cast as legendary trans character in season 2
Indya Moore has officially been cast as Wanda in The Sandman. On 2 July, Netflix announced a plethora of new cast members for the highly-anticipated second season of the fantasy drama, which – sadly – still doesn’t have a release date.
Moore, best known for their acclaimed role as Angel Evangelista on FX’s groundbreaking drama Pose, will play Wanda, “a professional driver and security agent for an exclusive travel firm”.
The description from Netflix continues: “Wanda proves herself to be an indispensable guide on an Endless road trip to the waking world.” Wanda, one of the most popular characters in The Sandman universe, historically became one of the first-ever trans characters in mainstream comics.
Neil Gaiman, mastermind behind The Sandman and co-creator of the acclaimed Netflix series, reflected on the creation of Wanda in a statement to Tudum. “Wanda began for me in 1988, because I had trans friends and was not seeing them reflected in the comics I was reading, so I resolved to create a trans woman in a mainstream comic, the first time that had happened,” he said. “For over three decades, people have been telling me that she was an inspiration to them.
