Who’s the Most Powerful Endless? ‘The Sandman’ Cast Breaks It Down on Netflix

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In the boundless realm of dreams, death, and everything in between lies The Sandman, 

a dark fantasy epic by Neil Gaiman that has leapt from page to screen with haunting elegance. At its heart are the Endless, seven immortal entities representing universal forces: Dream, Death, Desire, Despair, Destiny, Delirium, and Destruction. Each one commands profound cosmic power, shaping reality and experience in ways mortals cannot fathom. But even among the eternal, some forces weigh heavier than others, and that is where the debate begins.

The cast of The Sandman

has voiced their picks for the most dominant Endless, and the results may surprise you.

The Sandman cast names the most powerful Endless

In a new Netflix interview

that plays like a celestial debate club, the cast of The Sandman

made their cases for which Endless entity reigns supreme. Tom Sturridge argued that Dream, monarch of the unconscious, controls the deepest, most personal layer of human existence. Adrian Lester championed Destiny, who sees all futures and keeps an eternal tally of probabilities. Barry Sloane declared that Destruction’s power to create and obliterate anything, anywhere, makes him unmatched across the cosmos.

Donna Preston described Despair as “fabulous, fierce, and fantastic,”

a branding choice surely endorsed by no therapist. Esme Creed-Miles dubbed Delirium “the goddess of the mad people,” making chaos sound oddly charming. Kirby Howell-Baptiste reimagined Death as compassionate and grounding, light years away from the skeletal cliché. And Mason Alexander Park praised Desire’s psychological manipulation and ability to shape longing itself. In the end, every actor placed their own entity at the top of the cosmic leaderboard, because what is eternity without a little self-promotion?

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Deciding the most powerful Endless is like ranking earth, air, fire, and water, impossible, elemental, and guaranteed to start arguments, as each Endless has powers that could make any mortal cower. 

Exploring the powers of the endless

The Endless are not gods, but they make deities look like interns. Dream rules the subconscious like an elegantly brooding librarian, while Death offers cosmic customer service with surprising grace. Desire manipulates mortals like chess pieces dipped in perfume, and Despair watches it all with the enthusiasm of a poet on a rainy day. There is even murmured speculation about whether Dream might meet his demise in The Sandman

Season 2,

because nothing says high stakes like moody immortals in crisis.

Destiny reads from a book that writes itself, talk about commitment issues. Delirium can twist reality into a Salvador Dalí painting at brunch. And Destruction, the family’s prodigal artist-demolitionist, casually juggles apocalypse and creation like he is booking a weekend retreat. Ranking them is futile, like trying to choose the most powerful element, earth, air, fire, or water. They are eternal, chaotic, and terrifyingly relatable. In short, they put the “fun” in dysfunctional cosmic hierarchy.

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Who do you think is the most powerful Endless? Let us know in the comments down below!

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