ACTOR EXCLUSIVE
Eye Sore
Boyd Holbrook bites back as The Sandman’s adversary the Corinthian
BOYD HOLBROOK’S role in the new Sandman series promises plenty of bite. The actor portrays the Corinthian, an entity with an unnerving physical feature: instead of peepers, two rows of jagged teeth line his eye sockets, which he conceals with a pair of shades. Boyd was initially concerned about how that attribute would translate onto the small screen.
“Coming on-set the first day, I put the glasses on and I literally couldn’t see,” Holbrook tells Red Alert. “I had about 10% vision. I was stumbling around set. It took all my attention away. They call ‘Action’ and my mind just went blank. For the life of me, I could not remember what the scene was. It took about half an hour to get adjusted. Eventually, it was going underneath a veil and it almost became like wearing a mask.”