In an interview to the Entertainment Weekly, Neil Gaiman spoke about the audiobook adaptation of The Sandman, to be released on Audible tomorrow, July 15. Among other things, he had a few nice words to say about Michael’s performance as Lucifer:

Aside from Morpheus, which actors’ performances surprised you the most?

Morpheus was funny because it was like, the last thing we put in was the foundation. For me the most surprising moment in the studio was probably Michael Sheen’s Lucifer. Michael was a huge fan of the comics, reading them since he was a kid, so Michael knew that Lucifer had been drawn as the young David Bowie. I think of Michael Sheen as one of the greatest actors of his generation, which he is. I forget he is also one of the greatest impressionists. All of a sudden, I’m standing here in the studio, and Michael Sheen’s mouth is open, and David Bowie’s voice is coming out. It was so weird and amazing.

You can pre-order The Sandman here. Listen to a clip of the audiobook featuring Michael Sheen as Lucifer, James McAvoy as Morpheus and Neil Gaiman as The Narrator: