When the Netflix-Warner Bros. TV drama LUCIFER returns for its fifth and final season, the fan-favorite series about how the Devil came to love living in the city of Los Angeles will be visited by the "big man upstairs." That's right, all you sinners, I'm talking about God. The Big G. The Holy Ghost. Dog spelled backwards. Perhaps you've heard of him? Or her. Omnipresence is funny like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you all to place your hands together, give your head a bow, and whisper the words "Hell yes," because it's been revealed that Dennis Haysbert (24, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE) wil play God for the farewell season of LUCIFER. Hallejujah!
“We did like the big crazy list of [possible actors for the part], and he was my top choice,” Lucifer co-showrunner Joe Henderson told Entertainment Weekly, who broke the news about Haysbert's casting on Monday. “We were lucky. It was our first and only offer.”
I don't know about you, but I think this is perfect casting news. Not only is Haysbert a fine actor, he's got a sonorous cadence to his voice that makes every word that passes through his lips sound crucial and grandiose. Personally, I can't wait to hear Haysbert, as God, express his thoughts about how his sons, Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside), have been spending their time on Earth.
Of course, this won't be the first time that Haysbert and Woodside have appeared as family on TV. Both actors previously starred as brothers (and presidents) David and Wayne Palmer, respectively, for the time-sensitive action series 24. As it turns out, Woodside is partially responsible for Haysbert landing the role of God on LUCIFER.
“D.B. had actually come up to us and said, ‘Have you thought about Dennis?’ We were like, ‘Do you think he’d actually do it?’ And he’s like, ‘Well, I’ve already talked to him and sort of brought it up.’ And so we just went straight on at him,” Henderson told EW.
According to Haysbert, one of the reasons he'd agreed to the role was so that he could work with Woodside, once again. “Every time I see D.B., there’s always this fondness and this connection…We worked on a show that was arguably one of the best shows ever produced in television, so you’re going to have a kind of camaraderie,” Haysbert told EW while flashing a broad smile. “I don’t know how I went from brothers to father. We’re celestial. We can do that.”
When LUCIFER returns to Netflix for its fifth and final season, the show will find Amenadiel visiting Lucifer in hell to discuss a matter of grave importance, among other things. Be sure to tune in for the farewell season later this year.