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The Real Reason Lucifer Has A British Accent

When anyone brings up the television series Lucifer and its protagonist, the first thing that comes to mind is a suave, British charmer, played to perfection by Tom Ellis, but he wasn’t always envisioned this way. The TV series is based on the DC Comics character that originated in The Sandman graphic novel series created by Neil Gaiman. Lucifer then went on to have a comic series of his own, which ran from 2000 to 2006. The TV adaptation of Lucifer aired on Fox for its first three seasons before jumping to Netflix for the fourth, fifth, and upcoming final sixth season.

The Lucifer television series follows the same basic premise as his solo comics, with Lucifer Morningstar running a piano bar — also a club in the show — called “Lux” in Los Angeles. In the meantime, Ellis’s Lucifer also works as a detective’s consultant, helping solve murder cases with Detective Chloe Decker, played by Lauren German. In Lucifer, his word is his bond, and he really lives by the rules of the “gentlemen’s agreement.” As the charming, manipulative devil, Lucifer uses the truth to hurt you. Although every Lucifer fan is well-accustomed to Ellis’s well-dressed, seductive, British devil, the character almost sounded very different. 

Here’s why Ellis and the team behind Lucifer eventually decided on his British accent.