Pictured: Peter Stormare
CHARACTER · LUCIFER
Lucifer
- Appears in
- Lucifer (2016)
- Played by
- Peter Stormare
8 archived facts 3 topics
Lucifer is a character in the TV series Lucifer (2016), played by Peter Stormare.
8 Interesting Facts About Lucifer
Interesting Facts (3)
- #001
In an interview with The A.V. Club published on 28 August 2017, Peter Stormare said he came up with his own costume concept for Lucifer's look, notably the off-white linen suit and the tar dripping from his feet. The producer and director had originally wanted "leather trousers, bare-chested...a dog collar with spikes" plus tattoos across Stormare's face and chest.
- #002
Tom Ellis does all of his own singing on the show, though he does not play the piano on screen. In early interviews he said he didn't "really know" how. A 2019 video of him singing while accompanying himself on piano showed he has since added the skill to his repertoire, though he has said in several interviews since that he still only plays "air piano" in scenes as Lucifer.
- #003
Contains a major spoiler — show
Before Lucifer's mother, played by Tricia Helfer, arrives, Lucifer is at the piano playing "All Along the Watchtower." Helfer played the Cylon known as #6 on Battlestar Galactica (2004), and "All Along the Watchtower" is the song that revealed the "Final Five" humanoid Cylons to one another.
Production Story (2)
- #004
Speaking on the Rich Eisen show, Tom Ellis said the show's premise grew out of the pilot. The series was originally to follow Lucifer making deals with desperate or despicable people so he could collect favors from them later. Once it became clear how well the police-procedural format worked and what stories it could yield, the series was reworked after the pilot.
- #005
Easter Eggs & References (3)
- #006
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- #008
Contains a major spoiler — show
Tom Ellis maintained he would not appear in Crisis on Infinite Earths; landing the cameo came down to pure luck. He and Matt Ryan (John Constantine) were aware fans wanted the scene, so they filmed it during a lunch break while shooting their own series in Vancouver. In it, Lucifer not only acknowledges that multiple earths exist but also reveals a long history with Constantine.