Bill Skarsgård says that It: Welcome to Derry can be “fairly hardcore.”
Skarsgård, who can now be seen enjoying Depend Orlok in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, beforehand performed Pennywise the Dancing Clown in Andy Muschietti’s two It films, 2017’s It and 2019’s It Chapter Two.
He’ll quickly be reprising the position in It: Welcome to Derry, a brand new tv sequence premiering on HBO in 2025 that’s developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Andy Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs.
Talking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Skarsgård mentioned that the forthcoming present can be simply as scary, if not even scarier, than the It films.
“It’s fairly hardcore, man,” he mentioned.
What else did Invoice Skarsgård say about It: Welcome to Derry?
When requested if he had any hesitation in returning to the position of Pennywise, Skarsgård mentioned, “I felt like I used to be accomplished with it, in a manner. It was additionally as a result of I used to be capturing this [Nosferatu], I used to be doing Orlock, and, to me, it simply felt like, ‘That is the nail within the coffin of my monster roles.’ Pun meant. So I did really feel I used to be sort of over it and wished to do various things. After all, the Pennywise factor as properly, I’ve been fairly outlined by it. I used to be like, ‘That’s 26-year-old me.’ I’m not nonetheless a younger man.
“…Then issues modified. Barbara and Andy, the Muschiettis, are doing it. I really like them. They’re very shut mates. Household, even. I’m the godfather of his son. So, I really like them, and that was, ‘Alright, let’s convey him again.’”
Skarsgård additionally mentioned, “It was enjoyable. I loved it greater than I believed I’d, truly. There are components of it the place we bought to discover sides of ‘ole Pennywise that we haven’t seen, and that’s enjoyable. I remembered how a lot I loved working with Andy, and we do have lots of enjoyable collectively. I feel there’s some cool stuff in there that we haven’t seen that I’m excited for the folks to look at and revel in, hopefully.”
