From killer clowns to historic vampires and again once more, Bill Skarsgård isn’t frightened about being typecast.
The It: Welcome to Derry star not too long ago stated that Pennywise is “all the time there” as he returns to the Stephen King character after taking up one other monster position in Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu, now in theaters.
“I felt like I used to be carried out with it in a method. It was additionally as a result of I used to be taking pictures this, I used to be doing Orlok, and to me it simply felt like, ‘OK, that is the nail within the coffin on my monster roles.’ Pun supposed,” he stated on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “So I did really feel like I used to be form of over it and wished to do various things.”
Skarsgård continued, “And naturally, the Pennywise factor as nicely, I’ve been fairly outlined by it.”
The actor defined that “issues modified” when he noticed producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti‘s tackle the prequel. “And I really like them, they’re very shut pals, household even. I’m the godfather of his son. So I really like them,” stated Skarsgård. “So I used to be like, ‘All proper, let’s deliver him again.’”
Invoice Skarsgard as Pennywise in 2019’s It Chapter Two (Warner Bros./Everett Assortment)
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Confirming that he’s accomplished filming on the nine-episode first season of the HBO collection, Skarsgård stated: “It was enjoyable. I loved it greater than I believed I might, truly. And there’s components of it the place we obtained to discover sides of previous Pennywise that you simply haven’t seen, and that’s enjoyable. … I feel there’s some cool stuff in there that we haven’t seen that I’m excited for the individuals to observe and revel in hopefully.”
Welcome to Derry premieres in 2025. HBO debuted the first look on the collection in November.
