Key Takeaways
- Bill Skarsgård is excited to reprise his role as Pennywise in the upcoming “It: Welcome to Derry” prequel series.
- The prequel will explore new territory and uncover more about Pennywise’s background set in 1962.
- Skarsgård’s portrayal of Pennywise will bring a unique and terrifying element to the series premiering in 2025.
After the success of Stephen King‘s It movies, HBO Max is making a prequel series, and star Bill Skarsgård recently shared some exciting details. It: Welcome to Derry is a fascinating and cool project since it’s set 27 years prior to the events of the two popular movies. Fans have been hoping to hear more about what they can expect since the project was greenlit in 2023.
In an interview with SFX Magazine, Skarsgård, who is playing Pennywise the Dancing Clown, said:
“I don’t know why, but Pennywise is very accessible for me. So in terms of getting back into it, it was just like ‘Da da dah!’, and he explodes out. He’s so defined, he’s sort of dormant but very easily activated.”
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The actor continued:
“We explored things that we haven’t explored in the movies – particularly one side of it, which I can’t go into. I hope the fans are excited.”
It’s great to hear that the prequel series will cover different ground than the two movies. It: Welcome to Derry is set quite a few years before It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two. The show will take place in 1962, which will be interesting since fans will learn more about Pennywise’s background. Slasher killers wearing cloaks and masks may be horrifying and effective villains, but for many people, there will never be anything scarier than a clown with a strange grin on their face. That’s what makes Pennywise so unforgettable.
Skarsgård’s other notable roles include Mickey in Villains, Keith Toshko in the 2022 horror movie Barbarian, the voice of Kro in Eternals, and Roman Godfrey on the horror series Hemlock Grove. He definitely has a knack for appearing in projects that explore fear-inducing subjects, and he has talked quite a lot about portraying Pennywise. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actor said he had nightmares about King’s clown character. He said that in one dream, he was Pennywise himself, and in others, he was walking in his hometown. Many fans have been haunted by Pennywise for years. It sounds like the actor wasn’t immune to how eerie he is, either.
Although it’s tough to imagine any other actor taking on the creepy clown, Skarsgård wasn’t attached to the prequel series when it was first announced. According to Entertainment Weekly, he said in 2023 that he likes “how abstract” Pennywise is, and if another actor took it on, they should have a good time and “make it your own.” Skarsgård’s Pennywise delights in how much he can scare children, and the actor will definitely bring that same unique element to It: Welcome to Derry.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will premiere in 2025. Next year will be a thrilling one for King fans since Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey is also being released.
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