A new IT featurette takes a look at the making of Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise. While the horror genre has played host to plenty of terrifying clowns, arguably the most iconic in history is Pennywise the Dancing Clown, created by legendary author Stephen King for his 1986 novel IT. Of course, when most people think of Pennywise, the first image they conjure up is probably still of Tim Curry’s very memorable portrayal of the character in IT’s 1990 TV miniseries adaptation.
Going into director Andy Muschetti’s newly-released theatrical adaptation of IT, one of the biggest question marks was whether Bill Skarsgard could successfully manage to make the Pennywise role his own, and somehow fill Curry’s floppy clown shoes. While whether Skarsgard surpassed Curry is very much a matter of individual opinion, what most viewers of the new IT do seem to agree on is that Skarsgard’s version of Pennywise is ...
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