

Skarsgard had this to say about revisiting the character. Bill Hader was scared out of his mind when working with the clown on set, which is exactly what Skarsgard wanted after going back to the drawing board with Andres Muschietti to figure out how to scare the adult Losers' Club. However, after hearing what the adult cast of the sequel had to say about working on the set with Bill Skarsgard, his methods worked in real-life. He's really going after it."Īfter the events of the first movie, it's hard to imagine IT 2 featuring a more "vicious" version of Pennywise. "It fuels hatred and anger towards the kids, who will be adults in this one, so I think there might be an even more vicious Pennywise. After the Losers' Club figure out that fear manipulation is the key to defeating Pennywise, his efforts no longer work, and in turn, he gets pretty angry. Like, what is this?," says Bill Skarsgard.

"His last line - 'Fear.' - is him experiencing it for the first time, and he's sort of shocked and perplexed and surprised. He looks however he wants to look for any particular prey at the time, but I do think there's a change."Īt the conclusion of IT, Pennywise feels something he has never felt before. "He's been doing this forever really, so he doesn't change in the sense that you would look differently.
