HBO Max‘s It prequel series Welcome To Derry has scored its Pennywise – and it’s a returning Bill Skarsgård.
Skarsgård, who famously donned the clown makeup in 2017’s It and 2019’s It: Chapter Two, has been confirmed to reprise his role as the creepy intergalactic clown-looking creature known as Pennywise for the upcoming TV prequel series.
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Skarsgård previously said in March 2023 that he wasn’t involved in the prequel series, though he left the door open for a future return.
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I don’t feel superhero fatigue (they just need to raise the quality and stop making bricks for their franchise) but prequel fatigue is now kicking in hard.
If this prequel series is the derry interludes from the book…fuckin’ gimmeeeee
It would be kinda weird if he didn’t IMO, especially since they recorded all those cut scenes for chapter 2
He was great as IT. But no thanks.
I am hopeful of this. The book has many grisly stories about terrible happenings around Derry with Mike interviewing various people around the town. Those stories didn’t make it into the movies. I think it’d be interesting to cover them.
Bill needs to put away these psycho/weirdo roles for a bit and maybe do a romcom or two. He’s seriously going to get typecast.
Then again, Eric Roberts is getting too old now…
He’s kind of in a difficult spot. IT was his first big role, and also possibly his best role of his career unless he gets really lucky with another “perfect fit” kind of opportunity.
Quite true, but even with the roles in John Wick, it keeps him in the “sadist/abuser” role in a film. Antagonist vs. Protagonist.
I don’t have any answers either, otherwise I’d rule Hollywood … still, I’d hate to see him get put in that corner for good.
