During a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor Bill Skarsgard (Nosferatu) talked about the upcoming It spin-off series, En: Welcome to Derryand says Pennywise The Clown will be “pretty hardcore.”
At one point, Skarsgard was asked if Welcome to Derry it will be as scary as the movies. Skarsgard responded: “That’s pretty hardcore, man.”
The actor continued, “It was fun. I liked it more than I thought I would, actually, and there were parts where we got to explore sides of the old Pennywise that we had never seen. And that’s fun.”
“I remembered how much I love working with Andy and we have a lot of fun together. I think there’s some cool stuff that we’ve never seen that I’m excited for people to watch and enjoy, hopefully.”
Speaking previously about the series, the actor said that it will explore some things about Pennywise that we haven’t seen yet.
Skarsgard said: “I don’t know why, but Pennywise is very accessible to me. So in terms of coming back, it was just like ‘Da da dah!’, and it explodes. It’s so defined, it’s kind of a sleeper but it activates very easily.
“We explored things that we didn’t explore in the movies, especially one aspect that I can’t go into. I hope the fans are excited.”
The prequel series dives into those murky waters, peeling back layers of Derry’s sinister past and exploring a first encounter with It that’s as disturbing as anything from the original story.
It promises to bring to life some of It’s most disturbing moments, the “interludes” that punctuated the horror between Pennywise and the Loser’s Club in King’s novel.
This nine-episode series, developed by Muschietti and En: chapter two scribe Jason Fuchswill delve into the origins of the Reign of Terror in Derry.
Speaking previously about the series, Andy and Barbara said: “It’s so rich in characters and events, we thought we’d do the book and the fans justice by returning to this world.
“Specifically, we’re telling the stories of the interludes, writings by Mike Hanlon based on his investigation that includes interviews with the city’s elders. In Welcome to Derry, we touch on the usual themes that were talked about in the film – friendship, loss, the power of a unified faith – but this story also focuses on the use of fear as a weapon, which is one of the things that is relevant for our times too.”
Muschietti says, “Twenty-seven years is Pennywise’s dormant period. It’s a different part of American history, with a new set of fears for children, as well as adults, that keep in mind the cost of the Cold War.
“Our reference is 1962, but let’s take a few leaps into the past… Every 27 years, when it appears, its cycle is marked by two catastrophic events, one at the beginning and one at the end. We are using the Black Spot as an event around which many stories are built.”
They then said: “We will explore Pennywise’s origins, but, as in the book, we will do so with a healthy dose of crypticism.”
En: Welcome to Derry will premiere on HBO and stream on Max in 2025.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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