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First Look at New Pennywise from the Movie "IT"
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:11 pm
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Coulrophobia.
No need to look it up. It’s what you’re feeling right now. The unreasonable fear of clowns.
Maybe it’s not so unreasonable.
Look below and you’ll lay eyes on the first look at Pennywise the Dancing Clown from next year’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s It, with Bill Skarsgård taking on the role of the most fearsome creature to ever clutch a bouquet of balloons.
“It’s such an extreme character. Inhumane,” Skarsgård says. “It’s beyond even a sociopath, because he’s not even human. He’s not even a clown. I’m playing just one of the beings It creates.”
Anyone who’s turned the pages of King’s epic coming-of-age horror thriller knows this bloodthirsty funster isn’t your average psycho in grease paint. Pennywise is the favorite embodiment of a nameless, shapeless evil that dwells beneath a small town and feeds on the fear – and sometimes limbs – of children.
This manifestation of Pennywise from director Andrés Muschietti’s film (out Sept. 8, 2017) is elegant, precise — even alluring. He’s in control. It’s a stark contrast to the messy, smeared, and dirty scary-clown trend pioneered eight years ago by Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight.
“It’s important that we do something fresh and original for this one. It’s purposely not going toward that weird, greasy look,” says Skarsgård, best known for Allegiant and the Netflix series Hemlock Grove.
The key to this monster? Having fun with it. “It truly enjoys the shape of the clown Pennywise, and enjoys the game and the hunt,” the actor says. “What’s funny to this evil entity might not be funny to everyone else. But he thinks it’s funny.”
Not everything about that mini-series holds up after two and a half decades, but his Pennywise has proven to be infinite, still curdling blood as an online meme. “Tim Curry’s performance was truly great, but it’s important for me to do something different because of that,” says Skårsgard. “I’ll never be able to make a Tim Curry performance as good as Tim Curry.”
The fact that Skarsgård is younger, only 25, changes the dynamic for the demonic villain already.
In the story, Pennywise faces down a team of misfit kids who band together in the town of Derry to destroy him, shedding their fears by standing together. But in this representation he’ll only look like he’s a few years older them – perhaps more a reflection of themselves gone twisted and wrong in a few years than a creepy middle-aged predator.
“There’s a childishness to the character, because he’s so closely linked to the kids,” Skarsgård says. “The clown is the manifestation of children’s imaginations, so there’s something child-like about that.”
METAMORPHOSIS
When It hits screens next year, it will only tell part of the 1986 novel, following the main characters when they were children. A sequel, in which they come home again to battle It a second time as adults, is planned if this first installment is a success.
Among other alterations, the timeline has shifted from the book — it’s now set in the late ‘80s instead of the late ‘50s. We’ll see whether It’s other monstrous forms — a wolfman, a mummy, a shark among others — will change with the times.
One thing is certain – this isn’t going to help the reputations of clowns. “I’ve been doing some clown research,” Skarsgård says. “I’m not sure if there was so much clown phobia before the novel. There’s obviously been this thing where people find clowns are unsettling, but nobody explored it the way Stephen King did.”
Speaking of, EW reached out to the master himself for comment on the new look of one of his most iconic creations. He was suitably unsettled.
“It’s a scary clown,” King said. “But to me they’re all scary.”
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Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:13 pm to Lucky_Dog
looks like the joker kid from Gotham.
Weird I only clicked submit once.
Weird I only clicked submit once.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:26 pm to RLDSC FAN
It is hard not to make a clown creepy.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:29 pm to RLDSC FAN
Awesome!
I am about 3/4 done with "IT." Glad to know they are only doing their childhood interaction, it (no pun intended) would be too difficult to fit the entire story into 1 movie. I just hope the first is successful enough to warrant a second. Just, please don't name the sequel "IT returns."
I am about 3/4 done with "IT." Glad to know they are only doing their childhood interaction, it (no pun intended) would be too difficult to fit the entire story into 1 movie. I just hope the first is successful enough to warrant a second. Just, please don't name the sequel "IT returns."
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:33 pm to CarRamrod
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looks like the joker kid from Gotham.
You mean like a clown?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:37 pm to guedeaux
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I am about 3/4 done with "IT." Glad to know they are only doing their childhood interaction, it (no pun intended) would be too difficult to fit the entire story into 1 movie. I just hope the first is successful enough to warrant a second. Just, please don't name the sequel "IT returns."
The first attempt at a movie was bad, nothing will ever compare to reading the 1100+ page book.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 2:17 pm to RLDSC FAN
That has me intrigued. Didn't know they were remaking it. "It" is one of those movies that didn't hold up at all with the passage of time and, frankly, wasn't really that good in the first place. But it is such a rich idea and story that it is one of the few movies that I actually would like to see remade.
Now I whether I see it or not is a different story. I'm not exactly a horror fan.
Now I whether I see it or not is a different story. I'm not exactly a horror fan.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 2:22 pm to DoUrden
I read the book in 7th grade. Looking back, it was quite inappropriate, but I certainly enjoyed it.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 2:46 pm to DoUrden
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The first attempt at a movie was bad, nothing will ever compare to reading the 1100+ page book.
That was such a great book. I read it when I was about 13 and it was one of the most intense reads I've ever experienced. It scared the hell out of me...
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 2:57 pm to RLDSC FAN
Not as good as the made for t.v. series (which was good):
Posted on 7/13/16 at 3:24 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Tim Curry was absolutely brilliant in that movie.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 3:35 pm to jdd48
Might be time to update my avatar
Posted on 7/13/16 at 6:08 pm to RLDSC FAN
Meh. Not as good at the TV clown.
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