No need to look it up.
It’s what you’re feeling right now.
The unreasonable fear of clowns.
Credit: Marco Grob
Maybe it’s not so unreasonable.
“It’s such an extreme character.
Inhumane,” Skarsgard says.
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“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.”
He’s in control.
“It’s important that we do something fresh and original for this one.
The key to this monster?
Having fun with it.
“What’s funny to this evil entity might not be funny to everyone else.
But he thinks it’s funny.”
“One of my best friends is completely traumatized by the original film version ofIt,” Skarsgard says.
Now he’s scarred for life.”
“I’ll never be able to make a Tim Curry performance as good as Tim Curry.”
The fact that Skarsgard is younger, only 25, changes the dynamic for the demonic villain already.
“The clownisthe manifestation of children’s imaginations, so there’s something child-like about that.”
One thing is certain this isn’t going to help the reputations of clowns.
“I’ve been doing some clown research,” Skarsgard says.
“I’m not sure if there was so much clown phobia before the novel.
He was suitably unsettled.
“It’s a scary clown,” King said.
“But to me they’re all scary.”
UPDATE: King discusses thefan theory that Dandelo fromThe Dark Towerbooks is related to Pennywise.
