Bill Skarsg?rd Thought He “Was Done” With Pennywise After ‘Nosferatu’ Role
From killer clowns to ancient vampires and back again, Bill Skarsg?rd isn’t worried about being typecast.
The It: Welcome to Derry star recently said that Pennywise is “always there” as he returns to the Stephen King character after taking on another monster role in Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu, now in theaters.
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“I felt like I was done with it in a way. It was also because I was shooting this, I was doing Orlok, and to me it just felt like, ‘OK, this is the nail in the coffin on my monster roles.’ Pun intended,” he said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “So I did feel like I was kind of over it and wanted to do different things.”
Skarsg?rd continued, “And of course, the Pennywise thing as well, I’ve been quite defined by it.”
The actor explained that “things changed” when he saw producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti‘s take on the prequel. “And I love them, they’re very close friends, family even. I’m the godfather of his son. So I love them,” said Skarsg?rd. “So I was like, ‘All right, let’s bring him back.'”
Confirming that he’s completed filming on the nine-episode first season of the HBO series, Skarsg?rd said: “It was fun. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, actually. And there’s parts of it where we got to explore sides of old Pennywise that you haven’t seen, and that’s fun. … I think there’s some cool stuff in there that we haven’t seen that I’m excited for the people to watch and enjoy hopefully.”
Welcome to Derry premieres in 2025. HBO debuted the first look at the series in November.
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