Bill Skarsgård not down to clown in HBO Max's It prequel show
The Pennywise actor will not reprise his role in the streaming prequel to Stephen King's "cocaine-binged" but beloved book
HBO Max might be inviting Stephen King fans back to Derry, Maine, soon, but don’t expect Bill Skarsgård to be there with the welcome wagon. The Pennywise actor, who played the part in both of Andy Muschietti’s film adaptations of It, has confirmed that he has no current plans to reprise the role of King’s infamous murder clown for the It prequel TV series Welcome To Derry.
This was on an installment of interview show Jake’s Takes, in which Skarsgård was discussing his role as the ostentatiously French bad guy in John Wick: Chapter Four—who, like many of the many smug people who operates at the upper echelons of the franchise’s Fancy Crime Society, thinks he’s going to get one over on ol’ John Wick. Eventually, though, the conversation shifted over to the It factor, with Skarsgård stating clearly (if diplomatically) that, “We’ll see, what they come up with, and what they do with it… I’m, as of now, not currently involved with it.”