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Pennywise Terrorizes Bill Hader in New Set Photos of IT: Chapter 2


In the IT reboot, Richie was played by Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and he was considered to be the comic relief of the group. Now with the sequel focusing on the grown-up Losers Club, we have a look at Bill Hader in character as Richie as he's being terrorized by Pennywise the Clown.

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Bill on set of IT Chapter 2 pic.twitter.com/y1ivVZwgnB
— best of bill hader (@bestofhader)
September 19, 2018

If you recall, Richie is the only one of the Losers who is actually terrorized of clowns, and that's why Pennywise only took his usual form when he was scaring him. We don't really know what's happening in this scene with Hader, but I imagine Pennywise would visit him in the form that everyone else was familiar with.

The first IT reboot was a huge success when it came out last year, and that's thanks to the fantastic child cast that was hired for the movie. Despite the genuine frights that we get from Pennywise, the film actually ends with a very lighthearted message with a lot of heart. We don't know of the adult cast will be able to deliver the same emotion, but I bet director Andy Muschietti knows what he's doing.

Admittedly, adult half of story is considered to be the weaker part of the source material, but I'm sure that Muschietti and his team are going to take some liberties to give everyone in the audience some genuine surprises. Heck, even Stephen King admitted that he was horrified by the painted lady from the first film when he first saw it.

Catch IT: Chapter 2 in theaters Sept. 6, 2019.

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