Can Skarsgård's Pennywise save IT's prequel?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The news that Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise will return in Welcome To Derry is great, but IT’s iconic villain must avoid a Stephen King adaptation mistake. When the IT prequel Welcome to Derry was first announced in 2022, the news was met with a mix of enthusiasm and understandable trepidation.
Fortunately, the news that Bill Skarsgård will return as Pennywise in Welcome to Derry means the series can recapture the atmosphere of the original movie adaptations. Recasting Pennywise would have been a tall order for the series and, when Skarsgård denied a role in Welcome to Derry, it seemed as if this was the show’s only option.
Ironically, Skarsgård’s return doesn't mean Pennywise can play a main role in Welcome to Derry since the villain works best in small doses. Welcome to Derry could improve Pennywise, but the show can’t make him the main character. Pennywise’s many attacks on the Losers Club might form some of IT and IT: Chapter Two’s most memorable scenes, but these moments only worked because viewers cared about the kids themselves.
Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise Can Only Get Welcome To Derry So Far The IT Movies Relied On Pennywise’s Many Incarnations Close Throughout the original movies, Pennywise became a grotesque leper, a creepy old woman, a talking severed head, a painting, a werewolf, various reanimated corpses, and a statue, among other forms.
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