It: Welcome to Derry It has finally introduced Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in the fifth episode of the series.
It took a long time for the creators to bring the dancing clown into the show. But all the delay had a proper explanation that has finally been given by creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti.
Barbara explained that they tried to plan Pennywise’s appearance very strategically to keep the character’s terror alive.
she said entertainment weekly, “We decided that, in this season, Pennywise should be a little bit like the shark in Jaws. You really want to be strategic. In both films, it was very important for us to keep the mystery and fear alive for this character.
“We found that familiarity is the enemy of that. That’s why it was important for us to delay the pleasure or the terror as long as we could.”
Showrunner Jason Fuchs believes there’s a lot more room on television to experiment with ideas compared to movies.
“In the movies, there’s a lot of room to see those manifestations of that creature that aren’t Pennywise,” he says. Because you’re on TV… you get full episodes where you can explore other ways this will torment kids.”
After Bill’s first appearance in episode 5 of Welcome to Derry, Additionally, he teased that fans can now expect him to do all kinds of terrible things he’s never done before in the movies.
