TheIt Chapter Twostar, 29, made a Monday appearance onStephen Colbert‘s late-night talk show, where he confirmed he welcomed a little girl 11 months ago.
“Never let her see this movie,” Colbert, 55, teased his guest. “Does that worry you at all that someday she might see this [film]?”
“Well, that’s nice. You’re softening her up,” the host replied.
Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise inIt Chapter Two.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
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“F— yeah,” Skarsgard previously revealed to PEOPLE of what he told his agent when first asked if he’d like to read for Pennywise, the demonic clown who feeds on children in the fictional New England town of Derry, Maine.
One of acclaimed actorStellan Skårsgard‘s seven kids, the actor inherited the role in 2017’sItand its recently released sequel that, as he told PEOPLE, “turned clowning from something jolly to something menacing” for a generation of kidsandadults.
“I was really excited todo a full character transformationinto something that’s so far away from who I am in every way,” explained Skårsgard. “So I took a lot of time and worked on how Pennywise would sound and move and all that. Things changed along the way, but it was convincing enough that I got the job.”
Between Skårsgard’s own imagination and director Andy Muschietti‘s vision for the character, a modern version of Pennywise — far darker and more modern thanTim Curry‘s, from the 1990 miniseries — was born: “You need to access parts of yourself where you’re thinking, ‘What’s the most disturbing or horrifying thing that could happen right now?’ And then you have to commit to that.”
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Very little is known about Skårsgard and Morberg’s relationship, as the actor is notoriously private when it comes to his personal life. The duo have been linked romantically since at least spring 2016, when they were photographed together at the premiere forThe Divergent Series: Allegiant.
It Chapter Twois now playing.
source: people.com
