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In 2017, Bill Skarsgard gave everyone nightmares with his incredible performance as Pennywise in IT. Directed by Andy Muschietti, the film is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Along with Bill, the film also featured Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Rylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyat Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jack Dylan Grazer.
When Bill Skarsgard signed up for the role of Pennywise in the ‘It’ movie, he was just in the initial phase of his career. At that time, the production house shared the first picture of him as the scary clown to create excitement for the film. However, Bill was subjected to immense backlash online. The actor revealed that all the negative comments affected him at that time.
Bill Skarsgard on Hateful Comments for It’s Pennywise
The John Wick: Chapter 4 actor said, “When you are twenty-six, you don’t feel young at all, but now, looking back at it, I was a kid. It was fairly early on in my career to take on something that had so many eyeballs and expectations on it.”
