

Safe to say, given the results, that's exactly what Muschietti, Skarsgård, and the crew did. It wasn't about having a big name actor - it was about making a scary clown for the ages. He gave a fully devoted performance that would probably humble a great many Oscar winners.

In what might be the decision that turned this movie into a behemoth hit, Skarsgård was tasked with bringing Pennywise to life and did so in insanely effective fashion. But definitely even in the first film, it pays off." It's a slow build, but it's worth it, especially by the second film. After 30 years of villains that could read the emotional minds of characters and scare them, trying to find really sadistic and intelligent ways he scares children, and also the children had real lives prior to being scared. "The main difference was making Pennywise more than just the clown. But I don't think you can do proper Stephen King and make it inoffensive." As for what his version looked like? Fukunaga explained: As for why Fukunaga's version fell apart? Shortly after his departure, he explained that the studio "wanted archetypes and scares." Fukunaga added that, "They wanted me to make a much more inoffensive, conventional script. Despite the fact that Fukunaga spent several years developing a two-part adaptation, he left the project in 2015, which paved the way for Andy Muschietti ("Mama") to take over.
