FILM · 2019 · USA
It: Chapter Two
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- #001
Bill Hader was unaware that Bill Skarsgård could actually move his eyes in two different directions. Hader asked Skarsgård what kind of effect was used to achieve the look in the first film. Fully costumed and made up, Skarsgård replied, "Oh, you mean this?" and demonstrated how he could do it naturally, astonishing Hader.
- #002
One recurring criticism of Stephen King's novels is a lack of inspiration for the endings, even in highly praised books. This is addressed repeatedly in the film, in which Bill receives the same comments about his books — including from King himself, who has a cameo as the shop owner who sells him back his bicycle.
- #003
Bill Skarsgård (Pennywise) said he had more fun on set during this film because he could actually talk and joke around with his adult co-stars. Skarsgård had very little contact with the child actors in It (2017) so that they would be genuinely more afraid of Pennywise when they saw him. He also had to calm them down after each take.
- #004
In the novel, Eddie thinks he may have married Myra because she reminds him of his mother. In this film adaptation, the same actress, Molly Atkinson, plays both Myra Kaspbrak (Eddie's wife) and Sonia Kaspbrak (Eddie's mother).
- #005
Bill Hader was offered the role of Richie Tozier because Finn Wolfhard wanted him cast in the sequel. Hader, who had never met Wolfhard, was extremely proud that Wolfhard wanted him to take on the role.
- #006
In an interview, Bill Skarsgård said he would still have Pennywise nightmares even after filming ended. In those nightmares, he would have to fight Pennywise, just as the characters in the film do.
- #007
Isaiah Mustafa read Stephen King's novel eight times before filming in order to fully understand the character of Mike Hanlon. Bill Hader, however, had read the book as a child and refused to read it again, claiming it was too long.
- #008
Most of the young Losers had their body hair shaved, and for the second film they had to raise the pitch of their voices.
- #009
(At about 14 minutes) Young Ben from IT (1990) has a small role as a businessman in a video call with the now-elderly Ben at the architecture firm.
- #010
(At about 1 hour 12 minutes) When the adult Richie enters the abandoned theater, there is a shot with an old, dilapidated You've Got Mail (1998) poster behind him. If you look closely, the torn parts of the poster read "IT".
- #011
The members of the Losers Club from It (2017) were asked who they wanted to play their adult roles: Finn Wolfhard (Richie Tozier) said Bill Hader, Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh) said Jessica Chastain, Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon) said Chadwick Boseman, Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie Kaspbrak) said Jake Gyllenhaal, Wyatt Oleff (Stanley Uris) said Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben Hanscom) said Chris Pratt, and Jaeden Martell (Bill Denbrough) said Christian Bale. Bale turned down the role of Bill Denbrough outright, while Boseman was unavailable due to obligations arising from his Marvel contract as Black Panther (2018). Only Wolfhard's and Lillis's choices were cast. James McAvoy had previously recommended Chastain to Simon Kinberg for the villain role of Vuk in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), a favor she returned by recommending him.
- #012
(At about 1 hour 17 minutes) According to screenwriter Gary Dauberman, the scene in which Bill meets the shopkeeper at the antique shop in Derry and buys his old bicycle, Silver, was written as a kind of joke. In the script, the shop owner was described as "someone who looks a lot like Stephen King." In the end, the producers were able to persuade Stephen King to play the shopkeeper.
- #013
Pennywise has only seven minutes of dialogue in the entire film.
- #014
(At about 1 hour 18 minutes) The plate on the wall above the antique shop owner is the same "CQB 241" as the plate in Christine (1983). The owner, played by Stephen King, the original author of both Christine and It, also asks $300 for the bicycle, the same amount George LeBay initially offered to sell the car for.
- #015
One of Richie Tozier's character traits is his "voices" and his ability to do impressions. Bill Hader, who plays the adult Richie, is a well-known impressionist, famous for the impressions he did for years on Saturday Night Live (1975). With that in mind, screenwriter Gary Dauberman wrote a scene in which Richie imitates Al Pacino, a voice Hader is quite good at. However, Hader asked for the impression to be cut from the script because his Pacino impression was old material and he did not want to do it again.
- #016
While the first film was still in production, Jessica Chastain was considered for Beverly. She was also the first person to be officially cast.
- #017
Xavier Dolan met director Andy Muschietti by chance and, saying he liked the first film, expressed interest in being in this one. Dolan said, "I'll do whatever you want; I'll be a door handle, a doorknob, a curtain, whatever I can do in this film." He later took on the role of Adrian Mellon.
- #018
(At about 1 hour 50 minutes) In the book and the TV film, the phrase "Beep, beep, Richie." was a way of telling Richie to stop talking. In It (2017), it is only spoken by Pennywise with no explanation. However, because of fan reaction, it was suddenly added between Bev and Richie in Chapter Two.
- #019
(At about 2 hours 30 minutes) Eddie's death in the book was somewhat more gruesome than in the film. In the book, It bites off Eddie's arm and throws him aside. Eddie then dies of shock from the pain and blood loss. In the film, while the Losers stand around a greatly weakened Pennywise, Richie approaches and tears off one of It's arms.
- #020
Finn Wolfhard, who played young Richie Tozier, shot this film and the third season of Stranger Things (2016) at the same time. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said that filming It Chapter Two on his days off from the Stranger Things S3 shoot was tiring and stressful but also rewarding.
- #021
Richie Tozier's role in this film was written with Bill Hader in mind, though it still allowed for another actor to potentially take the part. When Hader officially joined the cast, the script was adjusted to tailor the role specifically to his abilities.
- #022
The young Losers attended the "IT" Experience in Hollywood as a group and managed to go unnoticed by most of the fans who were there.
- #023
Applying the clown makeup to Bill Skarsgård took 2 and a half hours on this film, in contrast to the 5-hour makeup process on the first film.
- #024
At 2 hours 49 minutes, this film is 34 minutes longer than It (2017), which runs 2 hours 15 minutes. In total, the two films run 5 hours 4 minutes, more than two hours longer than the original 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's novel.
- #025
According to director Andy Muschietti, there are more than 4 hours of footage from the film, and this had to be cut down to 2 hours 49 minutes. Muschietti says he plans to use the unused footage and scenes not yet shot for a possible future film related to the "It" series.
- #026
Each of the adult Losers wears only one outfit while in Derry, but 50 to 60 versions of the costumes were designed for the actors to wear during the shoot.
- #027
In an interview with Complex, James Ransone said he has a large number of tattoos, which is why his character, adult Eddie Kaspbrak, wears a jacket throughout the film. Ransone was not willing to sit in the makeup chair every day to cover up the tattoos.
- #028
At 169 minutes, the film became the longest horror film ever released in wide theatrical distribution.
- #029
The climax of the book and the film are very different. In the book, Mike is severely injured after his encounter with Henry Bowers and cannot join the Losers who remain in the sewer for the final battle against Pennywise. Stanley Uris also dies without leaving a suicide note or sending a letter to the rest of the group. The Losers also begin to forget their memories again after they part ways. In the film, however, the scene of Mike and Bill talking on the phone after the events implies that they are in contact with each other.
- #030
Seth Green, who played young Richie in the 1990 TV film IT, expressed that he wanted to play adult Richie in this film.
- #031
Their truest form is the bright orange lights called the Deadlights, found in the "Macroverse." Seeing them drives any human insane. They appear briefly in It (2017) when Pennywise opens his mouth while holding Bev, and in this film when he opens his mouth to kill Richie during the climax.
- #032
Before his acting career began, Jay Ryan (Ben Hanscom) worked as a clown.
- #033
The film's ending differs from the book; Pennywise's truest form is revealed to be a female spider, and the Losers' Club must destroy all the laid eggs because they are about to hatch.
- #034
The scene of Beverly in the toilet cubicle during the climax used 4,500 gallons of fake blood, a world record for a theatrical production. Beverly's blood-soaked image closely resembles what happens to Carrie White in Carrie (1976), another adaptation of a Stephen King novel.
- #035
The novel's ending leaves Pennywise's fate uncertain, and even the story's first line hints that he may still be alive. However, author Stephen King, stating that the character was too frightening even for him, vowed never to write about Pennywise again.
- #036
(At about 2 hours 40 minutes) During his phone call with Mike at the end of the film, Bill says he has just finished the first chapter of a new book. If you look closely, you can see that it is actually an excerpt from the novel IT, specifically Chapter 16, "Eddie's Big Break."
- #037
Isaiah Mustafa got married after he finally won the role of Mike Hanlon. Mustafa, who auditioned several times for the part, was called in for a final audition just 5 hours before he was due to leave the city for his wedding. His wife, then his fiancée, understood the situation, and they stayed behind to complete the audition before traveling to their destination a day later than planned.
- #038
(Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes) Stan's Bar Mitzvah scene was first shot for It (2017), but only brief shots were used in the film (the full scene was available on the BluRay release). The sequel includes the entire scene as a flashback, though apparently different shots were used.
- #039
In an interview promoting Molly's Game (2017), Jessica Chastain expressed interest in playing Beverly Marsh. During the shooting of It (2017), director Andy Muschietti, producer Barbara Muschietti and Young Beverly's actress Sophia Lillis went on record saying she would also be their first choice, and she emerged as the fans' favorite for the role of older Bev. In February 2018, Chastain was officially confirmed for the part.
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