So, they are remaking Stephen King's "IT"

[patrickBOOTH]

Who should play Pennywise? My list of favorites for the role are as follows:

Daniel Day Lewis
John Malcovich
Christoph Waltz
Vincent D'Onofrio

 

[Nil]

I remember having awful nightmares as a child after seeing the first part of the miniseries. Pennywise haunted me mercilessly. The nightmares ended when I watched part 2 and saw that stupid giant spider. It was lame enough to my young mind that I ceased to be scared of that evil clown.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I hear you. The clown is terrifying though.

 

[grundletaint]

Buscemi

 

[Dr Huh?]

I think Andy Serkis would be a good choice. Especially if they'll be having IT display itself as several movie monsters.

 

[Harold falcon]

Jack Black, obvs.

 

[grundletaint]

Dinklage. Dwarf clown terror.

 

[acidboy]



Dinklage. Dwarf clown terror.

he's gonna look like dink the clown

 

[grundletaint]

Damon Wayans?

 

[imatlas]

Grundletaint is a pretty good name for a terrifying clown.

 

[LawrenceMD]



I remember having awful nightmares as a child after seeing the first part of the miniseries. Pennywise haunted me mercilessly. The nightmares ended when I watched part 2 and saw that stupid giant spider. It was lame enough to my young mind that I ceased to be scared of that evil clown.

I remember crushing hard on the red head. she was nekkid in that cat movie with natasia kinsky (my irresponsible parents took me to see that cat movie in a movie theater) so I have everlasting boners for kinsky and that redhead as my first forays of on screen nudity (my parents tried to shield my eyes but I saw glorious bewbies through their fingers).


obvious choices for penny wise the clown would be:
gary oldman

interesting choice could be:
matt damon (i really think he could pull it off plus he could do a regional new england accent).

stunt casting:
john leguizamo


i don't think you can top the original of tim curry though (because it was before internet/google) and when people would say that's the same actor from Clue it would blow people's mind.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Paul Giamatti might be interesting.

 

[LawrenceMD]



Paul Giamatti might be interesting.

^thats a home run right there, but he might start doing Paul Giamatti-type things and you start feeling bad for the clown and wanting to take the clown in, pat him on the back, and buy him a meal.

you need gravitas and a underlying sense that the guy is huge prick - maybe a john malkovich.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

So there are many details on this now and the director has been pretty liberal about posting stuff on his instagram about it. I'm very excited. I am re-reading the book. I read it when I was in like 4th grade (probably shouldn't have) but it brings back a lot of memories. I actually read the book as a sort of catharsis after seeing the movie. I was always a very frightened child and had loads on anxiety. Seeing the movie put me in a funk for a long time (both this book and fears of being abducted by aliens).

 

[Hombre Secreto]

That's a pretty beat up copy. You could find Viking First Editions for cheap on Ebay.