Bill Skarsgård, who cemented Pennywise as a modern horror legend, steps back into the clown shoes—pointy teeth and all—for what he describes as a “hardcore” take on the character.

“I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, actually, and there’s parts of it where we got to explore sides of old Pennywise that we haven’t seen, you know? And that’s fun. I remembered how ...

So, I did feel like I was kind of over it and wanted to do different things. And of course, the Pennywise thing as well, I’ve been quite defined by it.” He then explained that “things ...