There can be few things more linked to terror in the average person’s psyche than clowns, and Stephen King’s novel It has contributed to that greatly. The story about a group of youngsters taking on a child-eating, shape-shifting demonic entity in a small town in Maine was adapted into a television series in 1990, and has remained untouched ever since. Now, however, the fear has been unleashed once more, with Bill Skarsgard filling the clown shoes that were previously occupied by Tim Curry.

Speaking of which, the actor has done a tremendous job of doing just that, bringing the demonic Pennywise to life for a whole new generation. He certainly had some big shoes to fill, too, as Curry didn’t only terrify audiences back in 1990, but as it turns out, some of the child actors on set found him quite scary as well.

Talking to Screen Geek in a recent interview,...