The director of It has had to deal with some real-life clowns and has some advice for those that are angry.
It has been a mammoth success, outperforming even the most adventurous predictions. The Stephen King horror adaptation has really hit home with audiences across the world but some aren’t too pleased.
Real-life clowns have never been a big fan of Pennywise and other horror themed clowns that give the profession a bad name, and some are complaining that It is fuelling the fire for clown hatred.
Director of It, Andy Muschietti, has recently spoken to TMZ (via CinemaBlend) about the situation and how he has had personal interactions with the clown community.
“Tell me about it. Yeah, I have a clown that is harassing me – eh, not harassing me. Look, to be fair, he’s a good guy, but he’s been asking me, ‘Why would I do this?’ I was very polite and said like, ‘Well, kids are scared of clowns’. I think, if anything, clowns are benefiting from the publicity. Clown fear is coming back, but you know there’s scary clowns and there’s nice clowns. So they should think about what kind of clown they should be, right? I mean, if they scare kids they scare kids because they are scary.”
You do kind of have to feel for clowns. It surely can’t be easy in times like these, but considering It is aimed at adults and older children, hopefully business won’t be hit too hard.
When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
It sees Andy Muschietti directing Bill Skarsgard (Hemlock Grove) as Pennywise alongside Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacobs (Cops and Robbers), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip), Owen Teague (Bloodline), Sophia Lillis (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Nicholas Hamilton (Captain Fantastic).
