One of the co-showrunners for It: Welcome to Derry, Jason Fuchs, is speaking out about one of the big storylines for the penultimate episode.
If you didn’t see the latest episode yet, scroll on! If you did, you might be curious about the Bob Gray origin story, where we see It in the form of a young child.
Keep reading to find out more…
In a 1908 flashback, as Bob is taking a break from his clown routine, a possessed looking kid approaches him. It’s clear that this is It, and It has decided to make Bob his next victim. He eventually takes the form of Bob’s clown, Pennywise, to lure and attract children.
Jason told GQ, “We all think of Pennywise as really scary. But you wouldn’t necessarily pick a scary creature if your goal was to lure kids in. Yes, people like me find clowns very scary, but that couldn’t have been the initial thing. Because there’s an infinite number of scary options, so you’d only be a clown, if you’re It, in order to terrify people who specifically have a fear of clowns. There had to be something more broadly applicable, and that’s what you see It seeing in the form of a little urchin boy in episode seven, seeing the way kids react. They’re captivated—Pennywise is hypnotizing, he draws them in, and then they go mad, they go nuts, they storm the stage. That moment of realization was really exciting, because it unlocked something for me as a fan: Oh, this is why It was so drawn to this form. He’s the Pied Piper of 1908.”
Jason was then asked about that child form in 1908, to which he teased, “That is the tip of the iceberg of a larger story that takes place in 1908. It is in that form for a reason. It uses that form to lure Bob Gray to his demise, but It doesn’t take that form just to do that. It was already up to something.”
He was also asked if anyone from the films, which take place in the late 1980s and the 2010s, could be making a cameo.
He responded, “I would say stay tuned. Maybe you will or won’t see something that comes into play between It’s cycles before the end of the season.”
Find out which 4 characters are confirmed to survive the events of It: Welcome to Derry season 1.
Source: justjared.com