Stephen King admits he 'wasn't prepared' for terrifying new IT 

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Stephen King is proud of the new Pennywise (Picture: Getty/WB)

Stephen King has admitted he was not ‘prepared’ for how good the new adaptation of It ‘really is’.

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The new film is based on King’s 1986 book about a demon who possesses the form of a circus clown and terrorises a local town but with a hugely popular mini-series from the early 90s starring Tim Curry a fan favourite, King also revealed that he’s hopeful fans will be able to ‘enjoy the movie’ and ‘actually savour’ it.

‘I had hopes, but I was not prepared for how good it really was. It’s something that’s different, and at the same time, it’s something that audiences are gonna relate to,’ he said in a new featurette for the film which stars Bill Skargard.

Bill Skarsgaard plays the iconic character (Picture: WB)

‘They’re gonna like the characters. To me, it’s all about character. If you like the characters… if you care… the scares generally work. I’m sure my fans will enjoy the movie. I think they’re gonna really enjoy the movie,’ he added..

‘And I think some of them will go back two or three times and actually savour the thing.’

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Speaking to Metro.co.uk Skarasgard also admitted the new Penynwise is a different It to the one fans will remember.

‘It was always important for me to reinvent It and reinterpret It in a different way,’ he said.

‘I sort of grew up with the Tim performance and I was very familiar with it and a huge fan as an actor, so my process of preparing for the role was, “okay this needs to be different” and I think we did that, I think this Pennywise is different and they can stand alone – there’s no need to compare them as you can appreciate both but it was important to me to do something new and something original with the take on the character.’

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