Welcome to Derry,’ Bob Grey Is Shut Behind

In the end, this week’s episode of It: Welcome to Derry gave followers what they’d been waiting for: Pennywise the Dancing Clown in full circus regalia, full with glowing eyes and manner too many pointy tooth. The large second was nicely value it, and even when it felt like episode 5 was a very long time to carry out on It‘s signature villain, the present’s artistic crew—which incorporates Barbara Muschietti, Andy Muschietti, Brad Caleb Kane, and Jason Fuchs—has typically spoken about why they wished to construct that anticipation. However now that Pennywise is right here, what’s subsequent?

For starters: extra particulars about his previous, past what we already know in regards to the asteroid because of the It films and Stephen King’s e book, to not point out earlier episodes of Welcome to Derry. Talking to TV Guide, Fuchs promised “a whole lot of Pennywise” transferring ahead, with Kane teasing, “He’s in! He’s one other character,” which means Welcome to Derry‘s already giant ensemble is solely going to should make room for extra.

For those who watched the teaser for episode six, which arrives Sunday on HBO, you may need noticed a well-known face: Invoice Skarsgård, not in his Pennywise greasepaint, however as an alternative within the guise of Pennywise’s most notable human kind: “Bob Grey.” He pops up in King’s e book, however Welcome to Derry goals to dig even deeper into what he means to the story.

“Definitely, once we speak in regards to the mysteries we’re excited to find, we’re excited to grasp why the shapeshifter has chosen to return, again and again, to the type of Pennywise,” Fuchs informed TV Information. “And what was that first encounter with Bob Grey? What did that seem like? Who’s Bob Grey? We now have a whole lot of whys we would like solutions to, and the story of Bob Grey and the story of Pennywise are actually in that bucket. So with out spoiling something in these ultimate episodes, you’re going to see that thriller seemed into in a extremely severe manner.”

However what’s going to Bob Grey’s chompers seem like? Discover out on It: Welcome to Derry, which drops new episodes Sundays on HBO and HBO Max.

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