Actors Who Were Traumatized By Their Most Intense Roles

Bill Skarsgård

Pennywise, the creepy clown who terrorized children in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's It, is one of the scariest roles out there. Skarsgård had a hard time putting on the clown suit and was relieved when filming wrapped. He told Entertainment Weekly that he developed a "destructive relationship" with Pennywise, finding it tiring to enter the mindset of a killer clown. However, Skarsgård later said that Pennywise remained with him long after he left the scene.

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