Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Bill Skarsgård in It

It's not easy to capture the unique essence of Pennywise, the terrifying clown who terrorized children in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's It. Skarsgård had a difficult time donning the clown suit and was relieved when production finally wrapped. He told Entertainment Weekly that he had a "destructive relationship" with Pennywise, finding it burdensome to enter the mindset of a killer clown. However, Skarsgård found that Pennywise seemed to linger with him long after he left the set.