YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST AS PENNYWISE THE CLOWN IN THE
HORROR FILM "IT."
HE NOW REPRISES HIS ROLE IN THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN AMERICA, IT
CHAPTER TWO."
( SINISTER MUSIC ) >> HELLO, RICKY.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOUR FRIENDS CALL YOU?
>> YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND.
YOU'RE SCARY.
( CRYING ) >> WHY ARE YOU CRYING?
PEOPLE ALWAYS MAKE FUN BECAUSE OF THE WAY I LOOK.
>> Stephen: AWWWW!
( LAUGHTER ) PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE
SHOW" BILL SKARSGARD!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: NICE TURN INTO THE CHAIR THERE.
NICELY DONE.
>> THANK YOU, I REHEARSED IT ALL MORNING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU PLAY A MONSTER
REALLY WELL.
( LAUGHTER ) ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU OKAY WITH THAT?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO ONE'S REALLY OKAY,
STEPHEN...
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I SUPPOSE NOT.
NOW, I KIND OF SEE HIM IN YOU RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZE YOU AS BILL SKARSGARD,
BUT ARE PEOPLE FRIGHTENED OF YOU WHEN THEY SEE YOU NOW?
>> UM, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: ARE CHILDREN FRIGHTENED OF YOU?
>> NO, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN?
>> I HAVE ONE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD IS THIS CHILD?
>> SHE'S 11 MONTHS OLD.
>> Stephen: NEVER LET HER SEE THIS MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER ) DOES THAT WORRY YOU AT ALL THAT
SOME DAY -- >> I'VE GOTTEN A BUNCH OF FUN,
LIKE, MERCHANT STUFF THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
SO HER LITTLE BABY ROOM IS FILLED WITH ALL THESE PENNYWISE
TEDDY BEARS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OH, THAT'S NICE.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: SOVEN HER UP.
YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
NOW, YOUR TAD IS STELLAN SKARSGARD, FOR PEOPLE WHO DONNED
KNOW AND YOUR BROTH, SR. ALEXANDER SKARSGARD.
>> THERE THEY ARE.
>> Stephen: AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SIB LICK ACTORS, DO PEOPLE
CONFUSE YOU WITH THE OTHER SKARSGARDS?
>> SOME DO, SOME DON'T.
I HAVE THIS THING THAT I GET CONFUSED A LOT WITH PETER
SKARSGARD BEING ONE TO HAVE THE SKARSGARDS.
>> Stephen: I HAVE CALLED PETER SARSGARD PETER SKARSGARD.
>> LEGEND HAS IT THAT PETER IS ACTUALLY THE FIRSTBORN SON OF
STELLAN SKARSGARD BUT HE DID SOMETHING SO INCREDIBLY SHAMEFUL
THAT MY DAD RIPPED OUT THE K AND HE WAS FOREVER EXILED AS PETER
SARSGARD.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS PAINFUL TO HAVE YOUR K RIPPED
OUT.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU ALSO GET CONFUSED, PEOPLE
THINK THAT YOU HAVE AN UNCANNY -- AND I SEE THIS -- AN
UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO ANOTHER GREAT ACTOR.
THERE IS YOU AND STEVE BUSCEMI RIGHT THERE.
( APPLAUSE ) THAT IS REALLY FANTASTIC.
>> I'VE HEARD THAT ALL MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: EVEN AS A CHILD?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A VERY TIRED CHILD?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO, I WAS, LIKE, BIG SOULFUL
EYES.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> BUT I HAD A FRIEND WHO EVEN
LOOKED MORE LIKE STEVE BUSCEMI THAN I DID.
SO THE GROWING JOKE WHEN I GREW UP IS WE EACH SAID WE LOOKED
LIKE HIM AND I WON.
THERE'S AN ACCOUNT THAT'S DEDICATED TO THE TWO OF US.
I TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT.
I THINK HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST FACES IN THE BUSINESS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
GOOD BODY, TOO.
( LAUGHTER ) FANS ARE SAYING YOU'VE MADE THIS
CHARACTER ICONIC.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO PREPARE?
DID YOU BASE PENNYWISE ON ANYTHING OR ANYONE?
>> UM -- I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A WEIRD THING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I TRIED TO JUST --
OBVIOUSLY, TIM CURRY DID THIS ICONIC PERFORMANCE OF PENNYWISE,
AND WE WERE REMAKING IT, AND I GOT TO FILL, YOU KNOW, THESE
HUGE CLOWN SHOES, AND THEY'RE BIG SHOES TO FILL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT EASY.
NO.
SO WE WERE, LIKE, OKAY, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS DIFFERENT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DRAW INSPIRATION FROM WEIRD STUFF.
I WAS, LIKE, WATCH AGO LOT OF -- I JUST LIKE WATCHING THESE
ANIMAL DOCUMENTARIES AND SO FORTH, AND AS I WAS PREPARING
THE CHARACTER, I WAS, LIKE, OH, I GUESS HE'S A LITTLE HYENA AND
A LITTLE GRIZZLY BEAR.
>> Stephen: HOW IS HE A GRIZZLY BEAR.
>> BECAUSE OF THE LIP.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BIG GRIZZLY BEAR SCREAM WITH ALL OF THE
DROOL AND -- >> Stephen: SURE, YEAH.
CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO DO THE FACE?
>> I CAN TRY.
>> Stephen: I'D LIKE TO TRY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, ALSO, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT
OUT TO MY BROTHER WHO COINED THE ORIGINAL PENNYWISE SMILE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND THEN TURNS OUT THAT ABOUT 80% OF SKARSGARD, SARSGARD NOT
INCLUDED, CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS SMILE.
IT'S TRUE.
IT'S WEIRD.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
>> I CAN SHOW YOU.
>> Stephen: SHOW ME.
OKAY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SO RIGHT IN THE
CAMERA THERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> DO THIS ONE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE
GO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YOU PRACTICED!
♪ >> STEPHEN: "IT CHAPTER TWO" IS
IN THEATERS NOW.
BILL SKARSGARD, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY "BANKS."