That being the case, I have to say, almost all of these actors do a fine job of “acting” like the children from Chapter One, even though some of them (especially Jessica Chastain) look nothing like their younger self (her only matching characteristic is red hair).Īside from the performances however, very much like Ma, the actors who play the adults vary in age which is bothersome to say the least. In a Face/Off-type way, those that come before set the characters’ mannerisms in stone and those that come second have to imitate the first. With references to “bad endings” everywhere in this latest adaptation, you’d think that by acknowledging the problems of the ’90s version, the filmmakers would have fixed what was wrong but alas, they haven’t, in fact they’ve made a film that is much worse than its miniseries predecessor.įirst let’s run through the cast: James McAvoy plays the older Jaeden Martell (Bill Denbrough), Jessica Chastain plays the older Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), Jay Ryan plays the older Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben Hanscom), Bill Hader plays the older Finn Wolfhard (Richie Tozier), Isiah Mustafa plays the older Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon), James Ransone plays the older Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie Kaspbrak), and Andy Bean plays the older Wyatt Oleff (Stanley Uris). If you recall the 1990 TV-made version, you’ll remember that it was the second part where It faltered the adults acted in a soap opera-esque way, it wasn’t as much fun or adventurous as the first, and oh yes, the goddamn giant spider finale. Set in 2016, the group meet once more to defeat Pennywise The Dancing Clown, the personification of kid’s nightmares (or so I thought – more on that later). Set 27 years after the events of It Chapter One, It Chapter Two finds the members of the Loser’s Club all grown-up. By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Septem
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