I ve always enjoyed darker stories: Bill Skarsgard

Los Angeles Sep 6 (IANS) Actor Bill Skarsgard says he gets attracted towards darker and more mysterious stories.

Author Stephen King s horror novel "It" will be brought alive on the big screen with the same name. Skarsgard plays role of Pennywise --- a creepy clown in the Andy Muschietti s directorial.

"I ve always enjoyed darker more mysterious stories like many of those written by Stephen King. I read his novel It which was an inspiration for me while preparing for the role " Skarsgard said in a statement.

Warner Bros Pictures is set to release "It" pan India in four languages - English Hindi Tamil and Telugu on Friday.

Talking about playing his role the actor said: "Playing Pennywise was often physically exhausting. It was the most tiring thing I ve ever done - there was a lot of noise and screaming and drooling and I would be messing up my voice. As soon as Andy would yell cut I d be on the ground breathing heavily."

--IANS
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