Bill Skarsgard, the actor who stars as Pennywise in Stephen King's IT , has come forward to discuss a "disturbing" flashback scene involving his character that was shot but didn't make it into the movie.

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Speaking on Variety's "Playback" podcast , Skarsgard said the scene is set in the 1600s before Pennywise became the terrifying clown. "The scene turned out really, really disturbing," he said, noting he looks more like himself rather than the clown.Skarsgard reiterated that the scene is "very disturbing," and said it serves as "sort of a backstory for what IT is, or where Pennywise came from."While the scene was ultimately cut from the movie, Skarsgard suggested we may get some of that backstory in New Line's planned sequel . "That might be something worth exploring in the second one," he said. "The idea is the 'IT' entity was dormant for thousands and thousands of years. The [flashback] scene hints on that." IT was envisioned as a two-film story from early on , and Skarsgard hopes to explore the more "abstract and metaphysical" aspects of Stephen King's book. "It's like, what is Pennywise? He only exists in the imagination of children. If you don’t believe him to be real then he might not be real. There's an interesting aspect to explore there," the actor said.For more on Stephen King's IT , which had a record-breaking opening last weekend, find out why Skarsgard was largely absent from the marketing push for the movie, and don't miss what the actor shared with IGN about his process in bringing Pennywise to life

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