Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Bill Skarsgrd Teaches Colbert The 'Pennywise Smile'
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."
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 )
( 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."
