A Cut Post-Credit Scene Wasn’t Clowning Around When It Came To It: Chapter Two

Finding adult actors who could resemble the child actors is one thing; having the child actors resemble their younger selves is another.

“Of all the things, we had to de-age the kids,” said the director.

“We shot the first part in 2016, and these kids were 12 and 13 years old. They’re at the age where a week difference makes their voice drop, they hit puberty, suddenly their nose sticks out and they have a mustache. So three years later, we reunite with them and they had grown, some more than others. De-aging was on the table very, very early on in the talks,” he added.

The visual effects company Lola, which has worked on everything from the MCU to Game Of Thrones, handled the de-aging process.

“It’s all about making their heads bigger. That’s the trick, that’s the proportion trick, giving them bigger melons,” Barbara Muschietti said.

A more extensive list of items to be addressed, according to Andy Muschietti, includes “bigger melon, smaller nose, rounder shoulders” and “messing up of their features a little bit”.

“I’ve seen this movie so many times. I saw Chapter One, like 300 times. So I know where the nose of [young Eddie] Jack Grazer goes. I know where his smile is in relationship with his chin. So we did a lot of work together with Lola, but it was fun,” he said.

And now the story is over, right?

“For now,” joked the director.

Wait, was he joking? Cue Pennywise laughing …