Bill Skarsgard will be going from a starring role as one of the scariest fictional clowns ever created in It to a role in Hulu’s Castle Rock. It is based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King and Hulu’s new original series is set in Stephen King’s universe. Skarsgard joins a cast the includes Sissy Spacek, Melanie Lynskey, Andre Holland, and Jane Levy.
The series is described as a psychological horror that “combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.” Castle Rock was created by Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason and is executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Ben Stephenson and Liz Glotzer.
Skarsgard will be a series regular and will play a man with an unusual legal problem. Skarsgard’s additional credits include Atomic Blonde, Battlecreek, Allegiant, Hemlock Grove, and Anna Karenina.
