Bill Hader Running From Pennywise

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Bill Hader Running from Pennywise refers to a viral photograph of actors Bill Hader and Bill Skarsgård on the set of It: Chapter 2. In the photograph, Skarsgård, who appears in his Pennywise the clown costume, scares Hader after the two share a conversation.

Origins

On September 19th, 2018, The Daily Mail^[1] published a series of behind-the-scenes set photographs from the production of the 2019 horror film It: Chapter 2 (shown below).

Spread

That day, Twitter ^[2] account @bestofhader shared the photographs. The tweet received more than 5,900 likes and 1,500 retweets in less than one year (shown below).

On January 25th, 2019, Hader discussed the photographs on the American television late-night talk show Conan. The post received more than 4.5 million views in less than one year (shown below).

Later that year, Twitter^[3] user @tyrellwellthic shared the images and an explanation of the story Hader told on Conan. Within three days, the tweet received more than 150,000 likes and 40,000 retweets (shown below, left).

That day, Twitter^[4] @copperinsides shared the image with the caption "i’m still thinking about bill skarsgård scaring bill hader on the set of #ITChapterTwo." The tweet received more than 3,000 likes and 770 retweets in three days (shown below, center).

On September 8th, Twitter^[5] user @DukeTheHalls responded to @copperinsides' tweet with an object-labeled variation of the image (shown below, right).