Bill Skarsgård has revealed that there was a disturbing scene that was cut from the final cut of the IT movie.

During an appearance on Variety's Playback podcast, the actor – who plays Pennywise in the record-breaking horror film – recalled one incredibly disturbing scene he filmed.

According to Skarsgård, the scene in question explored the origin of Pennywise in the 1600s.

The actor also said he ditched his incredibly creepy clown costume and appeared in near-human form in the scene, which detailed 'where Pennywise came from'.

However, while the sequence was shot, it didn't make it into the movie and ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor – and with good reason, apparently, as the scene may now be included in the movie's planned sequel.

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"There was a scene we shot that was a flashback from the 1600s, before Pennywise [was Pennywise]," he said.

"The scene turned out really, really disturbing. And I'm not the clown. I look more like myself.

"It's very disturbing, and sort of a backstory for what IT is, or where Pennywise came from.

"That might be something worth exploring in the second one. The idea is the IT entity was dormant for thousands and thousands of years. The [flashback] scene hints on that. "

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The flashback to an IT in the 1600s was an idea actually included in Cary Fukunaga's script, back when he was still directing the film.

The True Detective director developed the project for four years before departing due to differences with the studio, but a recent examination of his scripts for the film revealed a flashback scene with IT as early as 1625.

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Like Skarsgård's recap, Fukunaga's script details another 'very disturbing' encounter with IT in the early 17th century, where a mother allows the monster to devour her daughter in exchange for her safety.

And like Skarsgård's description, this scene also featured a Pennywise unlike the one seen by the kids in the movie, describing IT as 'incomplete, his flesh pale and translucent, like a half-formed imitation of a human'.

The actor didn't go into too much detail about the scene he shot, in case it's included in the sequel, which he's pretty excited about.

"The book is very abstract and metaphysical about what it means to exist and the idea of fantasy and imagination and all of these things," he added.

"I think that could be cool to explore as well. 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."

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From: Digital Spy