<P> Emily Perkins and Marlon Taylor, who played the young Beverly Marsh and Mike Hanlon, were cast out of Vancouver, while Seth Green and Jonathan Brandis were cast out of Los Angeles for the parts of young Richie and Bill . </P> <P> According to Cohen, he had written the script for the series without a specific actor in mind for the role of Pennywise . According to director Tommy Lee Wallace, before he was attached to the project, Malcolm McDowell and Roddy McDowall were in consideration to play Pennywise, but Wallace wanted Tim Curry for the role; Wallace had previously worked with the latter in Fright Night Part 2 (1988). </P> <P> It was shot over a period of three months in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on a budget of $12 million . Given that the shooting entailed an adult cast with child counterparts, Wallace sought to have the adult actors meet with the children playing the younger versions of their characters: "We made a point of bringing the adult and children actors together for a couple of days, even though it was costly, since the adults and the kids have no scenes together ." Filming locations in Vancouver included Stanley Park, Beaver Lake and Saint Thomas Aquinas High School Convent in North Vancouver . Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter that his job as a director "was to give Tim the stage and not get in his way too much . He was like Robin Williams in the way he brought a spontaneous improvisation to the part ." Curry gave Pennywise a Bronx accent in order to sound like "an old - time Catskills comic". "I just let it happen," Curry said . "Clowns are your worst fear realized . I think I scared a lot of children ." </P> <P> Original storyboards for Pennywise featured exaggerated cheekbones, a sharp chin, and bulbous forehead . According to director Wallace, "Tim (Curry) objected strongly to all the rubber . He had recently been in several movies which covered him in prosthetics and I'm sure he felt all the glue and latex would just get in his way . He was right, of course . With those eyes, and that mouth, and his crazy, sardonic sense of humor, less turned out to be more in the makeup department ." </P>

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