<Li> Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben Hanscom: Hanscom is the new kid at school and consequently does not have any friends . He likes reading and researching so he spends a lot of time in the library . He is also very overweight, which earns his place in the Losers' Club, but like all of the Losers, there are underlying facets that define him far more than superficial appearances . On the character of Hanscom, Muschietti spoke of him knowing a situation of despair, "...Ben is bullied at school ." </Li> <Li> Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh: The only female member of the Losers' Club, she is bullied at school, particularly over false rumors that she is promiscuous . Her home life is also dismal, as she is being abused physically and sexually by her father . On the character of Marsh, Muschietti spoke of her knowing a situation of despair, "Beverly's case is of course the worst, because it's about sexual abuse on a minor ." In an interview with Rolling Stone, Lillis spoke of Muschietti not wanting her and her co-stars to spend too much time with Skarsgård: "We actually weren't allowed to see him until our scenes, because we wanted the horror to be real ." On Skarsgård's appearance as Pennywise, she recalled, "Everyone had different reactions, but all of us were like,' Wow, what did we get ourselves into?' One look at him, and...you know, he's a really scary clown that wants to kill us . I was a little bit shocked ." </Li> <Li> Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier: The bespectacled best friend of Bill Denbrough, whose loud mouth and foul language often get him into trouble . Wolfhard was the only actor cast in both this and Fukunaga's version . As for the character of Tozier, Muschietti spoke of him knowing a situation of despair, "We don't know much about Richie's personality, because he's the big mouth of the group . But we suppose he's also neglected at home, and he's the clown of the band because he needs attention ." </Li> <Li> Wyatt Oleff as Stan Uris: A Jewish mysophobe who is the son of a rabbi . He is studying for his bar mitzvah but isn't interested in religion, which is upsetting to his father . On the character of Uris, Muschietti spoke of him knowing a situation of despair, "Long story short, there's all sorts of difficult situations, and we had the chance to tell them in a movie that faces directly those conflicts...the families of the young actors were very open - minded, so we could tell them about subjects that are normally very touchy ." </Li>

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