There is a special joy that arises when childhood memories are rediscovered. Not only is there a happiness that comes simply from finding something that should have been lost long ago, but there is a magical ability that unique items have to awaken memories that haven’t been conjured up for decades. . Of course, these treasures are usually treasured individually, but Stephen King fans around the world are likely to appreciate a recent discovery by Adam Faraizl, who memorably portrayed Eddie Kaspbrak in the beloved 1990 miniseries. THIS IS.
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to interview Faraizl and his original Loser’s Club co-stars on Pennywise: The History of Computing – a new documentary that tells the story of Stephen King’s title adaptation – and asked if any of them had anything to hide on set. The actor who played the young Eddie later revealed how he stepped away from production with a shower mosaic from him big series of him in the miniseries. Faraizl said:
At one point I knew I had it, but from the shower scene that was filmed, I asked to keep it as a souvenir, because of course that was my most important scene. It was built on a sound stage and they built a whole bathroom inside, tiles and all, but the entrance to the bathroom, where I actually fall into the corner at the end of the whole floor, was the entrance. . And the mosaic wrapped around the outside and would never be filmed anywhere.
The scene in question here, of course, is the sequence where Eddie Kaspbrak has his terrifying solo experience with Tim Curry’s iconic Pennywise The Dancing Clown. The nerdy, asthmatic boy is sent to the showers by his gym teacher and Pennywise terrifies him by firing hot steam from the shower nozzles and then crawling into the sewers.
Looking at the set, young Adam Faraizl found that there was a tile at the end that looked like it could be ripped off without a problem, so he made a request to the production designer:
The line of black tiles running around the center of the bathroom, there was one hanging from the end. So I asked the guy that he made the set and he said, “Hey, can I get it as a souvenir?” It was kind of a touchstone, and it was something I loved because I was 12.
Although he was loved by Adam Faraizl as a child, he was eventually lost in time … but that only meant he had to be rediscovered eventually. Faraizl explained that he found not only the bathroom tiles recently, but also another memento he has kept from THIS IS instrument:
I had lost it, it had disappeared among my childhood things. At one point I thought, ‘I know I got it somewhere. Well, recently, not only did I find out that when I went back to Texas to see my family, I also found one of the fake stones we were throwing at Henry Bowers.
When they were first made since THIS IS In the props department, the rock combat “rocks” were designed to be soft and not hurt the cast when thrown, but Faraizl explained that time has changed the material a bit. He continued,
It is made of Styrofoam or some other type of foam that I am not very familiar with. So it degrades with the Texas heat over the years and is a little less soft than before. Now it’s a bit more like real rock. But I found them both, and now I have them.
For more information on the making of the 1990 series that successfully traumatized a generation (in a good way), Pennywise: The History of Computing it is now widely available in digital format. You can buy it or rent it at Google Play (opens in a new tab)and is available for viewing with a premium subscription on both Amazon (opens in a new tab) Yes the Roku channel (opens in a new tab).
For more on the history of the miniseries versus the book, see my Stephen King Adaptation 1990s column. THIS ISand check out our upcoming Stephen King movies and TV guides for all projects currently in the works.
Source: Cinemablend
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