▁and ▁Bill ▁came ▁in ▁and ▁created ▁this ▁character ▁that ▁fran k ly ▁fre aked ▁us ▁out ." ▁Mus chi etti ▁spoke ▁of ▁Sk ars g år d ' s ▁Pen ny wise ▁as ▁one ▁not ▁to ▁l urk ▁in ▁the ▁sh adows , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁remarked , ▁" P en ny wise ▁shows ▁up , ▁he ' s ▁front ▁and ▁center , ▁and ▁he ▁does ▁his ▁show . ▁He ▁has ▁an ▁act ▁So ▁it ' s ▁weird ▁all ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁every ▁little ▁thing ▁implies ▁a ▁further ▁threat ." ▁Mus chi etti ▁also ▁spoke ▁of ▁wanting ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁dread ▁that ▁grows ▁in ▁Der ry ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁dread ▁of ▁Pen ny wise , ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁stated , ▁" He ' s ▁not ▁just ▁a ▁character ▁that ▁can ▁shape - shift , ▁his ▁influence ▁is ▁all ▁around . ▁The ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁him ▁is ▁almost ▁scar ier ▁than ▁the ▁actual ▁Pen ny wise ▁sc ares ." ▁On ▁selecting ▁Sk ars g år d ▁to ▁port ray ▁Pen ny wise , ▁Mus chi etti ▁wanted ▁to ▁stay ▁true ▁to ▁the ▁ess ence ▁of ▁the ▁character , ▁and ▁Sk ars g år d ▁caught ▁his ▁attention , ▁" The ▁character ▁has ▁a ▁child ish ▁and ▁sweet ▁de mean or , ▁but ▁there ’ s ▁something ▁very ▁off ▁about ▁him . ▁Sk ars g år d ▁has ▁that ▁balance ▁in ▁him . ▁He ▁can ▁be ▁sweet ▁and ▁c ute , ▁but ▁he ▁can ▁be ▁pretty ▁disturb ing ." ▁Produ cer ▁Barbara