![]() ![]() As a result of this, Eddie's mother, Sonia, is extremely overprotective of her son, a difficulty he has in common with his friend Ben. Eddie developed serious bronchitis two years later. However, he later proves that he is one of the strongest of the Losers when he is able to stand up to his overbearing mother and even save the Losers in the sewer.Įddie's father died when he was three years old. He idolizes Bill as the leader and attempts to follow his image when in difficult situations.Īs a child, Eddie was regarded as a fragile individual who was a hypochondriac, scared of the world and avoiding most social situations in fear of getting sick or injured. As an adult, he describes himself as being "average height (5'9)" and is mostly seen with a frown on his face.Įddie is a part of the losers club, he is best friends with Bill Denbrough, Stanley Uris, Mike Hanlon, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, and Richie Tozier. In the film adaptations ( IT: Chapter One, IT: Chapter Two) as a child, Eddie is the shortest member of the group and carries a fanny pack with his medication and inhaler. In the 1990 Miniseries, Eddie has blonde hair and wears glasses. Later on, when Eddie is older in the novel, he is mentioned to bear a resemblance to Anthony Perkins, and wears Gucci Loafers. Keene tells him his asthma medication, HydrOx, is a placebo. This happens, and this is the news now." Ultimately, IT Chapter Two holds a mirror up to life in Derry - and the real world - showing how systemic homophobia led to Adrian's death and prevented Richie from ever coming out.In the book ( IT (book), Eddie is described as the shortest of the group, has a thin, delicate-looking face, grayish blue eyes and briefly mentioned to have a flattop haircut when Mr. "I thought that beginning was so powerful," Hader told Vanity Fair. He was talking about how dark humans can get in a small American town… For me, it was important to include it because it’s something that we’re still suffering. When he wrote it, he was talking about the evil in the human community. "I probably wouldn't have included it if it wasn't in the book, but it was very important for Stephen King. Although a major part of King's original novel, it wasn't included in the 1990 TV adaptation.īut Muschietti felt it was important to add back in for this remake. It's a sequence inspired by a real-life hate crime and murder of Charlie Howard, a 23-year-old gay man attacked and drowned by several teenagers in 1984. It's positive change that eventually comes out of Richie's tormented youth and the film's traumatic opening scene involving Adrian (played by openly gay filmmaker Xavier Dolan) and his boyfriend, Don, being brutally attacked by a group of homophobic men. "All real relationships have to be rooted in honesty."Īccording to Vanity Fair, King "enthusiastically approved" Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman's changes to the story: "The new thread is intended as an awakening of acceptance, a moment of sweetness that points to positive change." "Intimacy is more important to me," Ransone says. And what ends up onscreen is a palpable energy between Ransone and Hader that translates into a layered, intimate relationship between Eddie and Richie. "Then, when I saw him a number of years later, we just fell right into it," he says. In fact, the two actors previously met each other at an audition for the Michael Mann film Public Enemies. "They all sort of manifest themselves and are supposed to sort of have their own resolve," Ransone tells ET, adding that Richie's humor "is masking a sadness." A smart aleck who was bullied and called the f-word as a kid, adult Richie is confronted with what Pennywise calls "a dirty little secret," which is later revealed to be that he's a closeted gay man harboring feelings for Eddie. ![]() Once in Derry, each of the adult Losers goes on a journey of self-discovery as the film bounces between two narratives: their current mission, and flashbacks to the summer after their first encounter with Pennywise and what eventually drove them apart. The incident (more about that later) sets things in motion for the Losers, who are determined to put an end to Pennywise once and for all. IT Chapter Two, once again directed by Andy Muschietti, sees Bill ( James McAvoy), Bev ( Jessica Chastain), Ben (Jay Ryan), Richie ( Bill Hader), Eddie (James Ransone) and Stanley (Andy Bean) summoned back home by Mike (Isaiah Mustafa) after Pennywise kills a young, gay man that was tossed into the river. ![]()
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