It Chapter 2: Adult Losers club’s Ben Hanscom cast – Is it Chris Pratt?
IT CHAPTER 2 has confirmed the casting of adult Losers club’s Ben Hanscom. Did Chris Pratt bag the role to take on Pennywise the Clown?
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This summer the highly-anticipated second part of Stephen King’s It starts filming.
The first movie introduced us to a group 80s kids called the Losers club, but the sequel is set 27 years later when Pennywise has returned to wreak havoc on Derry once again.
And so far five out of seven of the adult Losers club have been cast.
But just who could be playing Ben Hanscom and Mike Hanlon?
It Chapter 2: Adult Losers club’s Ben Hansom cast – Is it Chris Pratt?
Only adult Mike Hanlon, the African-American member of the Losers Club, is yet to be cast
Well Ben’s casting has been announced and many fans were hoping Pratt would take on the former chubster turned hunk.
However Jay Ryan has been cast as Ben, according to Deadline.
The Kiki actor is best known for playing Jack Scully in Aussie soap opera Neighbours and Kevin in comedy-drama Go Girls.
Perhaps having a movie star like Pratt was too much for It Chapter 2’s budget, see as Hollywood regulars Jessica Chastain (Beverly), James McAvoy (Bill) and Bill Hader (Richie) have already been cast.
Meanwhile Ryan joins fellow TV actors Andy Bean (Stanley) and James Ransone (Eddie).
That leaves Mike Hanlon, the African-American member of the Losers Club, who is yet to be cast.
Last month It Chapter 2 director Andy Muschietti teased what fans can expect from the sequel.
Appearing at Cinema Con in Las Vegas, he took part in the Warner Bros panel.
Jay Ryan has been cast as adult Ben in It Chapter 2
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According to Fandango he teased: “It’s going to be scarier and more intense, so bring you adult diapers.”
The horror sequel is due to start shooting this summer in Toronto, with the child Loser Club cast returning for flashback sequences.
It: Chapter Two will be released in UK cinemas on September 6, 2019.