While the rest of the actors set to play the group of preteens terrorized by Pennywise in Andres Muschietti”s forthcoming adaptation of Stephen King's It were announced a couple weeks back, one character was mysteriously absent from the list: Beverly Marsh, the sole female member of the group known as the “Losers” Club.” Now it”s been revealed via Deadline that newcomer Sophia Lillis has been cast in the role, thereby completing the Losers” Club roster.
Earlier this week it was reported that Nicholas Hamilton would be playing Henry Bowers, the fearsome bully who functions as the novel”s secondary antagonist. You can check out the rest of the cast list here.
The first installment of the two-part feature is slated to begin filming this summer.