Was richie tozier gay
Is Richie From IT Gay In The Book?
IT Chapter Two's twist about Richie Tozier being male lover was surprising because not only did it not transpire in the guide, but it also wasn't hinted at in the first film. Adapted from the classic Stephen King novel of the same identify, the first IT film was released in 2017 to great acclaim. Directed by Andrés Muschietti, the film starred Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam!) as two members of The Losers' Club, who discover themselves tormented by a demonic unit (Bill Skarsgård). Where the book jumped back and forth between the past and present, the first film opted to merely investigate the childhood encounters with the shapeshifting creature. Here's how Richie from IT's sexuality was changed from the books.
Muschietti returned to direct the sequel, which, customary to Pennywise's own pattern, picked up 27 years after IT Chapter One. Honoring a collective swear , the group returned to the town of Derry when it became remove that children were once again going missing. IT Chapter Two largely followed said adult versions of the characters as they sought to defeat once and for all an even more vicious and vengeful Pen
‘It: Chapter Two’: Bill Hader on Richie’s Sexuality, His On-Set Injury and Cast B12 Shots
While it was never explicitly stated that Richie Tozier is gay in Stephen King’s novel “It,” the movie “It: Chapter Two” heavily implies that he is.
“That was something that we talked about when I arrived,” Bill Hader, who plays the adult Richie in director Andy Muschietti’s second and ultimate “It” film, says on this week’s “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast. “I learned about all this stuff about people thinking they’re gay and not knowing if they’re gay and that it was implied in the novel. I think Stephen King said he never thought of it that way but he likes the interpretation. I talked to Andy about it and we had a long conversation. We just decided, ‘Oh, let’s just execute it.’”
While Richie doesn’t discuss his sexuality in the production, Hader said of Richie, “Hopefully, he has an kind of, an acceptance of who he is.”
Hader also discussed some of the less-than-pleasant days of filming, including
Stephen King Champions ‘It Chapter Two’ Gay Character Surprise: ‘Kind of Genius’
[Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead for “It: Chapter Two.”]
“It: Chapter Two” has finally hit theaters, and the much-anticipated sequel to last year’s blockbuster Stephen king adaptation did not disappoint. In one of the most exciting developments in director Andy Muschietti’s follow-up, which was written by Gary Dauberman, the pair depart from the original novel to endorse a long-held fan theory that a major character — Richie Tozier (played by Bill Hader and Finn Wolfhard) — is bisexual. During a terrifying flashback sequence involving clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard), “It: Chapter Two” firmly establishes that Richie is not strictly heterosexual, and that the revelation that he is indeed interested in men is actually one of his biggest fears.
Specifically, he has feelings for Eddie Kaspbrak (played by Jack Dylan Grazer and James Ransone). “It’s actually not really alluded to in the book,” Ransone told IndieWire during a recent interview. “I read the book. It’s a big departure f
It Chapter Two: How Richie's Secret Comes from Stephen King's Book
It Chapter Two made text what had only been subtext in Stephen King's original book: wise-cracking Losers' Club member Richie Tozier is a homosexual man, and has love-related feelings for his fellow Loser Eddie Kaspbrak.
The character's sexuality had been hinted at in the manual, and over the years many fans theorized that he had more feelings than just friendship for Eddie. Though the feature makes Richie's sexual orientation and feelings for Eddie explicit, director Andy Muschietti and his sister, producer Barbara Muschietti, say this plot point is drawn directly from King's work.
Barbara Muschietti told IGN that there was one key Richie and Eddie moment from the book that stuck with her over the years: "The scene of Eddie's death, when Richie is saying goodbye, and caresses his cheek stuck with me for a good, what, 30 years. The way I interpreted it was that there was love there. I don't know if romantic, I don't realize. But it feels totally natural that it would be unrequited love. To me, when Andy presented it as a possibility, it felt