American comedian Bill Hader is known for his dark humor. That’s what he brought to the silver-screen in It Chapter 2.
Critics are certainly calling Bill Hader the best part in It Chapter 2. This probably makes sense, given how the comedian made light of the terrifying situations the characters are in.
“The in-demand star steers the mood rapidly from terrifying brutality to hilarity and back again, often several times within a single scene.”
Bill Hader plays a grown-up version of Richie Tozier. Child actor Finn Wolfhard played Richie in the first film. The child actors picked actors they’d like to play adult versions of them in It Chapter 2. We’ve gotta say Finn chose really well.
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It is suspected that the trash-talking Richie Tozier is a closeted queer man. In order to deal with the tragedy of not being able to announce his identity, Richie just jokes it off. Bill Hader must’ve been at home playing with that situation.
“I liked that Andy and I talked about just giving the character something to play… it´s all kind of a mask.”
Director Andy Muschietti described Hader as ‘one of the funniest guys on Earth‘.Even he’s all praise for Bill’s ‘phenomenal performance‘.
Other Dark Comedic Ventures
“I´ve always been weirdly interested in violence … people´s inherent violence, which is kind of what ´Barry´ is about,”
The Office star also has an acclaimed HBO hitman comedy titled “Barry” coming up. In fact, Barry is expected to win multiple Emmys, again. Hader actually created and co-wrote the show, as well as directing several episodes.
Hader essays a former US Marine-turned-hitman in the acclaimed series. The episodes follow him as he pursues his target into a Hollywood acting class, where he quickly enrolls. Where does he get these ideas from? It’s no wonder comedians are some of the most creative people.
“It´s about a guy saying, ´Well I can quit this´ and realizing ´Oh, no, this is in me, and maybe it´s in most people.´”
Where Does His Brand of Dark Humor Come From?
Turns out the Saturday Night Live alumnus uses life as his source material. For Hader, life is funny even in tragedy.
“If there´s no humor in it then I don´t feel like it´s very realistic, because life is very funny, you know? Life doesn´t make a lot of sense.”
Bill says this is something he learned as a teenager growing up in Oklahoma after a bad car accident. He remembers laughing with his sister on the way to the hospital.
“I was 16, and we went through a fence and hit a tree, and spun around … I did something to my foot and I hurt my neck; and then this drunk guy who was walking home just started directing traffic around us — it was just super surreal … He was yelling at people and then when the cops came he took off running … On the way to the hospital my sister and I were just like, ´Who the hell was that guy?´”
The SNL star even suffered severe anxiety live on air, as he reduced audiences to stitches.
