# Bill Skarsgard Jokes About Using Pennywise Voice When His Kids Misbehave: “Schizophrenic Daddy”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bill-skarsgard-jokes-about-using-pennywise-voice-when-his-kids-misbehave-schizophrenic-daddy/
- Published: 2026-11-08T19:01:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T19:23:13+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bill-skarsgard-pennywise-voice-kids-misbehave-1236750434/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film, TV

## Key points

- Skarsgård joked he uses Pennywise’s voice when his children misbehave.
- He also mentioned Count Orlok from Nosferatu.
- He says future villain roles would need to feel original.

## Summary

Bill Skarsgård joked that he sometimes uses his Pennywise voice when his children misbehave, bringing the actor’s horror roles into family life. He said the character can “slip in, can slip out”, and that Count Orlok from Nosferatu might appear too.

Skarsgård shares two children with his longtime partner, Alida Morberg. He played Pennywise in It (2017), It: Chapter Two (2019) and the series It: Welcome to Derry, renewed for a second season; he played Count Orlok in the 2024 film Nosferatu. Asked about future villain roles, he said he felt “spent” with familiar territory but would consider a role that felt original and right.

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