Bill Hader tells glorious story about Finn Wolfhard helping cast him in 'IT Chapter Two'

Wolfhard is a Hollywood power player, it seems.
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Bill Hader tells glorious story about Finn Wolfhard helping cast him in 'IT Chapter Two'
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Finn Wolfhard may seem sweet, but it turns out he's actually the IRL King Joffrey from Game of Thrones. In a good way, mind you.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Bill Hader -- who plays the adult version of Wolfhard's character Richie in IT Chapter Two -- tells Jimmy Fallon how the kid helped him get the part.

"So Finn, when they asked him, 'Who do you want to play you in the sequel?', because they all grow up, he said he wanted me to," Hader explains. "I thought, 'Oh, that's sweet, and my agent sent me a little clip of him saying that, and I was like, 'Oh, that's nice'.

"And then, like three months later, they were like, 'Hey, you got a meeting to meet with the director of IT.' And I was like, 'This Finn kid's like super powerful. He's like Joffrey!'"

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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