You probably know Sophia Lillis as the free-spirited Beverly Marsh from It.
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Well, Sophia has now taken on the role of Nancy Drew in the recently released Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, and we sat down with the rising star to learn all about her firsts:
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During the interview, Sophia revealed Bill Skarsgård — who portrayed Pennywise in It — was kept away from her and the rest of the kids in the cast so their reactions to the horrifying clown would be genuine onscreen:
![BuzzFeed: First celebrity you ever met?Sophia Lillis: Bill Skarsgård, the person who played the clown [in It]. He's super tall — that's the first thing I noticed out of him. They tried to hide him from us so when we're acting scared, it's gonna be genuine, but I wasn't scared at at all.](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2019-03/25/16/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-04/anigif_sub-buzz-14806-1553546845-9_preview.gif)
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BuzzFeed: First celebrity you ever met?
Sophia Lillis: Bill Skarsgård, the person who played the clown [in It]. He's super tall — that's the first thing I noticed out of him. They tried to hide him from us so when we're acting scared, it's gonna be genuine, but I wasn't scared at at all.
However, according to Sophia, they were pretty bad at hiding Bill and she even had an awkward run-in with him while he was sporting half Pennywise makeup:
![SP: They kinda tried to hide him, but they were really bad at it. I remember I walked in through a door and he was in this room — he was supposed to be hidden — [with] half makeup on and sipping tea or coffee through a straw. He kind of awkwardly said, "Hey..."](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2019-03/25/15/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-03/anigif_sub-buzz-26971-1553541515-1_preview.gif)
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SP: They kinda tried to hide him, but they were really bad at it. I remember I walked in through a door and he was in this room — he was supposed to be hidden — [with] half makeup on and sipping tea or coffee through a straw. He kind of awkwardly said, "Hey..."
If there's one thing that would be scarier than seeing Pennywise, it would be seeing Bill Skarsgård as half Pennywise, half Bill. 😂
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