In IT Chapter Two, the first hint that Richie may be hiding something from his friends is during the sequence where the adult Richie (Bill Hader), in his search for a token to use in the climactic Ritual of Chud, recalls a moment from his adolescence in the summer of 1989. Watch this breakdown below of other differences between It Chapter Two and King's book: To deal with this in the 21st century, it’s got to be a different thing," Hader said. "You’ve got to think, too, the book in the ’50s and the ’80s, and that’s already different. Let’s just say what it is." Hader also pointed out that the periods that the book was set in were very different times for gay characters than what modern audiences would expect this film to portray. You’ve got to go the full way or don’t even allude to it. "Andy and I talked about how overt we should make it, and I said if it’s not overt, then why is he in the movie?," Hader told the New York Times. Bill Hader wanted the film to commit fully to making Richie gay or to not even bring it up. The film's opening sequence depicts a brutal hate crime against a gay couple, which sets the stage for how unwelcoming this Maine town is to the LGBTQ+ community and the chilling effect such open homophobia and bigotry would have had on Richie, who decided to stay in the closet even after moving away and finding fame and fortune in stand-up comedy. Richie's sexual orientation is a key part of his character arc in IT Chapter Two. To me, when Andy presented it as a possibility, it felt very natural." But it feels totally natural that it would be unrequited love. The way I interpreted it was that there was love there. 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. Though the movie 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. The character's sexuality had been hinted at in the book, and over the years many fans theorized that he had more feelings than just friendship for Eddie. 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 gay man, and has romantic feelings for his fellow Loser Eddie Kaspbrak.
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