"Chris Chalk hopes people see many different spirits within Dick Hallorann. In It: Welcome to Derry, Chalk stars as the same character the late Scatman Crothers played in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, the kind old-timer who has the uncanny ability to sense the otherworldly. Naturally, Chalk's performance has homages to Crothers, but there are other familiar faces hidden within it too. He put a little Viola Davis in there. And Denzel Washington. And a dash of Philip Seymour Hoffman."
"I learned so much from all of these people, Chalk says. Stephen King introduced Hallorann in his 1977 novel about the haunted hotel, but he brought him back for a cameo as a much younger man in his 1986 epic It. In that sprawling book, Hallorann turns up in a flashback scene about a Black nightclub that was torched one horrible night by racist rioters, nudged forth by the shape-shifting evil that lurks below their community."
"Episode 3 of Welcome to Derry expands upon why Hallorann and his unique powers may have been brought to this dead man's town in the first place. He's described by his commanding Air Force general as a human compass who will lead them to this malignant, unknowable entity. In Sunday's installment, Hallorann finally catches a glimpse of the thing that calls itself Pennywiseand Pennywise sees him back."
"We go into the lore of why Dick is who he is and why he is this version of himself now versus the more master of his skills, Chalk says. In The Shining, he's like: I know how to control this. I can teach someone how to use it.' But he's a student now, and he's a student who's been avoiding the assignment since he was nine years old."
Chris Chalk portrays Dick Hallorann, blending homage to Scatman Crothers with influences from Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hallorann first appears in Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining and reappears in the 1986 novel It in a flashback about a Black nightclub torched by racist rioters, driven by a shape-shifting evil. Episode 3 of It: Welcome to Derry expands Hallorann's origins, presenting him as a human compass recruited by the Air Force to locate a malignant, unknowable entity. The episode shows Hallorann glimpsing Pennywise while Pennywise notices him in return. Chalk's Hallorann is portrayed as a reluctant student of his abilities who has avoided them since age nine. He draws on diverse acting influences.
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