

↑ "It Chapter Two's James Ransone on making a horror movie for the YouTube generation".↑ "How Eddie Dies in IT (Novel and Miniseries)".Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King's Horrorscape. ↑ "Every Character Returning in 'IT Chapter Two '".Imagining the Worst: Stephen King and the Representation of Women. ↑ Lant, Kathleen Margaret Thompson, Theresa (1998).↑ "This 'It: Chapter Two' Actor Was Almost In 'Chapter One '".↑ " 'It: Chapter Two' Writer Explains Eddie's WTF Memory and "Power" of Belief".Shattered Innocence: A Practical Guide for Counseling Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, 1st Edition. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Weiner, Neil Robinson Kurpius, Sharon E.↑ "There's a Cameo in 'It Chapter Two' that's pretty damn perfect".Critics called Eddie's death scene heartbreaking. The chemistry between Grazer and Finn Wolfhard in Chapter One and between Ransone and Bill Hader in Chapter Two was applauded by fans and critics. The portrayal of Eddie in the 2017 film and 2019 sequel by Grazer and Ransone was widely praised by critics and audiences. Andy Muschietti has stated that it is up to the viewer to interpret Eddie's sexuality and whether he reciprocated Richie's feelings or not. In the 2019 film It Chapter Two Richie is portrayed as being secretly in love with Eddie, with the implication being that he is a closeted homosexual, as judged by Richie having carved his and Eddie's initials into the kissing bridge where Ben Hanscom was attacked by Henry Bowers in the first installment. In King's novel, Eddie's relationship with Richie is seen as being purely platonic, and Richie simply enjoys making fun of Eddie and his hypochondria, despite the two being incredibly close friends. His story is similar to the novel with the exception that he does not kill Henry Bowers. In the sequel, Eddie is a risk assessor married to a woman resembling his mother.

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It is also revealed that the pills that Eddie has to take are placebos, which leads to Eddie standing up to his mother before the final confrontation with Pennywise, and throwing aside his fanny pack full of medicine before retrieving it in the sequel's flashback sequence. In this adaptation, his mother is depicted as being severely obese and even stricter with Eddie than in the novel and miniseries. Eddie was portrayed by Sumeet Goradia as a child and Amit Mistry as an adult (named "Ronnie") in the 1998 television series.Įddie was again portrayed in the 2017 remake and its 2019 sequel by Jack Dylan Grazer as a child and James Ransone as an adult.

This adaptation remains fairly faithful to the novelisation, including and up to his death the one exception is that Eddie never married in this version. Adaptations Įddie was portrayed in the 1990 miniseries adaptation by Adam Faraizl as a child and Dennis Christopher as an adult. Eddie's death motivates The Loser's Club to defeat Pennywise once and for all. Eddie ends up causing damage to Pennywise, but is instantaneously killed by the monster, dying in Richie's arms asking him not to call him "Eds". The group eventually return to Neibolt Street and face off against Pennywise for one final time. Eddie reunites with Richie and the rest of the Loser's Club and each have individual encounters with Pennywise. After the death of Adrian Mellon, Eddie gets a call from Mike Hanlon asking him to return to Derry.
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He becomes a limousine driver and ends up marrying a woman very similar to his overbearing mother named Myra. Īs an adult, due to the nature of Pennywise and Derry, Eddie forgets his childhood, The Loser's Club, Richie and his mother. The group seemingly defeats the clown and make an oath that if Pennywise isn't defeated, they will all return to Derry to defeat it once and for all. The group eventually goes to face Pennywise, which causes Eddie to finally stand up to his mother beforehand. Each member of The Loser's Club have individual encounters with Pennywise the Dancing Clown, including one encounter that resulted in Eddie breaking his arm. He eventually met and became friends with future Loser's Club members Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh and Mike Hanlon. Eddie becomes friends with The Loser's Club members Bill Denbrough, Stanley Uris and Richie Tozier – the latter of which often teases Eddie due to his hypochondria and overbearing mother. His father died when he was young, resulting in his mother becoming strict and overbearing with her son, causing him to grow up to become a hypochondriac. Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak was born on the 2nd of November, 1976, the son of Frank and Sonia Kaspbrak.
