That staccato rhythm could possibly be crucial to Curry’s subsequent made-up place as Pennywise. The most distinctive issue about Curry’s Pennywise is how the actor manages to sound so little like, properly, himself. The Dancing Clown has a brusque New York accent, utterly not like Curry’s private British, and a harsher snort than Curry’s common chuckle.
As Pennywise, Curry pauses so that explicit individual phrases go away a better affect. Take his lethal declaration to Georgie (Tony Dakota), “Down proper right here … You’ll … Float … Too!”, or his menace to the Losers Club, “I’m each half … you ever … had been afraid of!” As for the phrases themselves, Curry attracts them out, notably the vowels. Whenever Pennywise ensures his prey they’re going to drift, Curry pronounces it as “floooaaatt.” Pennywise is having enjoyable along with his work and Curry is having enjoyable along with his.
Since Curry is dependent upon his voice rather a lot, it isn’t surprising he turned a prolific voice actor. In Curry’s voice roles, he samples from the equivalent bag of suggestions he used as Pennywise. As Ben Ravencroft in “Scooby-Doo! And The Witch’s Ghost,” Curry is initially subdued. Once the character reveals his villainous nature, though, his theatrical side (and British accent) reassert themselves. As Ben wields magic and recites evil spells, Curry attracts out his vowels and makes pointed emphasis (“That makes me a waaarloooocokay“). Curry carried out the equally two-faced villain Darth Sidious in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” Like Ian McDiarmid sooner than him, Curry moreover performs an affable Senator Palpatine, nevertheless as a result of the Dark Lord of the Sith, he drops his voice an octave and reaches into the once more of his throat for guttural delivery.
When an actor is as expressive as Tim Curry, hiding his pure choices can enhance his performances instead of constricting them.