“I did play Joker for a while, but I had bronchitis and they fired me … and hired Mark Hamill.
Curry is going to be forever known as the evil clown Pennywise in the TV mini-series version of IT.
Speaking at a fan expo, the original Pennywise and cult actor Tim Curry has given his explanation for his replacement on the much-loved Batman: The Animated Series.
Just before the series took off, Curry was cast as the voice of Joker and recorded dialogue, but he was then replaced by Star Wars legend Mark Hamill and the rest was history.