You'd think that going back through the pages of Stephen King's "It" to find enough material for a prequel series might leave you with a dearth of content. But the creatives behind the surprisingly gruesome and scary "It: Welcome to Derry" actually wound up having to cut some planned aspects of their HBO show, including an origin story for one of the most-hated characters in the franchise's history: Eddie's mother Sonia Kaspbrak.

Originally appearing in King's 1986 novel, Sonia was played by Molly Atkinson in Andy Muschietti's 2017 film adaptation "It" and its 2019 follow-up "It Chapter Two." The character is a paranoid, manipulative, and overbearing mother who convinces her son, Eddie (played by Jack Dylan Grazer in the two Muschietti films, with James Ransone portraying the older ve

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