Welcome to Derry gave me the Stephen King crossover I always wanted – and one star says ‘my favorite things that I’ve done in my career are on this show’

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Dick Hallorann has entered Derry

Chris Chalk as Dick Hallorann
(Image credit: HBO Max)

IT: Welcome to Derry has introduced an epic crossover that I've been excited about for weeks, with The Shining's Dick Hallorann on the scene.

Stephen King fans know Hallorann as being the head chef at the Overlook, but in Welcome to Derry, we get to learn about him long before he headed to the iconic haunted hotel.

We're four episodes into Welcome to Derry at the time of writing, and we've already seen some very shocking scenes. If anything, it seems the HBO Max show is about to dial that up, as Chalk teased a moment between him and Jovan Adepo's Major Leroy Hanlon.

Chalk admitted that playing Dick Hallorann took him to places he'd never gone before, describing the experience as a "gift". "There's a set piece that happens between me and Jovan, that was the one scene that I was so grateful for because it allowed me to be at a place that I, Chris Chalk, don't normally go," he said.

"I'm kind of stoic, I'm like a comic stoic. So when I was asked to do some of the things on the extremes of my emotional boundaries, oh my gosh, what a gift."

Dick Hallorann has long been one of my favorite Stephen King characters and getting to see a new side of him through Chris Chalk has been really rewarding for a long-time King fan like me.

When the show was first announced, I didn't expect the lore to go as deep as it has, and considering the Welcome to Derry creators teased plans for more seasons, I'm expecting to see even more characters showing up from across his novels and I can't wait to see where it goes next.

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Lucy Buglass
Lucy Buglass
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lucy is a long-time movie and television lover who is an approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes. She has written several reviews in her time, starting with a small self-ran blog called Lucy Goes to Hollywood before moving onto bigger websites such as What's on TV and What to Watch, with TechRadar being her most recent venture. Her interests primarily lie within horror and thriller, loving nothing more than a chilling story that keeps her thinking moments after the credits have rolled. Many of these creepy tales can be found on the streaming services she covers regularly.

When she’s not scaring herself half to death with the various shows and movies she watches, she likes to unwind by playing video games on Easy Mode and has no shame in admitting she’s terrible at them. She also quotes The Simpsons religiously and has a Blinky the Fish tattoo, solidifying her position as a complete nerd. 

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