WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!<\/p>\n
The IT: Welcome to Derry<\/a> Season 1 finale was one of the most talked about TV moments in the past year, and now we know even more about a particular moment that was celebrated by fans.<\/p>\n During the episode, Losers Club members Marge (Matilda Lawler<\/a>), Lilly (Clara Stack<\/a>), Will (Blake Cameron James<\/a>) and Ronnie (Amanda Christine<\/a>) were nearly about to lose control of Pennywise.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n However, the spirit of Rich Santos (Arian S. Cartaya<\/a>) came from the dead right in time to help his friends keep Pennywise at bay.<\/p>\n In one of the best moments, not only did Rich return, but he held up a middle finger at Pennywise as he ran to his friends. And now we know: it wasn\u2019t in the script!<\/p>\n Executive producer Andy Muschietti<\/a> confirmed it in an interview with TVLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did a lot of improvisation in general, and that\u2019s one of the things we created on the day, or a couple of days before. And I\u2019ll tell you, the [resurrection] of Richie was something I came up with probably in the last few weeks [of production],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a world where we have someone \u2014 Dick Hallorann \u2014 who sees dead people, and in a world where we lost one of our beloved heroes, which is Richie, I thought of giving a little comfort to the audience by bringing him back.\u201d<\/p>\n The middle finger was Andy\u2018s idea, but Arian apparently loved it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe see the monster crawling, and it\u2019s a very anxiety-ridden ending, and that was allowed by the presence of Rich \u2014 the Loser that was not there. And yeah, the middle finger came as the result of improvisation at the end, and since [Arian] is a phenomenal kid and a great actor, of course he was down,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n