NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Perry Mason , The Newsroom and Gotham actor Chris Chalk says he knows people are big fans of Stephen King 's It novel if they know why his character appears in the TV prequel, Welcome to Derry . "When people ask that question, I go: 'You didn't read the book. You're not a big fan, are you?'" Chalk recently joked with the crowd at New York Comic Con. Set in 1962 Maine and airing on HBO Sundays, the thriller casts Chalk as Dick Hallorann, the telepathic hero played by

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