Candyman star Tony Todd, who died Wednesday after an extended sickness, is being remembered by his co-star Virginia Madsen.
The Oscar nominee, who performed graduate pupil Helen Lyle who’s stalked by Todd’s titular hook-handed killer whereas investigating city legends at a Chicago housing venture within the 1992 horror movie, paid tribute to Todd with a sequence of posts on Instagram.
Madsen initially shared a transient video publish after she heard the information of Todd’s dying, wherein she stated she didn’t “know what to say” however referred to as Todd her “beloved.”
“Could you relaxation in energy candy to the candy in heaven,” Madsen wrote within the caption alongside a video. “The good actor Tony Todd has left us and now could be an angel. As he was in life. Extra later however I can’t proper now. I really like you.”
Within the video, she shared that she “simply came upon” however “will say extra about my beloved Candyman.”
She later posted an extended caption about Todd, calling him a “really poetic man” with “a voice that made it simple to swoon.”
“Because of [Candyman director] Bernard Rose, we actually created a gothic romance,” she wrote. “It’s why the movie lives on. A delicate soul with a deep data of the humanities.”
Madsen additionally praised Todd for his interactions with strangers.
“He loved the followers and was by no means shy when it got here to followers approaching, wanting pictures,” she wrote. “A uncommon actor who allowed himself to be open to the general public consideration.”
She closed by referring again to the film. “I’ll miss him a lot and hope he haunts me on occasion. However I can’t summon him within the mirror!”
After praising Jordan Peele, who co-wrote and produced the 2021 Nia DaCosta-directed sequel, wherein she and Todd appeared, Madsen stated there have been discussions about sharing extra of their story.
“He talked a few prequel utilizing expertise in order that we, ourselves might inform the story of how their love started,” she wrote. “Think about that. I do. My expensive good friend Tony, I do.”
And she or he shared one other Instagram publish of her and Todd hugging.
Along with his roles within the Candyman movies, Todd performed William Bludworth in three Closing Vacation spot motion pictures. His different credit embody Evening of the Residing Useless, The Rock, The Crow, Hatchet, The Man from Earth, Hatchet II, The Flash, Frankenstein, Hell Fest, Requiem, Hellblazers and The Bunker. And he performed Kurn in Star Trek: The Subsequent Era and Star Trek: Deep Area 9 and Alpha Hirogen in Star Trek: Voyager.
The unique Candyman grossed almost $26 million worldwide, in keeping with Field Workplace Mojo