As Candyman followers mourn the death of scream king Tony Todd, his co-star Virginia Madsen addressed the horror hive.
Shortly after Deadline reported that Todd died at age 69, the Oscar nominee reacted to his passing with an impromptu video assertion she shared on Friday along with her Instagram followers.
“My beloved. Might you relaxation in energy candy to the candy in heaven,” Madsen wrote within the caption. “The nice actor Tony Todd has left us and now’s an angel. As he was in life. Extra later however I can’t proper now. I like you.”
Within the video, Madsen mentioned, “Hey you guys, I simply, simply, simply came upon about Tony, and I’ll — I don’t know what to say proper now. However yeah, I find out about it. I’ll say extra about my beloved Candyman. Anyway, thanks in your sort needs.”
Based mostly on Clive Barker‘s The Forbidden, the Bernard Rose-helmed Candyman (1992) stars Madsen as skeptical grad pupil Helen Lyle, who turns into stalked by the titular hook-wielding spirit (performed by Todd) whereas investigating city legends at a Chicago housing undertaking.
Todd’s rep beforehand confirmed that he died “peacefully” at his Los Angeles house on Wednesday, Nov. 6, however they didn’t present a reason behind demise.
After portraying heroin-addicted Sergeant Warren in Oliver Stone’s Greatest Image Oscar-winning Vietnam Battle traditional Platoon (1986), Todd turned an enormous title within the horror style, starring within the 1990 remake Night time of the Dwelling Useless as Ben, the position performed by Duane Jones in George A. Romero’s unique 1968 movie. Along with main three Candyman movies and making a cameo in Nia DaCosta’s 2021 requel, Todd additionally appeared within the Closing Vacation spot franchise as funeral director William Bludworth.
