Virginia Madsen, who co-starred with Tony Todd in 1992’s Candyman, is paying tribute to the actor following his loss of life.
The ache, I can guarantee you, can be beautiful. As for our deaths, there’s nothing to worry. Our names can be written on a thousand partitions. Horror followers throughout misplaced one of many greats this week, as Tony Todd – most well-known for portraying Candyman throughout the namesake sequence – handed away on the age of 69. Now, his Candyman co-star, Virginia Madsen, is paying tribute.
Posting to Instagram following the information of Tony Todd’s loss of life, Virginia Madsen – who performed graduate pupil Helen Lyle in 1992’s Candyman – expressed her shock and thanked followers for reaching out. “Hey you guys, I just, just, just found out about Tony, and I will…I don’t know what to say right now. But yeah, I know about it. I will say more about my beloved Candyman. Anyway, thanks for your kind wishes.” In an accompanying caption, Madsen wrote, “My beloved. May you rest in power sweet to the sweet in heaven. The great actor Tony Todd has left us and now is an angel. As he was in life. More later but I can’t right now. I love you.”
In a separate put up, Madsen wrote, “A truly poetic man. A voice that made it easy to swoon. Thanks to Bernard Rose, we really created a gothic romance. It’s why the film lives on. A gentle soul with a deep knowledge of the arts. He enjoyed the fans and was never shy when it came to fans approaching, wanting photos. A rare actor who allowed himself to be open to the public attention. Wish I had seen him on the stage. I will miss him so much and hope he haunts me once in a while. But I will not summon him in the mirror! What a gift that Jordon Peele let us live again as lovers. He talked about a prequel using technology so that we, ourselves could tell the tale of how their love began. Imagine that. I do. My dear friend Tony, I do.”
Whereas Tony Todd would painting Candyman aka Daniel Robitaille in 4 movies (together with 2021’s sequel to the unique), Virginia Madsen would solely play Helen within the first film, with a short voice cameo within the 2021 follow-up. Nevertheless, her character was deliberate to return for the 1995’s Farewell to the Flesh, however this storyline was finally minimize and the screenplay reworked.
Whereas Tony Todd would go on to have a whole lot of display screen credit, he’ll at all times be greatest remembered for Candyman. Not solely does the movie function a genuinely terrifying efficiency from Todd, but it surely additionally was courageous sufficient to discover concepts of social class, race and extra. In it, Madsen’s Helen is finding out city legends when she comes throughout the Bloody Mary-esque Candyman, who makes Helen his goal and object of want. Greater than 30 years on, the movie nonetheless holds up as one of the crucial fascinating horror movies of the ‘90s.
What are your reminiscences of seeing Candyman while you have been youthful? What do you assume Tony Todd’s legacy is within the horror style?
