Tony Todd’s ‘Candyman’ Co-Star Virginia Madsen Pays Tribute To “My Beloved”
As Candyman fans 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 statement she shared on Friday with her Instagram followers.
“My beloved. May you rest in power sweet to the sweet in heaven,” Madsen wrote in the caption. “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 the video, Madsen said, “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.”
Based on Clive Barker‘s The Forbidden, the Bernard Rose-helmed Candyman (1992) stars Madsen as skeptical grad student Helen Lyle, who becomes stalked by the titular hook-wielding spirit (played by Todd) while investigating urban legends at a Chicago housing project.
Todd’s rep previously confirmed that he died “peacefully” at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday, Nov. 6, but they did not provide a cause of death.
After portraying heroin-addicted Sergeant Warren in Oliver Stone’s Best Picture Oscar-winning Vietnam War classic Platoon (1986), Todd became a big name in the horror genre, starring in the 1990 remake Night of the Living Dead as Ben, the role played by Duane Jones in George A. Romero’s original 1968 film. In addition to leading three Candyman films and making a cameo in Nia DaCosta’s 2021 requel, Todd also appeared in the Final Destination franchise as funeral director William Bludworth.
