I was saddened to hear that actor Tony Todd died at 69. From what I've read, he died from a long illness with cancer. #Fuckcancer!
The first movie I've seen Tony Todd was Candyman. I remember falling in love with his voice playing the title role of Candyman. One of the most iconic scenes in the movie is where Tony was covered with bees crawling and flying around him. I found that scene so creepy. It was cool learning that Tony made a provision where the producers of the movie had to pay him $1000 for every bee sting he received. He wound up being stung 23 times, netting him $23,000.
It was said you invoked Candyman by saying his name 5 times. You would think knowing the outcome when saying his name would be enough to make people not say it. But of course there wouldn't be a show without it. And what a show it was.
Besides Candyman, Tony would also lend his voice to the Final Destination series which of course I enjoyed. He also has done shows on Broadway as well.
There would be three more Candyman movies released over the years, with the last one being in 2021. I looked up on streaming to see which channels have his Candyman movies. Max has the 2nd and 3rd movies (oddly enough not original recipe) and Freevee has the 2021 version. I plan on watching the 2nd movie in Tony Todd's honor.
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