Shortly after news broke that Tony Todd had passed away, Virginia Madsen, who earned an Oscar nomination for her own acting achievements, took to Instagram to share a video. The visibly emotional star shared her immediate response with her followers, expressing hers sorrow in a caption accompanying the post:

The Oscar nominee praised her late colleague in the 1992 horror film, and wrote of how Jordan Peele, the co-writer and producer of the Nia DaCosta-directed 2021 sequel, had talked about a prequel about how their characters' "love began.

Tony Todd, the actor who played the eponymous killer in the “Candyman” film franchise, has died at his California home on Wednesday night. He was 69.