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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 2, 2020 10:47:22 GMT
Candyman! I'm GLAD it's Tony Todd instead. I don't think EM would've been as effective in the role.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 2, 2020 11:13:18 GMT
So glad Tony Todd got the role. Eddie Murphy wouldn’t feel right. I think his star presence would have got in the way... while Todd was somewhat an unknown. He was virtually a character actor in small parts up until ‘Candyman’. Wasn’t Murphy at that time trying to establish himself in serious roles? I think his performance in the 1995 film ‘Vampire in Brooklyn’, is probably what it would have been in ‘Candyman’. His straight-laced performance in Craven’s film was sort of jarring, when compared to the film’s comedic tone.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 2, 2020 13:21:20 GMT
Tony Todd is great and iconic in that role, and of course we're all happy that he was the one that got the part.
But, Eddie Murphy never got to make the real horror movie that he seemed to really want to for a time. Nobody really got to make what they wanted to with Vampire in Brooklyn (for a lot reasons, apparently), and that's kind of a shame. Eddie Murphy could have been a capable horror actor. I don't think he's interested in that anymore, but it would be cool to see him do that kinda thing.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Mar 2, 2020 13:29:58 GMT
Yeah I heard about that somewhere. I don’t think I could take him any seriously.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Mar 2, 2020 17:13:29 GMT
Agreed. Tony Todd was a better fit.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 2, 2020 23:08:09 GMT
Agreed. Tony Todd was a better fit.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 3, 2020 1:42:11 GMT
Effective? No he would had been awful!
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 3, 2020 4:57:37 GMT
Effective? No he would had been awful! 
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 3, 2020 6:00:08 GMT
As bad as if he was Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit but how do we know if these claims are true?
At the time of Candyman he was doing higher budget stuff.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Mar 4, 2020 12:10:54 GMT
Tony Todd has one of the all-time creepiest voices, and his staring presence helped make that movie so memorable and terrifying. Eddie Murphy may have helped it make $$$ initially, but would it have the lasting legacy it's had all these years still?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 4, 2020 13:02:51 GMT
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 6, 2020 21:32:57 GMT
I'm not gonna fall for the name 5 times in the mirror.
"You're not gonna fall for the name 5 times in the mirror?" Hehhh hehhh hehhh.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 10, 2020 6:33:53 GMT
Tony Todd has one of the all-time creepiest voices, and his staring presence helped make that movie so memorable and terrifying. Eddie Murphy may have helped it make $$$ initially, but would it have the lasting legacy it's had all these years still? Indeed. Tony Todd's voice is so deep and overpowering. Kind of like James Earl Jones. Murphy doesn't have an intimidating voice. Don't think his Candyman could have been taken as seriously.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 10, 2020 6:36:59 GMT
Tony Todd has one of the all-time creepiest voices, and his staring presence helped make that movie so memorable and terrifying. Eddie Murphy may have helped it make $$$ initially, but would it have the lasting legacy it's had all these years still?
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Mar 11, 2020 9:30:39 GMT
Nah! Murphy was too big of name and his persona was one of humor. It would have turned into a farce.
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Post by Marv on Mar 12, 2020 23:19:26 GMT
tony todd is perfect for the role. his voice is so deep it pretty much pervades the entire film. hes got an awesome presence.
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Post by The Pumpkin King on Mar 16, 2020 11:35:11 GMT
I have to imagine Tony Todd starring in the film "Night of the Living Dead" (1990), had a big influence on him being the final choice for 'Candyman.' Every other movie he appeared in before and around the time was small supporting roles. In NOTD, we really saw the full range of Tony Todd playing a hero but also an aggressor. I think that film contributed a lot towards Todd winning the part. I agree with other posters, Eddie Murphy had too much star power and would have changed the entire film. It wouldn't have been the horror movie it is today. However, we can't really say it would have been completely awful. It would've been a true test for Murphy's acting abilities that's for sure. I would have loved to have seen Murphy in a horror movie, but I'm glad it wasn't this one. I think Murphy was too funny of a guy to want to appear in horror much, anyhow. I know this movie is getting a remake, I have my doubts on it without knowing a thing about it. You can't replace Tony Todd in practically all of his starring roles in movies. Not in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (2009), not even in the small cameo roles he played in the "Final Destination" movies. He's an excellent voice character for horror.
I'm glad everything stayed exactly the way it did. I can't even picture Eddie Murphy acting with a bloody hook, bees in his mouth, or in front of any excellent Phillip Glass composed movie score.  
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