ʻIke paha ka lā 4 o Kēkēmapa i kekahi lā ʻē aʻe, akā he ʻelua kumu o nā mea hoʻoweliweli e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka lā. ʻO Tony Todd lāua ʻo Mick Garris, he mau kāne i kōkua i ke ʻano o ka maka weliweli o kēia manawa, ua hānau ʻia, ʻekolu mau makahiki ka kaʻawale, i kēia lā.

ʻO Garris, i hānau ʻia ma 1951, e hana ana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni 8 mm nona iho e ka manawa i haʻalele ai kona mau mākua i kona manawa he 12 mau makahiki. Ua neʻe ʻo ia me kona makuahine i ke awāwa ʻo San Fernando kahi i mahi ai ʻo ia i kāna ʻono i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻelua a me nā mele e lawelawe ma hope iā ia ke hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kākau e pili ana i nā mea ʻelua.

Ma o 1980, ke kuhikuhi nei ʻo ia i ka "hana ʻana" i nā featurette no nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e like me Ke Ala a The Kiakahi ke Aloha, hoʻohanohano hou aku i kona mākau i ka mea nīnauele nona ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia.

Ma ka hopena o ke anahulu, ua kākau kēia ʻano Renaissance kāne no "Tales from the Crypt" a me "Amazing Stories" a me Psycho IV: Ke Kinohi, āna i kuhikuhi ai hoʻi.

ʻO Todd, ʻoiai, ke kālai nei i kāna ala ponoʻī. Ua hānau ʻia ka mea ʻo 6'5 December Kēkēmapa 4, 1954 ma Wakinekona, DC, a ua ulu aʻe ma Hartford, Connecticut kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e aʻo i ka hale keaka.

Ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki ma ke Kulanui o Connecticut, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi haumana e aʻo ma ka Eugene O'Neill National Actors Theatre Institute, a me he mea lā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hana.

I ka makahiki 1986, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Todd i kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i Kahi e hiamoe ai, kahi kiʻi moemoeā i alakaʻi ʻia e Sara Driver.

Hiki paha i kekahi kanaka ke ʻike i ka lawe ʻana mai o nā makahiki he mau makahiki i hala?

Ua loaʻa ʻo Garris iā ia iho ma ka noho o ka luna hoʻokele i kahi pilina e ulu nei me Stephen King e kuhikuhi ana i ka hoʻokuʻu pale nui ʻO nā mea hele hiamoe ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka naʻau o nā mika hoʻoliʻiliʻi o King ʻO ke kū a ka Kealohilani. I loko o kēia manawa ua kākau ʻo ia i ka moʻolelo ma Hocus Pocus ua hoʻokumu ʻia.

ʻO Gary Sinise lāua ʻo Molly Ringwald ma Mick Garris 'adaptation o The Stand

ʻO Todd, nona ka leo a me ke kiʻekiʻe e like me ka mākaukau i hana ʻia no ka hana genre, ua hoʻomaka ʻo 90s me kahi hoʻomaka, e hoʻokani nei me Ben i ka hana hou ʻana o ʻO ka pō o ka Mea Ola. A laila lawe ʻo ia i ka hana titular i Candyman, ka hoʻololi nui ʻana o ka pale ʻo Clive Barker's Ka Papa Kapu, hui pū ʻia ʻo Virginia Madsen.

ʻO Tony Todd ka Candyman!

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2000, ua hana ʻo Todd i ka hana hou a Bludworth, ka mea lawelawe hoʻoweliweli i ka hope Maui franchise, a ʻo Garris ke alakaʻi nei Holo ka Poka. ʻO kēia mau kāne ʻelua, i kēia manawa, ua kaʻapuni kekahi i kekahi me ka ʻoihana no kekahi manawa, akā ʻaʻole naʻe e hana like i kahi papahana.

ʻAʻole i hana ʻia a hiki i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Garris i ka Nā haku o ka weliweli kīwī kīwī, kahi moʻo mele mele me nā kaʻao moʻomeheu e like me John Carpenter, John Landis, Stuart Gordon, a me Garris ponoʻī i kēlā me kēia alakaʻi i kā lākou ʻāpana ponoʻī.

Ma loko o kēia moʻo ua hoʻohui ʻo Garris lāua ʻo Todd i kā lāua mau talena nui e hana i ka ʻāpana i kapa ʻia ʻo "Valerie on the Stair" ma muli o kahi moʻolelo na Clive Barker.

Ua kākau a alakaʻi ʻo Garris i ka hopena a ua hana ʻo Todd i kahi hiʻohiʻona e like me The Beast i ka moʻolelo weliweli o kahi mea kākau moʻolelo e hopohopo nei no kāna inoa inoa ʻole i ʻike he nui aku nā mea koʻikoʻi e makaʻu ai.

Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻomau ka hana a lāua ʻelua me kā Garris kākau ʻana a me ke kuhikuhi ʻana a me ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kāna Post Mortem Podcast kahi e ninaninau ai i nā kāne a me nā wahine i kōkua i ke ʻano a me kā Todd e hana nei me ka hoʻomaha ʻole ma waena o ke kīwī, kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a hale keaka.

Ua hala he XNUMX a ʻoi paha mau makahiki mai "Valerie ma ke alapiʻi", akā, a eia mākou ma iHorror e haʻohaʻo nei i ka manawa e ʻike hou ai lāua ʻelua i ka papahana like.

A hiki i kēlā manawa, makemake mākou iā Tony Todd lāua ʻo Mick Garris i kahi lā hauʻoli, a paipai mākou i kā mākou poʻe heluhelu e nānā hou i nā hana a nā kāne ʻelua e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kēia lā maikaʻi. ʻO mākou kekahi e!