George Lemore, who starred in the 1995 film "Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh," doesn't think anyone should pick up the villain's famous hook in the aftermath of Tony Todd's death.
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00:00I was at one of P. Diddy's freak-offs.
00:03Freak-offs.
00:04You saw celebrities there that you recognized.
00:07Mm-hmm.
00:08It was a rapper that we all know.
00:10Straight-up porn directed by Diddy.
00:13I'm just grateful to have made it out.
00:17You starred alongside Tony Todd in Candyman.
00:20I mean, he recently just passed.
00:22I mean, another legend that we just lost.
00:25I mean, this is pretty devastating.
00:27Yeah, that really hurt me.
00:29I love working with Tony Todd, but you know, Candyman lives forever.
00:33And I had great times working with him in the movie.
00:35That was the first movie I actually did as a child actor.
00:39I was like 16, and I booked that role.
00:41So, starring in that movie was a blessing.
00:43But, no, it was some crazy times on that set, though.
00:47I even got scared on the set, too.
00:49I ain't gonna lie.
00:51I know.
00:52So, what's been some of the fondest memories from set?
00:54I mean, working with him.
00:55God, I remember one night we wrapped set.
00:58And it was late at night.
01:00It was like 12 midnight.
01:01And we all had our own trailers.
01:02I had my name on there.
01:03George Lamore.
01:04He had his.
01:05Tony Todd.
01:06But I went to my trailer after I went to wardrobe to change.
01:09I went to my trailer, walked in my trailer to grab my backpack
01:13so I can leave set from working all day.
01:15It was like a 12-hour night.
01:17And he was in my trailer.
01:19Okay.
01:20And he scared me.
01:22Okay, so it was always a fun time on set.
01:24Yeah, he scared me.
01:26And I'm like, this is real.
01:27Candyman is such an iconic movie and sequel.
01:31I mean, do you feel like sequels should be left out?
01:33Like his sequel should be left out of the reboot talk?
01:36I mean, should his movie just be left as a classic as it is?
01:40I think it should be left as a classic.
01:42Candyman should be left as a classic just like all the other great movies,
01:45all the other horror movies that came out that are classics.
01:48Leave it alone.
01:51Because if you want to see a sequel, say his name five times and he's going to come.
01:57When was the last time you talked to him?
01:58I talked to him probably about three years ago.
02:01And we bumped into each other at a grocery store actually in Studio City
02:05where I'm at now getting my little mocha.
02:10But he was getting his latte or whatever.
02:12But I bumped into him and we remained friends.
02:15And, man, the one thing I got to say about that guy,
02:18I don't care if we're on a movie set.
02:20I don't care if we're in public.
02:22I'm grown now.
02:23And when I see him, even when I bumped into him in a coffee shop,
02:26I thought he was coming to get me.