The actor spoke to Total Film to be a real curse to avoid in his childhood.
In the same article, director Nia Dacosta and co-star Teyonah Harris also share their own stories of fearing what might happen if they said his name into a mirror five times, which only makes the concept of this urban legend even creepier.
In his second collaboration with writer and producer Jordan Peele following a smaller role in 2019’s Us, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays the protagonist of Candyman, which is described as a spiritual sequel to the 1992 cult favorite from creator Clive Barker, and is scheduled to come out in 2021 following release set backs related to Covid-19.