*It was revealed last week that Mo’Nique’s “Precious” director Lee Daniels initially offered her the role of Cookie Lyon on “Empire,” but his plans were thwarted by Fox execs who said she was too “difficult” to work with.
The role went to Taraji P. Henson, and the rest, boo-boo kitty, is history.
But Twitter was left to ponder what might have been had Mo’Nique gotten the role.
@celebedition @EmpireFanClub Love MoNique but its obvious that the role of “Cookie” was not meant for her.
— Empire East Coast (@EmpireECoast) March 1, 2015
NOOO I COULDN’T SEE #MONIQUE PLAYING COOKIE #EMPIRE THAT ROLE WAS MADE FOR #TARAJI — Ronan WasFucknHere (@sinsofalibra) March 2, 2015
“Will the Real Cookie Please Stand Up” Don’t get me wrong I got love for Monique, But Uh! #Empire Is Cookie. @TherealTaraji *rolls my eyes* — *Mocha Kay* (@MochaKk1) March 2, 2015
And now Taraji has weighed in with this retweet:
@TheGrouchyPuppy Monique is so talented she’d be great in almost anything. But Cookie was always @TherealTaraji — Danny Strong (@Dannystrong) March 1, 2015
Below, Taraji tells us why Cookie is so fun to play:
“Empire” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Fox.
Watch a First Look at this week’s episode below:
#CookieMonsters Next episode of #Empire is #TURNTWAYUP!! I hope y’all R ready! I can’t wait 4 the memes the next day https://t.co/XVD8yt1f1p
— Taraji P. Henson (@TherealTaraji) March 2, 2015
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