Say what now?! Mo’Nique is now saying that she was supposed to play “Cookie” in the FOX hit show Empire.
Via Inside Edition
Mo’Nique explained that the show’s creator, Lee Daniels, who directed her in her Oscar-winning role in Precious, wanted her to play Cookie.
“When he called me up, he offered me the role in Empire as Cookie,” she said. Mo’Nique said Daniels even sent her a script.
Mo’Nique explained, “Maybe four days had gone by, and I hadn’t heard anything. So I’m trying to reach out to him to say, what time do I need to be in? Where do I need to be? When he finally returned the call, he says listen, the executives at Fox said that you’re difficult.”
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