TMC
03-04-2015, 04:08 AM
http://www.accesshollywood.com/monique-empire-cookie-role-offered-to-me-first_article_104985
The Oscar-winning actress (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/841601-Mo-Nique-quot-Lee-Daniels-quot-Had-a-Problem-quot-I-Didn-t-Thank-Him-at-Oscars) claims Fox didn't want her for the job because she was too difficult (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/840214-Is-Monique-shooting-herself-in-the-foot). But co-creator Danny Strong says she was never offered a role (https://twitter.com/Dannystrong/status/571725115941134336) on the show. Mo'Nique says, however, that Lee Daniels (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/840094-Lee-Daniels-Mo%E2%80%99Nique-Got-Herself-Blackballed-with-%E2%80%98Reverse-Racism%E2%80%99?) "offered (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/840476-Monique-Fires-Back-At-Lee-Daniels-I-Wasn-t-Blackballed-The-Offers-Didn-t-Make-Sense) me the part of Cookie, and I have the emails and the sides to go along with it, and what he said was, 'I'm new to this TV thing. This is just a technicality… you have the role.' Okay. I have the emails. Well, four days have gone by because I didn't receive a phone call or another email for the location of where I was supposed to go to do this screen test."
The Oscar-winning actress (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/841601-Mo-Nique-quot-Lee-Daniels-quot-Had-a-Problem-quot-I-Didn-t-Thank-Him-at-Oscars) claims Fox didn't want her for the job because she was too difficult (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/840214-Is-Monique-shooting-herself-in-the-foot). But co-creator Danny Strong says she was never offered a role (https://twitter.com/Dannystrong/status/571725115941134336) on the show. Mo'Nique says, however, that Lee Daniels (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/840094-Lee-Daniels-Mo%E2%80%99Nique-Got-Herself-Blackballed-with-%E2%80%98Reverse-Racism%E2%80%99?) "offered (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/840476-Monique-Fires-Back-At-Lee-Daniels-I-Wasn-t-Blackballed-The-Offers-Didn-t-Make-Sense) me the part of Cookie, and I have the emails and the sides to go along with it, and what he said was, 'I'm new to this TV thing. This is just a technicality… you have the role.' Okay. I have the emails. Well, four days have gone by because I didn't receive a phone call or another email for the location of where I was supposed to go to do this screen test."