Taye Diggs Joins "Empire" Season 3 in Major Barack Obama-Infused Role
by Michael Ausiello
July 18, 2016


Wait until Cookie gets a load of that million-watt smile. Taye Diggs has signed on for a major recurring role on Fox’s "Empire", TVLine has learned.

The "Private Practice" vet will first appear in the Fox drama’s Sept. 21 Season 3 premiere as Angelo Dubois, a city councilman hailing from a respected and affluent New York family.

With his pedigree and a Harvard law diploma, Diggs’ Angelo could have made a fortune in the private sector. Instead, he is ruled by his sense of noblesse oblige, and focuses his energies on community organizing and local politics, inviting comparisons to Barack Obama.

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"Empire" EP Confirms Taye Diggs' Arrival in Season 3 "Is All About Cookie"
by Michael Ausiello
August 8, 2016


Just as we suspected, Taye Diggs’s new "Empire" character will quickly become obsessed with the C-word when he makes his debut in Season 3.

“His story is all about Cookie,” exec producer Ilene Chaiken confirmed Monday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. “It starts as a Jamal story and then intersects with Cookie.”

Asked by TVLine if Diggs’ Obama-esque Angelo Dubois will be a love interest for Taraji P. Henson’s alter ego, Chaiken teased, “He certainly would like to be.”



In possibly related news, Chaiken also shared that this will be the season that Cookie will “try to leave Lucious,” adding, “She’s going to try to move on… She’s fighting for her life. She’s fighting for her opportunity to start over.”

"Empire‘s" third season premieres Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 9/8c on Fox.

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