JamesG
07-19-2017, 07:04 PM
"Empire" Adds Forest Whitaker to Play Lucious' Musical Mentor in Season 4
by Dave Nemetz
July 19, 2017
An ailing Lucious will get a visit from a familiar face next season on "Empire" — in the form of an Oscar-winning actor. Forest Whitaker has signed on to join Season 4 of the Fox hit drama in a multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned.
He’ll play “Uncle Eddie,” a musical icon who gave Lucious his first radio airplay back in the day. Now he’s back to help his protégé recover from that nasty explosion in Las Vegas, and a grateful Cookie asks him to produce a song for the Empire label’s 20th anniversary.
"Empire‘s" fourth season kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 8/7c, with Lucious making his first public appearance since the Vegas explosion.
That episode will also serve as Part 1 of an Empire/Star crossover, continuing at 9 pm with "Star‘s" Season 2 premiere.
http://tvline.com/2017/07/19/empire-casts-forest-whitaker-season-4-uncle-eddie/
by Dave Nemetz
July 19, 2017
An ailing Lucious will get a visit from a familiar face next season on "Empire" — in the form of an Oscar-winning actor. Forest Whitaker has signed on to join Season 4 of the Fox hit drama in a multi-episode arc, TVLine has learned.
He’ll play “Uncle Eddie,” a musical icon who gave Lucious his first radio airplay back in the day. Now he’s back to help his protégé recover from that nasty explosion in Las Vegas, and a grateful Cookie asks him to produce a song for the Empire label’s 20th anniversary.
"Empire‘s" fourth season kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 8/7c, with Lucious making his first public appearance since the Vegas explosion.
That episode will also serve as Part 1 of an Empire/Star crossover, continuing at 9 pm with "Star‘s" Season 2 premiere.
http://tvline.com/2017/07/19/empire-casts-forest-whitaker-season-4-uncle-eddie/