WHO IS IN THE CASKET?!
Gray) close call, EW chatted with showrunner Brett Mahoney.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets start with an easy question who is in the casket?
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We dont know who is in the coffin, but someone did die in the premiere.
After setting up Eddie as the new head of Empire and the new antagonist, he unexpectedly dies.
Was that just an availability issue with Forest Whitaker?
Were there originally greater plans for that character?Some of it was availability.
Like, if Forest Whitaker says hes going to be available, I definitely would have made it work.
And Im happy with the way it turned out.
This isEmpire, this is a show where people do die.
Death could come for anyone.
Hakeem didnt make it out unscathed, as the bullet damaged his lungs, leaving him unable to rap.
Who does he become and how does he overcome it and how does he move forward?
Did that serve as inspiration for this iteration of them?Absolutely.
What we will see is Cookie and Lucious striving to rebuild their empire, but at what cost?
We also really wanted to look at what a marriage between the two of them would be.
Empireairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
