Lee Daniels is once again pulling on his amazing talent pool to cast his hit show “Empire.” Fox has announced that Forest Whitaker will guest-star in a multi-episode arc on the show when it returns for Season Four this fall.
Whitaker will play “Uncle Eddie,” a charismatic music icon and bonafide hitmaker, who gave an unknown Lucious (Terrence Howard) his first radio airplay. Decades later, Eddie steps up for Lucious at a critical moment during his rehabilitation, and a grateful Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) invites him to produce a song in celebration of Empire Entertainment’s 20th anniversary.
“Empire” returns Wednesday, September 27 at 8:00 p.m. on FOX. On the Season Four premiere, Lucious makes his first public appearance after the explosion in Las Vegas, while all members of the Lyon family have their own interests in Lucious regaining his physical and mental faculties.
