Hmm .. I never would called this. Empire writer Danny Strong revealed on Sway in the Morning some small pearls about the new hit series.
Fact one … Danny explained that the Kennedys and Jay-Z were inspirations for the main character Lucious Lyons.
He also addressed rumors that Wesley Snipes and Mo’Nique were originally cast to play Lucious and Cookie and how people were reacting to finding out that Empire (and The Butler) were written by a white Jewish guy.
The Jay-Z story, which very much inspired Lucious Lyon, certain elements of Lucious Lyon, was that story,” Strong responded. “For me the story of people who have some sort of criminal past, or gangster past are not limited to black culture. … Our goal is to tell a great story, and to do the best show we can. You can cross the line and just be totally inappropriate, but we’re not doing that. … You know, Joe Kennedy too, is another (person who rose to power from a criminal past).
Leave a Reply