Actors & Actresses Who Could Play Lucious & Cookie On “Empire” If you haven’t already noticed the talk of the town is that there were several people in talks to play Cookie & Lucious on “Empire.” As previously reported Mo’Nique was adamant that Lee Daniels wanted her to play Taraji P. Henson’s role of Cookie… and there have been talks that Wesley Snipes was in the running for Terrence Howard’s role of Lucious. So if Terrence and Taraji weren’t in the picture then who could’ve played Lee Daniels’ lead roles???? Here’s a list of 20 people. Angela Bassett Jamie Foxx Naomie Harris Regina King Regina Hall Blair Underwood Tasha Smith Laurence Fishburne Jada Pinkett Nia Long Kimberly Elise Cuba Gooding Vanessa L. Williams Leon Denzel Washington Vanessa Williams Will Smith Malinda Williams Don Cheadle Wesley Snipes Lee Daniels was right, Wesley would have made a great Lucious. Splash/WENN
