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Funny thing when a program becomes successful those who could have had a part in it have some thing to say as to why they did or did not participate.  Welp, EarHustle411 came across an article about Wesley Snipes where he is explaining why he didn’t take the part of Lucious Lyon in the hit show Empire.  We wonder if he is kicking himself in the “butt” now because the show is making headlines almost everyday.  Can you imagine if he had taken the part where the show would be and if Taraji P. Henson had bowed out because Wesley Snipes accepted the offer?  Well just like we don’t know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop…the world may never know!!

Read more below as reported by Euroweb:

 

*As the story goes, Wesley Snipes was approached to play Lucious Lyon in Fox’s breakout phenomenon “Empire” before it was offered to its current occupant Terrence Howard.

In January, creator Lee Daniels confirmed Snipes as an original casting choice for the Lyon patriarch, then, explained how star Taraji P. Henson strongly suggested that her “Hustle and Flow” co-star Terrence Howard play her on-screen love nemesis, or she would bow out of her role as Cookie.

On Thursday, Snipes told EURweb that he actually passed on the part.

“Yeah, the ‘Empire’ thing did come across my desk and it just, the combination of things and the time demands didn’t make it viable,” he told us after Thursday’s Television Critics Association panel for his upcoming NBC series “The Player.”

Source: Euroweb