Speaking during a Friday night’s PaleyFest panel, the cast and crew of FOX’s hip-hop drama series, ‘Empire’ revealed the guest stars they’d like to share the screen with.
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According to EW, Terrance Howard’s wish list includes Adele and Kendrick Lamar, while “Gabourey Sidibe kept whispering, ‘Beyoncé, Beyoncé, Beyoncé’ into the mic.”
Could you imagine a Lyon family soap rendition of ‘Formation’?
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Outside of the panel, Director Sanaa Hamri admitted that she’d like to see more artist performances on the show. “I have a wishlist of having D’Angelo on the show, Kendrick Lamar, and French Montana,” she expressed.
It’s been reported that the rest of this season’s shows will focus primarily on the Lyon family. Actress Kaitlin Doubleday remarks “The guest stars are amazing, but I think they loved the family in the first season and learning who they were and the drama just between these seven people.”
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Looks like we’ll have to wait until Season 3 to see if these wishlists come to pass.
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