Get ready for even more star power.
So exited to join season 4 of @EmpireFOX with its amazing cast! It is going to be 🔥 https://t.co/Sh65KMOq3C
— Forest Whitaker (@ForestWhitaker) July 20, 2017
Empire‘s list of A-list talent has just added another name:Â Forest Whitaker.
Fox announced on Wednesday that the Oscar-winner is set to join the hit drama in its upcoming fourth season, guest-starring in multiple episodes.
Whitaker is taking on the role of 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.