The Marvel Actor Who Almost Played Empire’s Lucious Lyon Before Terrence Howard

During the mid-2010s, one of the most dramatic shows on broadcast television was Fox’s “Empire.” Television audiences in 2015 didn’t know what hit them when Terrence Howard‘s Lucious Lyon and Taraji P. Henson‘s Cookie Lyon arrived on the scene. Urban drama fans still look back on those early seasons fondly. But things could have gone very differently for “Empire” if the original actor slated to play Lucious had followed through. At one point, Wesley Snipes was targeted for the lead role, with Terrence Howard stepping in after that deal fell through. It’s a wild timeline to consider, but apparently,…