Empire is taking over the world, we know this. The show is killing it in the ratings and people won't stop talking about the boundary-pushing series, but star Terrence Howard thinks the show needs to push things even farther and make it even realer.
Here's what Howard told Entertainment Weekly:
“If we start getting silly, if we start playing to people’s fancies, then we don’t deserve to be where we are,” says Howard of the show’s success. “It’s a big pressure because I want to be a truth-sayer. I want to raise the bar. I want to get rid of this f—ed up word called PC. I think it’s a gate for bigotry because as long as you’re politically correct you can say anything you want but feel some way different."
"I’m mad that we don’t say n—- in the show,” he admits. “Why is TV showing something different from the reality of the world? Why is there a thing called censorship that stop people from hearing everyday talk? We use n—-every day. It’s become part of a conversation—why aren’t we using it in the show?”
If only this show was on HBO or Showtime instead of a network, who knows what might happen?
