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Taraji P. Henson on How Coronavirus Affected ‘Empire’s’ Final Season and Promoting Mental Health During Quarantine

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By Angelique Jackson Until recently, Taraji P. Henson was concentrating on finishing up her time as Cookie Lyon on Fox’s “Empire,” but on March 14, production was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We were almost finished,” Henson told Variety, via a video conference call to promote her Netflix film “Coffee & Kareem” on March 31. “We were at the finish line.” “We had 20 episodes to shoot,” the star explained. “We were in the middle of episode 19 and then this happened.

So, we just have about a week and a half to go, about 10 more days and we’ll be finished.” After Henson’s interview with Variety, Fox announced that “Empire’s” final season would be cut short by two episodes and the series finale will air on April 21.

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