'Empire' Season 2 News, Spoilers: 'Expect Weddings And Funerals,' EP Says; Will Smith's Advice To Bryshere Y. Grey
After Lucious (Terrence Howard) lost control of Empire to Camilla (Naomi Campbell) and Mimi (Marisa Tomei) and Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Grey), the new CEO, betrayed his father, things on the Fox musical drama "Empire" are almost at a boiling point.
"Empire" executive producer Ilene Chaiken recently spoke to Deadline about the recently debuted back half of season 2 and suggested that events on the show will only get more explosive from here on out.
In the interview, Chaiken explained why the back half of the second season will have fewer celebrity appearances than the first season and hinted at what's ahead for Camilla and Lucious.
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"What I can say is that the first two episodes launch us into Season 2B and then it takes off like a demon," the "Empire" boss said.
Chaiken also spoke about the reason season 2B will have fewer guest stars than the show has ever had. According to the "Empire" show-runner, the show will focus on telling stories about the Lyon family and, as such, celebrity guest appearances will have to be "in the context of and in service of" the Lyons' stories.
As for what's in store for Camilla, who everyone but Hakeem seems to want to get rid of, Chaiken said, "Let's just say Camilla's story will be resolved in the way that the Lyon family resolves those kinds of situations."
Chaiken also hinted at a major storyline for the Lyon family patriarch, saying that "Empire" viewers will learn more about Lucious and what made him the man he is today.
"The past comes home to roost in a lot of different ways," she teased. "You can expect weddings and funerals."
Meanwhile, actor/performer Bryshere Y. Grey, who plays the youngest and most fame-obsessed Lyon son in "Empire," recently spoke to PEOPLE about the advice his idol, "Suicide Squad" actor Will Smith, has given him.
"[He tells me] to stay strong, keep the realness, stay truthful to your character, stay truthful to yourself, and keep your family around you," Grey said. "Keep God first."
"Empire" airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.
