As we expected, Mariah Carey blew viewers away with her amazing performance o the FOX hit series “Empire.’ Many people are calling it one of the show’s best episodes yet; the producer wants more for the R&B diva!
According to FOX News Latino, Carey’s performance was as sexy and amazing as ever and the show producer’s can’t get enough of her.
“I’ve known Mariah since 1997 and have worked with her for years prior to my film and television career, Sanaa Hamri tells ET Online. “I’ve directed her music videos. I’ve toured with her, so I definitely have that insight to her just like Lee Daniels, who’s put her in his movie. We wanted to choose the right moment and the right time.”
Hamri says bringing the Grammy-award winning star on board had to make sense and be authentic for the show, which is why it took longer than everyone, wanted it to.
“But it’s perfect now, and we’re lucky that she had the availability to spend even a day with us,” she said. “We want her to return, of course. Her schedule is crazy. We were lucky to get her for what we did. She wants to come back and I’m sure that we can figure it out when the time is right and it makes sense.”
A true diva, Carey worked closely with Hamri ahead of the shoot to talk about the character, storyline and styling. All the extra behind the scenes work paid off because the episode turned out to be one of the best.
"We’re very collaborative on 'Empire,' and, every time we have a guest star, we definitely talk to them about what we’re thinking and listen to what they say, so we had a bunch of conversations,” Hamri tells Variety. “Carey is amazing on set. It’s like her domain. Our cast, they embrace everybody and they’re so warm. She came, she was professional, she was an actress, she did the scenes and it just felt like another day on the job. But the set was definitely buzzing that day.”
In the hit show, the R&B songstress plays Kitty, a mega-superstar who collaborates with Jussie Smollet’s character Jamal on a ballad called “Infamous.”
There is no word on Carey guest starring in any more episodes for the rest of the season.
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