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Taraji P. Henson sabotaged James Corden's audition for Cookie Lyon


It's hard out here for an actress.

And James Corden learned the hard way that Taraji P. Henson, in the zone in an audition room nonetheness, is not a woman to be messed with.

In a skit on last night's Late Late Show, Taraji is joined in the waiting room for her Empire audition by a large man in a very cheap wig and some kitten heels, who eventually directs his Cookie smack-talk script-reading at her. What follows is a classic Taraji rant, with an absolutely savage line about Into The Woods.

See, Taraji? He wasn't a tree!

But in the end, James just didn't have that Lyon blood the role required.