Is There a Cookie Spin-Off Show in Taraji P. Henson's Future?

"These kids are thinking they can do reality TV and come and do this craft that I studied, sweated and grinded," Henson argued. "People forget it's a craft because it's so pop now...Can they make me believe the words coming out of their mouth?"

Still, Henson doesn't need to have any qualms about people believing the words that come out of her mouth. In a quote from the issue exclusively given to E! News, Lee Daniels, the FOX series' co-creator, revealed he stopped auditions after seeing Henson for the role and is even contemplating a spin-off dedicated directly to the character in a few years.

"Taraji came in with that cheap fur coat on, some heels and a $2 dress she must have picked up off the rack in Harlem somewhere," Daniels recollected.  "I couldn't believe it. She's over-the-top. She's able to go into the places of discomfort that most actresses wouldn't go. Cookie was finding her class and Taraji had no problem doing it."

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