Terrence Howard Said It Was ‘Great’ Reuniting with Former ‘Empire’ Costar Taraji P. Henson on ‘Fight Night’
“We’ve been attached to so many things … I think we must’ve owned each other something from a previous lifetime,” Howard said of working with Henson
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard attend “Empire” season 5 premiere in New York City
Being a part of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist presented Terrence Howard with the chance to relive the past in more ways than one.
As PEOPLE joined other reporters on the Peacock drama’s set in May, Howard spoke with the press about his experience working on the 1970s set show — and also getting to re-team up with his former Empire costar, Taraji P. Henson.
Howard, 55, and Henson, 53, notably costarred as Lucious Lyon and Loretha “Cookie” Lyon on Fox’s Empire from 2015 to 2020. The pair’s extensive joint credit history also includes Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers and Term Life.
Speaking about working on the same project as the fellow Academy Award nominee, Howard told reporters that “it was great, because we don’t have that much interaction.”
“Just knowing the synchronicities associated with us, with her name being TPH, my name being TDH, we got our start with [director] John Singleton,” he explained. “We’ve been attached to so many things that had this starlight celestial event kind of appeal to it.”
“I think we must’ve owned each other something from a previous lifetime,” he added.
