The relationship between your characters can change from hate to love and back again several times per episode. Howard: Cookie and Lucious don’t have anyone else worthy enough to fight with, so they find reasons to fight with each other. You owe me much more than that, by the way, Terrence. Cookie and Lucious are obsessed with getting nominated for the ASA awards. Howard: Terence Howard doesn’t get nominated for anything.

Henson: Yeah, and those hardships sent Cookie to jail while Lucious got fat and rich. The truth is, we’re really trying to impress each other. I should be like Cookie and just take the money right out of his damn wallet and go get my own damn purse! Howard: Taraji and I used to be married in another life. Howard: That was years ago, but when was the last time you saw Terrence Howard nominated for something?

There was even speculation that Henson felt Howard was arrogant. "Word on THA street is Terrence and I don't get along!

stars even posted a mock fight video to poke fun of the feud rumors. Like I would fight to work with someone I DO NOT get along with?! #Gotta Come Better Than That #Stupid Rumors#Dummys Wasted Paper And Ink Onthat BS." stars who have been linked to drama on the set.

Henson: I don’t Effect: Why Soapy Family Sagas Are on the Rise Does she have the nerve to critique you? .] [jwplatform ae ETRKnc] Would you two be this close if you were filming in Los Angeles? Howard: Do you have to pay for anything in Chicago?

” Howard: We all work really hard on this show, and when somebody sucks, they find out right away because Taraji is quick to let you know when you have no business being in this business. Henson: Oh, so it’s not because of all my hard work? But nobody came up to me and said, “Congratulations on ? Because you know what happens if you don’t get that object? Howard: When Taraji got the nomination for the Emmy, she didn’t jump for joy or anything like that. Seeing all those little girls on You Tube being Cookie. Howard: Every time I go out for dinner, they’re like, “No, Mr. Your money’s no good here.” Henson: Are you kidding me? Jussie [Smollett] and I went to Terrence’s place the other night, and we all fell asleep on his big-ass beanbag chairs until 2am.

Fox representatives say rumors that Howard’s role will be scaled back are “patently untrue,” and network co-CEO and chairman Dana Walden has been effusive in her support of the controversial star.

Howard played James Rhodes in Iron Man and reprised the role in the video game adaptation.

Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 20.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow.

But other Hollywood insiders who have worked with Howard tell a different story.

“Terrence has this reputation for being a hothead,” a TV exec says.