“Empire” is Casting Rappers & Boy Band in Chicago

Extras Casting Information for FOX’s “Empire”

The new Lee Daniels TV series “Empire” is filming the 1st season in the Chicago area and is in need of rappers and a boy band for a scene that will be filming on October 8th.

The show’s casting directors are seeking men in their 20’s of all ethnicities to play male rappers and men between the ages of 18 and 24 to portray members of a boy band.

The new FOX series will be premiering later this fall. Lee Daniels (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”) and Danny Strong (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”) are back together again working on a new project. “Empire” will be a music driven, sexy drama about the inner workings of the music business, more specifically, a family run hip hop business. Terrence Howard will star as Lucious, a man with a checkered past who climbed to the top of the hip hop music business and is now at the helm. “Empire” also stars Taraji P. Henson, Trai Byers, Jussie Smollett and newcomer Bryshere Gray.

Life at the top of the music business may not always be that rosey. The family may not be getting along as well as Lucious may have hoped for and complicating the matter is the news that Lucious is dying. Lucious only has a few years to live and must now groom one of his three sons to take the reigns. May sound easy enough, but Lucious has issues with each of his sons and doesn’t believe any of them can rise to the occasion to take over the family business. Also throwing a wrench in the works is Cookie, the coniving ex-wife who is now out of prison having taken the fall for Lucious years back. She is now back and has her eyes set on on the rewards… Empire.

While the family may have its issues, the music will not be one of them. A-list music producer Timbaland is creating an original soundtrack for the new FOX series as well as overseeing the shows music selections.

Be sure to check for other casting calls on the “Empire” page. The show has a good amount of crowd scenes and has been casting lots of extras lately. Also, they need more general extras for a club scene filming next week.

Here is the extras casting call information for “Empire“

Now for some fun! We are searching for guys (20s), all ethnicities, to play RAPPERS for a shoot on Wednesday, Oct.8th for our other show. If you can work on this day send your photograph looking hip to empirevips@gmail.com and put “rapper 10.8” in the subject line. Include your height, weight, age, and phone number.

We are searching for young guys 18 to 24, all ethnicities to make a “Boy Band” for a shoot on Wednesday, Oct.8th for our other show. If you can work on this day send your photograph looking hip to empirevips@gmail.com and put “Boy Band” in the subject line. Include your height, weight, age, and phone number.