Taraji P. Henson tells Ryan Reynolds the Hardest Part of Playing Cookie on ‘Empire’

Taraji P. Henson’s life hasn’t been the same since Cookie. The “Empire” actress discussed how the character has wrecked her personal life in a one-on-one interview with Ryan Reynolds as part of Variety‘s “Actors on Actors.” “You’re walking down the street and they’re just like, ‘Hey Cookie’ — maybe I didn’t want the world to see how I looked today, maybe I wore these sweats yesterday,” Henson said. “It was fine until Cookie came, I was okay under the radar, I could go to Ta