Winter stated that Scorsese weighs in on the casting decisions, watches all the cuts and dailies. In developing the series Winter worked closely with fellow executive producer and pilot director Martin Scorsese. He drew crew members from The Sopranos to work on Boardwalk Empire. He was previously a writer and executive producer on The Sopranos and has won multiple awards for his work on that series. Winter is an executive producer and the series show runner. The series was created by Terence Winter. Victor Verhaeghe as Ward Boss Damien FlemingĬrew Casper Friis Main article: Crew Producers.Declan and Rory McTigue as Teddy Schroeder.William Hill as Ward Boss George O'Neill.Lucy and Josie Gallina as Emily Schroeder.Christopher McDonald as Harry Daugherty.Edoardo Ballerini as Ignacious D'Alessio.Frank Crudele as James 'Big Jim' Colosimo.and Dabney Coleman as Commodore Louis Kaestner.Anthony Laciura as Edward 'Eddie' Kessler.

Michael Kenneth Williams as Albert 'Chalky' White.Paz de la Huerta as Lucille 'Lucy' Danziger.Vincent Piazza as Salvatore 'Lucky' Luciano.Shea Whigham as Sheriff Elias 'Eli' Thompson.Michael Shannon as Agent Nelson Van Alden.Steve Buscemi as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson.Guest stars for Season 3 include Eva Longoria, Demi Moore, Rumer Willis, and Mariah Carey. Joining them are Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon, Grace Byers as Anika Lyon, Andre Royo as Thirsty Rawlings, Leslie Uggams as Leah Walker, Phylicia Rashad as Diana DuBois, and Taye Diggs as Angelo DuBois. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, and Bryshere Y. 'Empire' stars Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Taraji P. The Lyons' unity is tested further when the DuBois clan goes to war against them. Hakeem attempts to turn a new leaf out of a desire to be taken seriously after wreaking havoc at his own party. Lucious and Cookie start a new feud over the direction of Empire, and their jealousy over each other's new lovers only adds fuel to the fire. Rhonda's fate is revealed following the previous season's cliffhanger ending, while Jamal develops PTSD and struggles to make music after his ordeal.

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