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Phil Rice
Phil Rice, 23, of West Bloomfield will debut next Wednesday in a guest role on the very popular Fox show "Empire."
"I'm so excited yes, I've seen the footage and it's amazing," Rice tells Fox 2's Taryn Asher. "Everybody is funny. Everybody is like, you can tell they got cast for that reason. That's what makes this show so gripping and believable, that's my favorite show."
Whether he returns may depend on viewer response, says Rice, who studied acting at the University of Michigan.
"They said my role is a potential reoccurring role," Rice said. "So if everybody can tweet @EmpireFOX, and say 'Go Phil Rice' or 'Bring him back' -- they can't help it."
He taped scenes last fall. They air at 9 p.m. April 5.
"After I graduated I signed with an agency in Chicago and I was auditioning for Chicago PD and Empire," he said. "I was cast in pd within a year of graduation. After that I auditioned for 'Empire.' Got it a month later.
