With hilarious writing and a spectacular cast, this series offered fans a inside look at Hollywood life, something no other series had ever done before. Apart from that, the show featured amazing celebrity cameos in just about every episode.
By now, fans know Entourage is somewhat based on Mark Wahlberg's real life. However, since it is not a reality series, the question over which parts are real and which are fiction is a hard one to ignore.
Today, we will be looking specifically at which parts of the show are in line with Wahlberg's real-life and which were created purely for our entertainment. According to History vs Hollywood, Mark Wahlberg himself admitted to being asked first about a more traditional reality series. The website pulled a quote from an interview the actor did in , "What an interesting thing it would be to follow me and my guys around with all the craziness that was going on within my movie career, my personal life and all this stuff.
And I said absolutely not. Jeremy Piven's portrayal of Ari Gold, the rude and aggressive agent of Vincent Chase, is no doubt the shining jewel of the entire series. While we've got to assume the dial was cranked up to the max while scripting this foul-mouthed character, he was actually based on Wahlberg's real-life agent, Ari Emanuel this according the History vs Hollywood.
Aware that fellow actor Kevin Connolly doesn't like to be touched, Piven added the line in order for Ari and Connolly's character, Eric "E" Murphy, to be forced to hug. While some Entourage character names are similar to the names of the real-life counterparts who inspired them e. However, according to Entourage creator Doug Ellin, Vincent Chase is named after Vince Vaughn, the actor who Ellin had envisioned as the star when he was writing the script.
Aquaman is a watery nod to Mark Wahlberg's experience with his first major blockbuster, 's The Perfect Storm , directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The real Turtle, Donnie Carroll, was actually known as "Donkey.
Donnie's sister, Debra Carroll, says that Turtle was modeled "to a T" after her late brother, who moved to Hollywood in the mid-'90s to be Mark Wahlberg's full-time right-hand man after the rapper-turned-actor hit it big.
She also stands behind her brother's claim that the Entourage TV show was largely his idea, an idea for which he didn't receive credit.
Debra Carroll says that her brother and Wahlberg had a falling-out in June , at which time Donnie stated in an interview that he still hoped Wahlberg would "take care of [him]" for his hand in conceiving the show NYDailyNews. Not 10 cents. He doesn't want to work, he wants to rap.
Photo: Nik Platinum. Yes, as indicated in the photos of the Entourage cast and their real-life counterparts at the top of this page, Eric "E" Murphy is in part based on Mark Wahlberg's friend Eric Weinstein, a former junkie who Wahlberg met on the set of 's The Basketball Diaries Weinstein had been hired to instruct the actors on how to shoot up.
The real "E" became Wahlberg's assistant. He was the foremost member of Leonardo DiCaprio's real-life entourage. It was a "crash course," says Adrian Grenier, who plays Vincent Chase on the show. Edit source History Talk 0. Mark Wahlberg at Shooter premiere Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg born June 5, is an actor and client of Ari Gold and friend of Vincent Chase , and his entourage, who occasionally appears in Entourage and also appeared in the Entourage film.
Entourage [ ] Mark makes a cameo appearance in the show's pilot episode where he and his entourage encounter Vince and his entourage as they arrive to a meeting with a French director for the film Matterhorn. Categories Cameos Characters Add category. Cancel Save. Wahl Street does have the same vibe as Entourage - how to build and sustain a career as a celebrity - only the personal and professional context for Wahlberg's life is significantly different in the HBO docuseries.
Hough is a senior writer at Screen Rant. He's also the founding editor at Vague Visages, and has contributed to RogerEbert. Hough Published Apr 26, Share Share Tweet Email 0.
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