Entourage is a multiple Emmy-nominated series – a dramedy that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase, a young A-list movie star, and his childhood friends from Queens in New York City, as they find their way in Hollywood. Created by Doug Ellin and co-produced by Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, the show’s premise is loosely based on Wahlberg’s experiences as an up-and-coming movie star. However, Ferrara says, the show has evolved since its first few seasons and has now taken on a life of its own. The series stars Adrian Grenier as Vince, Kevin Connolly as Vince’s manager, Eric (the voice of sanity who tries to help Vince make the right choices), Kevin Dillon as Vince’s half-brother Johnny Drama, who is a struggling actor living in the shadow of his brother and Ferrara as Turtle. Jeremy Piven plays Ari Gold, Vince’s agent. The tide has turned not only for Ferrara but also his character Turtle. After four seasons of being serially unlucky with the ladies, Turtle’s love life picks up in Season Five (and continues to develop in Season Six) and fans get to see a different side – a softer, more mature side – of the character. (A little teaser: Turtle befriends Jamie Lynn-Sigler, the Sopranos star on a first-class flight home from Hawaii in the last episode and though his friends are sceptical, Turtle may actually get a happy ending this season.)
“I can’t tell you a lot ... I know it’s not like the Sopranos where you don’t want to know who dies or who gets shot but they’ll (the producers) be very, very, mad at me if I tell you what’s going to happen. “What I can say is that Turtle really grows up a lot in Season Five and Six and he does things that he has never done before. There will be change and all the changes build up to something,” teases Ferrara. Although he now has a strong following – fans coming up to him on the streets in true Entourage fashion and he can gain access into any restaurant or club he wishes, Ferrara reckons one of the most significant changes is how the show has paved the way for bigger roles for the actor.
