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The character Turtle in Entourage was inspired by Mark Wahlberg's real-life assistant, Donnie "Donkey" Carroll, who died on December 18, 2005, at the age of 39 due to an asthma attack. During Carroll's tenure as Wahlberg's personal assistant, which lasted 14 years, he also pursued a rap music career under the stage name Murda One.
Ellin's first version of the script had the show beginning at the movie premiere, with no-one liking Vince's acting but none willing to tell him. HBO executives rejected this version, and urged Ellin to make it more upbeat. [2] Mark Wahlberg's entourage in this episode includes the real life Turtle, Eric, and Johnny.
[7] Kevin Connolly has said of his Entourage co-star that "Jerry's very domesticated. He's probably the most different from his character. He's like 180 degrees in the opposite direction." [8] Ferrara once made an appearance in character as Turtle for a DirecTV commercial. His dialogue was mixed with a clip from an Entourage episode for ...
Ferrara played the role of Turtle, the best friend to Adrian Grenier’s Vinny Chase, for all eight seasons of Entourage, which ran on HBO from 2004 to 2011. During the show’s early years ...
The core cast of “Entourage” – Grenier, Ferrara, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon and Jeremy Piven – became part of a golden age that helped make HBO (which is owned by CNN’s parent company ...
Entourage, which aired on HBO from 2004 to 2011, follows movie star Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his childhood friends Turtle (Ferrara), Eric (Kevin Connolly) and brother Johnny "Drama ...
Entourage is a 2015 American comedy film written, directed, and produced by Doug Ellin. It serves as a continuation of the HBO television series of the same name . The film stars the principal cast of the show, Kevin Connolly , Adrian Grenier , Kevin Dillon , Jerry Ferrara , Gary Busey and Jeremy Piven .
In several episodes of the HBO original series, Entourage, celebrities, including actors, authors, musicians and athletes, have lent their celebrity to the show, playing themselves. However, in most cases, many aspects of their life are fictionalized. The following is a list of such appearances.