Entourage star Jerry Ferrara has revealed that while he would consider appearing in a reboot of the show, there would be a few challenges in modernizing the HBO classic.
Created by Doug Ellin, Entourage is loosely based on Mark Wahlberg's early experiences in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. The Emmy-winning show ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011 and spawned a movie, which was released in 2015.
Adrian Grenier starred as the protagonist, rising actor Vince Chase, whose tight-knit group of friends formed the titular entourage. As well as Grenier and Ferrara, the show starred Kevin Dillion (as Chase's older brother, Johnny Drama), Kevin Connolly (Chase's best friend and manager, Eric Murphy), and Jeremy Piven as Chase's abrasive, no-nonsense talent agent, Ari Gold.
Ferrara's character, Salvatore "Turtle" Assante, was a childhood friend of Chase who became the rising actor's assistant and driver, and was regularly seen transporting his friends around in a black Cadillac Escalade.
Speaking with Newsweek to mark 20 years since Entourage debuted, Ferrara said that the characters' journeys, coupled with a host of changes in the real world, would make it challenging to bring the fan favorite back to screens today.
"I was thinking about this the other day," the actor said. "This time of year, we always get asked about a reboot or another season of the show. It's always this chatter. And I just started thinking, first and foremost, what would the story be? Because so much of the engine of the show, to me, the show was always about friendship. And the backdrop is Hollywood and the maintenance of an acting career.
"We used to have these stories about, you know, is this movie gonna open? Is Vince going to be Aquaman? And it's so strange, because people aren't going to movies the same way, obviously—we all know that now. So what will a [new] storyline be? Would we really be worried? Are people going to see this movie? Every actor is worried about that at this point.
"You know, with our movie, it was like, is this movie even going to be in theaters? Or is it gonna go straight to [streaming]? So I would have a hard time figuring out what that engine would be for a season. Twenty years is a long time."
Noting how the landscape has changed dramatically since the show debuted, Ferrara said: "There was no social media when we started. We were all on flip phones. You could disappear for a little while and it wasn't like, you know, a big deal. 'Oh, my God, this person hasn't texted me back in four hours!'
"Half of the show in the early years was we're not able to locate each other—can't find Ari, Ari can't find Vince. It's like, that just doesn't happen anymore. So it would look very, very different. But I think I'd never say never. I think anything could be done."
Ferrara added that continuing the story today would be a "really tough thing to crack" because "so much has changed."
"But I think there's been a lot of really good reboots and reimagining," the screen star added. "I think it's a balance of modernizing the story, but still having a little bit of the nostalgia for the people who've been with us since day one. And then doing something new for newer fans who maybe were too young or didn't watch it back in the moment.
"That's a really hard thing to do. But I've seen people do it. So I will not say it can't happen."
To celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, Ferrara, who is based between New York and Ohio, traveled back to Hollywood to drive around some of the cast's old stomping grounds. In a nod to his role, he took the nostalgic journey behind the wheel of a 2025 Cadillac Escalade.
"Just to see all the spots that we filmed at and all the places. I can look at almost every square inch of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Malibu and be like, 'Oh, yeah, we shot a scene there.' We covered so much in L.A.
"I'm here with my kids, who are 5 and 3 years old. They have no idea why I'm like, not emotional, but kind of in my feelings a little bit, they have no idea. And it's all because I can't believe it's been 20 years."
Noting how different his current life is to that of the character he started portraying two decades ago, Ferrara added: "When I am driving the Cadillac Escalade—and I am still the driver—in shotgun, instead of Vinnie Chase in the Escalade, it's my beautiful wife, Bre. And in the back seat, instead of Drama and E, it's Jacob and James in a car seat, buckled in.
"Instead of going to crazy places, we're going to T-ball, taekwondo, and all these kid events. I mean, that is my life right now. And I couldn't be happier. I lost my dad at a young age [and grew up with] a single mom. I always knew the moment I have kids, everything else that I may have loved doing goes literally into the back seat. And I wouldn't have it any other way."
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