Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara - The Best of Entourage on Throwbacks

Episode Date: July 2, 2026

Everybody loves Entourage and with the legendary Turtle himself, Jerry Ferrara hosting the show, Throwbacks is the best place to go for all the best behind the scenes stories from Entourage. This week, Throwbacks runs back some of the greatest Entourage moments from the first two seasons, including stories from the likes of show creator Doug Ellin, stars Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon and Emmanuelle Chriqui telling Jerry and Matt Leinart their favorite moments. Plus, Jerry reveals how the infamous 50 Cent cameo came to be, how they filmed a special scene of the show live at the Cannes Film Festival, what it was like filming with Rob Gronkowski and of course if there is going to be an Entourage reboot and so much more on this special episode of Throwbacks.  A big thank you to our sponsor:    Uncrustables: Uncrustables sandwiches are ready from your fridge!  03:43 How quickly the cast had chemistry with Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connolly  08:06 How Emmanuelle Chriqui came to be Sloane McQuewick  11:11 What was Mark Wahlberg like as a producer?   13:04 Doug Ellin on the possibility of an Entourage reboot  14:47 Filming an episode at the Cannes Film Festival   15:36 Filming with 50 Cent  18:00 The one cameo Jerry hated most  20:02 Doug Ellin’s best and worst Entourage cameos   24:05 Alex Rodriguez on his Entourage cameo  25:31 Jerry on possible Entourage reboot storylines   28:30 When Kevin Dillon broke his wrist on Entourage   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm just tired of the Entourage reboot talk. Can we just do it or not? What are we waiting on, Jerry? Clearly the fans want to know because we had the April Fool's joke. Yeah, I didn't expect that April Fool's joke to go that viral. Yeah, and shout out Josie Liner too. And everybody was like in the comments like, oh, you just ruined my day. Oh, I'm like, everybody wants it.

Let's give the people what they want. So the one who has to want it the most is the person who's going to pay. All right, what's up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of Throwbacks. do us a solid go over to the YouTube all social platforms at throwback show Matt how we feel today bro you're doing good I'm doing good man you're in the height you're in the heights of all sorts of baseball your kids going to the majors summer's upon us it's lovely isn't it six year old kid is going to the six

you Shetland World Series six years old yeah we clinched this past weekend um yeah the the World Series is in a couple weeks we have a couple weeks off which is nice but yeah dude it's been a it's been a ride man i i'll tell you what i've learned a lot about myself this is probably for another episode i've learned a lot about parenting and youth sports because i did it with cole i get to relive it in a different way it's just it's just been it's been amazing so my perspective has changed but i never like i never live through six you all-stars with cole you know like so it's just it's been it's been pretty cool to kind of be a part of the ride and learn about yourself learn about your kid and all that kind of stuff so um but proud of a man he's gotten he's a little

little stud, but he's just, the whole team, every kid on this team has improved every single tournament, which has been fun to watch. It's cool because I, you know, we may have to have Greg Olson back now that you said your perspective has changed. So I would love to see through his eyes with his show how your perspective changed. And number two, I got to say, seeing the clips on Instagram of just number 11 liner on the baseball jersey with your kid, got to be really freaking cool, man. It's a dope image. It's a great image. When the kids want to wear number 11, because Daddy wore it's pretty fucking bad. That's a little unrelatable for us,

but I can imagine that's like the coolest feeling. Oh, dude, it's like, it's, it's, yeah, man. It's just like, it's like, when my kid wears a Nix jersey and puts a Yankee hat backwards and he dresses like 0-3. Turnel. You feel good. Yeah, dude, it's pretty cool, man.

Well, speaking of baseball, this is not this week's episode. We'll talk to you about that in one minute. But next week, we got a confirmed guest, and this is very near and dear to me, because it's a Yankee, I mean, as well as some other teams, but I think he's best known as a Yankee. C.C. Sabathia is going to be joining us next week on the show. So set your alerts for that.

But today, we have a little compilation put together for you because the Doug Allen episode came out, did really, really well. We talked a lot. Matt, you asked us about reboots. And the conversations are everywhere, Pivens out there talking about stuff. So we thought as we continue to set the table, because who knows what might happen,

we strung together a best-of compilation from throwbacks over the last year and a half. of everything entourage, from Doug to Walberg, Connelly, Dylan, Emmanuel Shrieky, and a lot more. So sort of a best-of episode, lays it all out in a neat little package, and then we'll be back next week with C.C. Sabathias. So I guess sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. Let's go Turtle. Let's go, Turtle.

With your friends. They're my friends down. We need to get one of these homage shirts with me and you, but like our podcast stats. Can we do that? Yeah, we can. We're going to do it. Let's talk to the boys over.

over there. All right. Here's your best of Entourage episode. When you guys, like going back to the beginning, when you're auditioning for this show and obviously iconic show

and the chemistry you guys had, what was it like when you first auditioned and you're all getting to know each other? Because I asked Jerry was like, were you and Connolly boys? Like you guys obviously have a competitive relationship. What were those relationships like early on? Was it like synergy right away?

Yeah, right? I mean, we had a lot in common all of us. Yeah, we're all New Yorkers. And we didn't know each. Everyone automatically assumes, oh, you guys must have known each other a little bit, right? And I had never met. I really hadn't worked all that much at that point. I'd done, like, little things here and there.

But obviously, I'm like, I know Dylan from Platoon and the Doors. And Connolly, I was watching a sitcom when I was a kid. So I know these guys, right? I know of them. But I always say it's the thing that you, and I think it's similar with sports. We're talking to flarity about it, too. It's like, you can't cast chemistry. It either kind of happens.

or it doesn't. Now, sometimes you can not have chemistry and a movie or show could still be good, but it helps to have the chemistry. And I do think that we just had it early on. I can't point to why, other than maybe it's because we're all from New York.

Well, I remember when we first met, was that the audition? You were sitting out there, you had a Giants jersey. I did have a Giants jersey. Although, how many of the jerseys they've changed? It might have been LT. Was it L.T?

I think it was Seahorn. I want to say, but as a giant's... As a Giants fan, I'm like, hey, what's up? You're from more than... I'm like, hey, you got another smoke? He was, we were all smoking.

So you're a Giants fan? Yeah, I'm a big, big Giants fan. I must have mooched like five cigarettes off you. Sorry about that. Then I see him at another audition. Once again, I got no smokes. I got a different jersey on. You got another smoke, bro.

This wasn't the first time I met you. This was like so. Oh, this was odd rush early on. Yeah. I guess we did about six. There's a lot of. There's a lot of, maybe four auditions and then the screen tests. It all heads to like the final.

day where it's like cut day it's the test right where the net HBO's there all the producers and then you're in the waiting room and you have like there's like three actors for turtle I could see the other turtles you could see the other ees there was no other dramas they have to bring options I didn't know there was no other drama

I tried no other drama I tried to tell you a couple guys was there ever like so you're auditioning for turtle with other guys did some of the other guys did they ever become like big time actors yeah there's like missed out you know you always hear that like oh they could have had that role but they missed out. It's not missing out.

It's like, you're either the guy or not the guy. Who were they? Well, I know what you, was you and dad, an actor named Dash Meehawk who was on Ray Donovan for years. He's been in a million thing. Never stops. More than anybody, yeah.

But I know I almost didn't get it because everyone's concern was always like me and Dylan. Like there's like not that big of an age gap, but these guys were supposed to be in high school together. And I get like, that's why they made me. That's why Turtle always had a beard. I couldn't even grow a beard back then. And they put me in these like baggy jerse.

because they were trying to make me look older. Right. And basically they told me, like, if you're not going to get it, it's because you're too young. You're 23 and you look like you're 12. But for all the deep dives on the show, nobody ever said it.

No one ever mentioned, like, there's no way Turtle and Johnny Drama went to high. Never was a thing. Right, not one time. No one ever mentioned it. But yeah, like the chemistry of out. Well, they also made like I was let back a couple years. Probably were.

You were in high school. But I will say, too, do you think what Wahlberg did helped? But we shot the pilot, and then when we got picked up, there's a big time gap in between shooting the pilot and when HBO makes the decision, like, all right, we're going to go with your show.

Once we got word, we're going to start shooting in like three weeks. Walberg says, all right, I'm going to take you guys on a private plane. Now, me, I've never flown. I've flown three times in my life, let alone with PJ. Right. We're going to go to Vegas.

We're going to go to an HBO fly. We're going to roll together. Like research. We'll do some research. And I remember rolling up to the Burbank Airport. Like, I got a tail number. about meeting Mark Wahlberg. They're like,

yeah, that's awesome. Do you remember what fight that was? It was Roy Jones Tarver? No? Wasn't it like Corallis? Wasn't it like something crazy? Well, maybe it was like one of the Corallis. It was like a insane fight.

Yeah, it was an insane fight. But we go on a private plane to Vegas, the four of us with Mark and like three of his boys, and we just had an amazing weekend. Right. And came back and it was very evident at that moment. Like, okay, we got the, we got the chemistry. Entourage was the biggest surprise of,

my life in a multitude of ways. Like, yes, coming in as a guest star and then getting called back and called back and called back and then being in it to the end and then the movie. Like, what? Do you remember back then like when you're, whether it's your first day or first week? Because at that point, season two, it was successful critically. There was some of what stuff, but, you know, it was still building and growing. It wasn't what it ended up becoming like.

Do you remember any going into it? Did you know what it was when you went in? And you were kind of like, it's a cool part. These guys seem okay. No, literally. Like it was really kind of going in blind. Right.

Because I didn't watch the first season. Not many people did. It was on my radar, so to speak. And then, you know, I kind of came in, had a crazy audition process. Like really. Did you go in like 10 times? I went in like a couple of times. And I remember the first time that I went in, I went in and I remember like this was just a cold audition.

And Mark Wahlberg was in the room. That threw me too. He did that. They did that to me too. That really threw me for a loop. Oh, no, that threw me. Like I called my people and I was like, uh. Could you let me know?

Could you let me know? So what is, is that like you just go, I mean, you go into a room and he's sitting there behind with the casting direction. Yeah. He's like everybody. Is he running lines with you? No, definitely. That would really messed me up.

So weird. But like, I'm just like, I. kind of knew him prior so I was really thrown off that would throw me to it did throw me yeah yeah it was weird and then you know I had a call back and before the call back I got a call from Connolly and you didn't know Kevin at this point right barely again like peripherally but no we did not know each other but I knew all his friends right and he was like I remember he said to me he goes forget all the notes that you were told just come in and do exactly what you did.

And I was like, uh-huh. Oh, so you went in and they gave you come back in and here's some notes. Yeah, but like from the agent side and stuff. And so Connolly was like, forget it and just come in and do what you did. So I was like, well, I'm going to listen to him. And so went in, he was so gracious. And I think like at that point, Connolly had really decided like, I want her. Yeah.

And then there was like a two week of nothing, like radio silence. You were able to forget about it? Because I always had a hard time. All right, we did it. Let's move on because you're going to wait and it's torturous. It was so torturous. And then like eventually I think I just got it out of my head because I was like, well, this isn't happening. And I remember I was at the airport, I think like flying to veil or something.

And I remember on the, you know, in the airport bathrooms, the toilet, it says, Sloan? Yeah, I was like, this is a Sloan. I always get asked to, you know, what was, especially in the early years of Entourage, like what was Mark like as a producer? And look, he was very much like around in the beginning, you know, I think the Entourage was one of the first things he really produced, and then he's produced a hundred things since. And I always say, like, it was just like this amazing resource of like an ace in the whole, like, you know, probably helped out early with the cameos, too, because again, like I always say no one

knew who we were in the beginning. But I always say, too, the best example was, I think when we lost Eli and Peyton Manning for the golf episode, right, they were supposed to do it and then something happened. And then Walberg stepped in to play one of, you know, to be one of the roles. And he was like, I'll just

call Tom. And we're like, what? He's like, I'll call. See, Brady will do and he like steps outside, like calls Brady. He's like, Tom's in. He'll be here in two weeks when we shoot. That's like the best example of like having him as one of your producers, and that's so many people's favorite episode. I always tell this story when I was auditioning for the pilot.

You know, the final step, Matt, when you get cast is, you know, you test in front of the network, right? And that's a stressful crazy day. It's like tryouts and guys are getting cut and sent home. And I remember I went in for like my first run, whereas just me. They weren't pairing people up. And it went okay. And I went outside in the room, there's 40 people. I always remember Kevin Dillan was the only one there for Johnny Drama.

He stood up. He was like, who else is here for Johnny Drama? And played it perfectly. You got the part. And then Walberg came out. And he like pointed at me. I'd never met him before at this point. And I'm like nervous now.

I walk over. He kind of throws an arm around me. And he's like, listen, what you did in there was fine. But that's not what you've been doing on all your tapes. Like I've watched your tapes. You know that moment everyone talks about where it's like, this is the time? This is the time. He's like, you need to like snap up and go.

This is the moment that people ask for. I know the reboot question and I get it, but I think everybody, is there a world in which we see that? What does that look like? Like, what are your just thoughts on a reboot? I mean, look, anything is possible, you know? We obviously, like I said, for whatever reason, the culture is taking a lot of swings at us specifically. Like they somehow don't find, you know, Sopranos, which again, I'm not comparing it quality-wise. Think whatever you want about whatever you want.

But Sopranos and where they beat up women and when they murder people is not a bad thing, but a show where people say some racy language for some reason is like got this weird thing. But as far as the question of like, oh, could you do the show? Of course I could write it today. And of course, I know how to write what the culture is today and how the guys would adjust. Could Ari walk around his office speaking the way he did? Of course not. You'd be fired in a second.

They'd be videotaping you all day long. but the reality was that show was a very realistic look at how people were speaking in Hollywood at that time. So you can like that or not like that, but it was certainly not meant to offend anybody. But will it actually happen? You know, it's not something that I really give a lot of thought to. If someone decided they want to do it, then I would go, okay, let's get into it. But I think with the podcast, which I think you really get a feel of what the vibe of it is. You know, anything is possible because the guys are all still great.

Yeah. And, you know, we just have to figure out the most difficult thing would be like, why do these four 40-year-old plus guys live with each other still? That's the most unrealistic situation. That part, yeah. You know, we became known for shooting at real events, right? So we went to the actual Cannes Film Festival to do an episode, and they kept their red carpet open for us at the very end.

It was the Ocean's 13 premiere. And when we saw, I think it was Scott Kahn, walk in, that was our cue. They kept like 10,000 journalists and photographers there for us. And one take, you got one shot. And I had the first line coming out of the car. And I just know, like, if I come out bumbling this line, it's over. I blew the whole, we blew all the way to France for nothing. And like you, I'm back there just running everything of like what could go.

And sure I managed to get through my line. And I just remember going, whew. But when we got it, it was like, wow, that was crazy that we did that. And there was this huge feeling of relief and I knew it would be something I would remember forever, which I could only imagine is what every WrestleMania must feel like.

What was your experience like with 50 Cent? Did you ever cross past with him? I know him and Joe are super tight. We have an interesting history because 50 did a cameo on entourage that was initially scripted for Kobe Bryant. But it was in season and Kobe literally wrote back,

I don't do anything in season but play basketball. So we had to change it from, it's the scene where my character who's starting to, the turtle starting to feel emasculated and like, I have no job. And then Vince buys him a Ferrari and his girlfriend, Jamie Elyleyn buys him a Porsche. She was like, you guys think I'm losers.

So he takes off in the Porsche and then pulling up next to him, which is now one of the more famous memes on social, is 50 who says, I see you drive in your daddy's car. You look good though, and he laughs and drives away. Entourage had money. We were going to get 50 whatever car he wanted,

but 50 said, no, no, no. I'm going to ship my car out from New York. and I want to be in my car. That was my first experience of 50. He also was in Las Vegas with me. And then when I come on to power, I knew he was a character on the show and a producer, but how much is he really around?

They always asked that with Wahlberg too. How much is Walberg really around? And 50 is around. Every table reading. He's directed episodes. His DNA, especially on them early seasons, was there. And 50 and Joe, and we talked to him about in the interview,

became really tight. On the fortunate side with entourage, and this is something we've talked about many times on this show. And I've started to ask athletes, because, you know, I always say it. Actors didn't look at entourage. Like, oh, like, they enjoyed it. But, like, for some reason, athletes related to it way more,

like, the amount of athletes that have come up to me over the years and shown me love, as opposed to, like, the actor you think would be like, hey, you're emulating what it's like for us. It's almost like they play it too cool, you know? but I've had like I said it was really cool I get love from Zion Williamson

at a Knicks game he came up he's like I watched you know I'm late to the show I watched it while I was injured a whole year got me through my injuries like I enjoyed it and I kind of asked him I was like what

what is it that you liked because I always want to know why athletes more than anyone and he was just like I just having people in your corner that you could trust that are just not like outside of the organization inside it just that's everything

Jerry you didn't answer the question Well, you're talking about who big boy? Who do you think, Matt? Tell me. He plays football. Oh, yes. Let's get it. Retired or current?

Well, he's probably going to retire pretty soon. I mean, he's a quarterback. Do I need to? I don't want to say the name. I'm not going to put. I just don't know why I don't. Oh, we're talking about. Aaron, yeah.

No, no, no, no. Oh, no. Russ. Russell Wilson. Let's just say Russ. You heard it. Here, Kyle. Russ is in the entourage movie, right?

He is the one who threw the past where Kevin Connolly broke his leg. Jerry's backpedaling right now. No, not. What I'm saying is like he was around. Like he brought us up to Seattle. We screen the entourage movie for the whole team. He carried us in the building. Was he unlimited?

Was he unlimited as an honor? Let's say when the entourage movie didn't make hundreds of millions of dollars, it was deemed like success, but not nearly what we all thought it could have been, he was out. He was out. Russ was just, unfollowed, a real numbers God, was just, was just out. All our cameos were so good. They all wanted to be there, you know, for the most part. So we never had like issues, but Bob was really like one of those guys. Granc also, by the way, if you remember, Jerry, Gronk was serving soup to extras at 2 o'clock in the morning. He was just

like, happy to be there. And Bob was like that too, whatever you need. And just one of the great guys of Hollywood, you know. for real, like just a good, good person, you know? The Grand Cameo was electric. He came in. Was he really on Crutch? He was in the movie. He was in the movie.

That's right, yeah. Now, was he on Crutches scripted or was he actually injured at the time? He was injured from, I don't even know if he's a Super Bowl. I can't remember. But I just remember, Katz. Oh, right, yeah. Time is so fast. You know, Russell Wilson was in the scene.

He was a buddy of mine at the time. He overthrew Connelly. It's like, kind of broke his leg. Jerry always talks about Russ. I talk shit about Russ, Doug. I ain't even with a live. Jerry doesn't dislike a lot of people, but I kind of think Jerry really dislikes Russell Wilson.

I'm just throwing it out there. He's not Bob Saggett. Let's put Bob Saggin. He's not. You know, but I remember Russell looking, when Grong came on the set, because I think Henry Penzi, who was one of Walberg's friends brought up.

You definitely met Henry, Matt, for sure. You know, with Julian Edelman. And I forget who else is there. know, and Gronk was up for whatever. But I just remember Russell looking at Gronk because if you remember at the time, they didn't really have a big receiver or tight end Seattle. And he was just looking at Gronk and he was like, God, I need one of those, you know? Because I mean, Gronk is a, I mean, he's a giant.

You know, when you're standing next to him thinking about how he moves, the way he moved, is pretty nuts. But that was also one of the great ones. Is it in that scene too? Was he? That's right. Yeah. At that party.

in the movie. Isn't that to see? Everybody from ice and sag it. Yeah. Jerry, where someone breaks, does it, does Connolly break his arm? Connolly breaks his leg. Or his leg? And that was a Russell Wilson pass.

We've told the story before. Connolly caught it. Then he tried to extend over the goal line. Get the touch because him and I was like, I had him wrapped up. And as he extended, I like slid down his body and like landed on his leg. And we both heard like, and I literally went, what was that? Conn's like, oh. my leg. So let me wrap it up with

Grunk now. So we just think that Connolly has like a bad ankle spray. Russell Wilson's like lacing up his sneakers. He's got an ankle sprained. Lace up your sneakers, his bones popping out. And then, but we didn't, Connolly didn't run to the doctor. He tried to play through. Later that day, we're doing that whole party scene. The thing

we were ending with was it was like an intimate sex scene that Connolly had, right? So I remember all being huddled up. Gronks in the huddle. Of course he is. A better word. And he was like talking and everyone's like, should, you know, maybe you'd get him like a painkiller or something and then Conn's like,

I got this whole sexy, you know, and Gronk's like, well, if you're doing, if you're going to have sex, you shouldn't take a painkiller. It's like, no, he's not really going to have sex. It's a sex scene. He's like, oh, well, then do what you want, but he walked away. He thought like, oh, well, first they were talking about shooting him up with, what is it, a turtle? Is that what they call it?

Toral, right? Is that what it is? But Doug, but Doug, do you know all this is happening, like, when it's happening? Like, do you know he breaks his leg? Oh, yes. You're like, I'm in the room with this. And I'm like, I'm, you know, I'm, I think Jerry will agree. I'm, like, more concerned about my friends than getting the set, you know, like, we know there's movies where guys are like, you know, apocalypse now.

Coppola was like, Martin Sheen had a heart attack. He's like, I don't dare put a stick up his ass and throw him on the set. But I'm like, we got to get you to the hospital. And Connolly, I guess in his defense, I mean, because he must have been in severe pain. He's like, I'm not going to the hospital. I'm getting this scene done, which it really would have, you know, when you're making a movie with a relatively low budget, it would have killed us if we had to shut down that whole thing.

So, Kyle, we played through. Ended up getting screws put in his leg, Matt. Like, it was like a real bad tourtals where we get shot in the ass before games. That shit. Is that known everything? Three hours of no pain. Man, I need to travel with you, but you're like my age. You might feel good.

I'm your height man. And you forgot entourage actor for like 30 seconds with my man, Jerry. That's what I was going to say. You know, we're so excited for the HBO doc. Alex versus Aeron, but that is not your first appearance on HBO. Your first appearance on HBO is Entourage. What do you even remember from that shoot? Because that must have been wild for you, because you were in season, if I recall.

How atrocious of an actor I am. No. It was fun, though. We had a blast. So I remember really quickly, we had approached Tashara about wanting to get you guys on the show. And the word that came back from Tashara and you was, we're not doing that. until we win a ring. Then you guys won the ring.

I was at the Regis Philbin show. You guys were there celebrating your ring and I looked at the Chera. I'm like, it's time, right? It's like, yeah, maybe. We'll see what happens. I'm like, and it ended up happening, which was huge for us with Autoraz.

We've always been like indebted to you guys. I mean, to shoot at Yankee Stadium with Alex Rodriguez was unbelievable for us. So thank you, buddy. That was such a, you're welcome. And that was such a cool moment. I mean, first of all, coming off winning a title in New York,

there's nothing like it. And then you guys had the, show for so many years. I mean, you basically were pioneers in the world of, that everyone feels like you have a show now, but back then, that was the show. We should address Yeah, you made a lot of, it was a lot of an entourage talk this past week.

Okay. You know, you're such a good partner and co-hosts because you're throwing it on me. So April Fools. I'm just tired of the entourage reboot talk. Can we just do it or not? Like, what are we waiting on? What are we waiting on, Jerry? People want to know. Clearly the fans want to know.

Because we had the April Fool's joke. Yeah, I didn't expect that April Fool's joke to go that viral. Yeah. Shout out Jocely Liner too. And everybody was like in the comments like, oh, you just ruined my day. Oh, I'm like, can we, everybody wants it? Let's give the people what they want. So the one who has to want it the most is the person who's going to pay for the movie or the show.

See, I'm also a firm believer. if we ever did bring it back. Obviously, I don't think it should be a movie. I think it should be an extended, like, season again, right? Like, that show always plays well in a show context. I'm not a big fan of the April Fool stuff. I've always said it. On social media, it annoys me to tears.

So I was pitched the idea of doing an entourage April Fool's post. And I immediately, you saw it. I was like, ah, I don't want no part of it. But of course it was a good idea. and I repost it, and I did not expect to get two million views on Twitter and two and a half million views on Instagram and media outlets calling me asking me if it's true. I'm like, guys, check the date. It's April fools.

Like, why is that one the one that you all believe? Bro, people love it, dude. They want to see it back. Well, the thing that it made me think of, too, was like what would, and then everyone's asking me, what would the storylines be? I knew it was bad, like, when my mom was like, wait, is that true? I even got, like, my poor mom got fooled, so that wasn't cool. I do think now

as I think about what the movie would be I think it actually like we would have to lean into how old we all are and it has to be a younger generation in it that's like paralleling us you know. There would be a great scene where it's just like Vinny gets all you guys and you guys just basically boys we still got it and you go somewhere

and you're walking around and they're like it just you could just see it dude the fucking slow-mo walk out of the fucking, uh, well, I always say, I have the Johnny Drama storyline. Johnny Drama is like the first legitimate actor getting replaced by AI. Like he's got, his own likeness is replacing him. They're like rebooting Viking Quest and they're replacing him with his AI version of itself. I think an interesting thing though would be because, you know, Vince is the movie start like, you know, how hard is it to get people in theaters to see a movie? That would be a really interesting storyline if the guys had like a movie

that wasn't a Marvel movie. Like, how are we going to get? And the whole story arc is like, we got to do something crazy to get these people to the movies. How do we do it? Let's make it happen, dude. You hire Timothy Shalameh is what you do.

You don't really ever think of actors in a clutch way like you do with sports, but I do have a quick little story. This is the most clutch performance I've ever seen an actor give under, I would say, extreme circumstances. So I think this is maybe like season. in two or three of entourage.

We're still finding our way. We're starting to do well. We were asked to be on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, which back then was a big deal. You're on the cover of Entertainment Weekly? That's a big deal. We were all super psyched.

But we were still shooting the show, so they set up the photo shoot for the cover on like a Saturday when we weren't working. It's Thursday now. We're shooting the show. We're doing this scene outside of one of the mansions. There was a basketball hoop-up, right?

And the whole, the scene's easy. It's me, Dylan, and Adrian shooting around. We're waiting for Connolly's character to come in where we give him shit about Sloan, whatever, right? So we're shooting around. Dylan always loved in like any sport things to always look awesome on camera, right? Like he dunks on me in the pilot on a six-foot rim. So he's playing Adrian like one-on-one in basketball. And there was these pavers in the courtyard in the house where they're shooting around.

There was this big fountain. So they call cut. They never wanted us to keep playing, but Adrian and Dylan continue to play. And Adrian is not, as we know, not an athlete. Dylan's like going for a drive. Adrian steps on foot.

Dylan would remind me of like fucking Dennis Rodman, just a little flaley but physical. Yeah, yes, yes. Matt, you're fucking dialed in today, bro. You're dialed in. Adrian like steps on Dylan's foot. Dylan loses his balance, but his foot's still trapped.

All of Dylan falls. All of his weight goes on his wrist. Like he breaks his fall with his hand and his wrist snaps. And he fucking gets up and he's like instantly. He's like broken arm. Guys, broken arm, broken arm. I remember he took his watch off and he was in so much pain. He stuck his hand in the fountain of the courtyard.

He's looking for something cold. He was freaking out. We go fucking look, Matt. His fucking wrist, the bone sticking. It was gnarly. I remember Connolly calls Doug Allen. He's like, bro, show him. over. Kid Dylan broke his arm. We're done. So they rushed Dylan to the fucking hospital. He has to

have emergency surgery. All this stuff. We're all super concerned. And once we know, like, all he's going to be okay, but this is going to be, we're going to be out of business for a while. We start hearing, oh, fuck. The photo shoot, entertainment weekly, surely not going to, like, they want all of us. It's probably done. Dylan gets surgery on a Friday morning on his wrist. And then that says, Saturday shows up to the fucking photo shoot. I don't know what they shot him up with and hopped him up. I mean, cast on his arm,

eyes fucking like this. He wasn't missing that cover, bro. And if you, he continued through the 12-hour photo shoot. And if you go look at those pictures, I'll post them on our social. I am strategically placed in front of Dylan's arm

in every picture because his hand was so bad. He looked like Chubbs from Happy Gilmore. It looked like he had a wooden hand. That's how bad. So to me, actors don't really have a reputation of being tough. Yeah. That is a clutch performance because we would have lost the entertainment weekly cover. So shoutouts.

What a beast. That's a great story. We got to pull that. We got to find that online. Also, like, he just, like, his daughter was born like 40 years before? Was he in a, was he for the, was he, I mean, he probably was in a long Steve show or something. He was in like, yeah. So there's one funny scene, and I'll find it too and try to get it on our social.

Because you know, like every kitchen scene, Johnny Drama is cooking breakfast for her. us, right? But he has one arm. There's one scene where he's like, he's like squeezing oranges for orange juice and like a thing. He's got his hand, bro. He's like, you can just tell he has no fucking use. His hand is limp. He's trying to like squeeze an orange. But yeah, that dude missed like a half a day of work and was back. Yeah, bro. Some people are just built different, man. Yeah, not me, bro. I would have took fucking two months off and said, fuck, entertainment weekly. We ain't doing it. I'm taking some time off. You know,