A few days after its sixth season kicked off, Entourage creator Doug Ellin tells The Hollywood Reporter that while the show had clearly been successful in enticing the audiences outside Hollywood, those in Tinseltown love it as well.
"Honestly, I've been so fortunate that this town has really embraced the show," Ellin says. "We're not usually mean-spirited; there are a couple of nasty jokes, but they're usually based on personal relationships with someone that either I don't like or that someone involved in the show doesn't like. But most of the town really likes the show, so they'll come up to me and say, "You gotta do this; have you done this?" I haven't had any real, "What the hell are you doing?" instances."
The focal audience of
Entourage, however, remains to be "non-industry" people, says Ellin. In fact, whenever HBO would be unsure if the audience will understand a certain line or situation, Ellin would say that "as long as they're speaking in ways that are realistic, audiences will follow along and start to get it."
Despite its glitzy thematic, Ellin maintains that
Entourage remains to be a show about friendship, and ultimately, any other factors would be irrelevant. "Once audiences can relate to Vince or care about Ari, they can relate to their careers as if they were any other career, from a fireman to a stockbroker."
On the upcoming episode of
Entourage, Eric (Kevin Connolly) invites on-and-off girlfriend Sloan (Emmanuelle Chriqui) to Vince's (Adrian Grenier) premiere but only as friends. Elsewhere, Ari's (Jeremy Piven) assistant Lloyd (Rex Lee) goes on a crash diet to suit his boss's demand, while Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) makes his red carpet debut with Jamie-Lynn Sigler on his arm. Sigler is no stranger to
Entourage, having appeared in three season 5 episodes of the show.
- Glenn Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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