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What Really Happened?

Interview Series: JERRY FERRARA

What Really Happened?

Andrew Jenks

Society & Culture

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jerry Ferrara starred in HBO’s hit comedy, Entourage, and now has a leading role in the acclaimed Starz show, Power. In this episode, Jenks talks to Jerry about working with everyone from Morgan Freeman to Mark Whalberg, navigating the Hollywood landscape, and much more. It also becomes increasingly obvious over the course of the interview that Jenks is smitten with Jerry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

To introduce our guest today, I just want you to imagine you're on a movie set.

0:09.1

You're acting in a film that stars Mark Wahlberg.

0:11.4

It's a drama about war, about a group of soldiers putting their life on the line.

0:16.6

And the actors like Wahlberg are exhausted, mentally and physically, and rightly so.

0:21.6

This is an intense film, to say the least.

0:25.0

Now the actor I'm talking about, also in this film, is named Jerry.

0:29.8

While filming this movie, Jerry is also filming another movie in Las Vegas.

0:34.9

This other movie is a comedy.

0:37.5

And the stars, alongside Jerry, are Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin

0:43.2

Klein.

0:44.5

Four legends working together for the first time.

0:47.7

So Jerry is going back and forth, shooting this drama with Wahlberg, then flying to film

0:52.6

this comedy with another group of legends.

0:56.2

Back and forth, one set to the next.

0:59.0

It's a neat anecdote that speaks to the career of Jerry Ferrara, today's guest.

1:04.9

An actor who has had spectacular success, who first became quite well known with the HBO

1:10.2

hit comedy, Entourage.

1:12.3

For those who've never checked it out, Entourage was a hit show that followed the acting career

1:16.7

of the fictional character Vincent Chase, a young, a-list movie star, and his childhood

1:24.1

friends from Queens, as they attempt to live out the Pollywood Dream in LA.

1:31.0

And there's four main characters, Vince the star, E the best friend and manager, Johnny

1:36.0

Drama, Vince's brother trying to become a star, and Turtle.

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