‘Entourage’ star Jerry Ferrara explained to Us Weekly exclusively why the Jamie-Lynn Sigler storyline was ‘special’ and the origin of Turtle’s name
Actor Jerry Ferrara admits it was “hard to not geek out” while acting alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler on Entourage.
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, Turtle was the gang’s comedic backbone — who always went for women way out of his league. During the show’s fifth season, Turtle sits next to Sigler on an airplane and the two hit it off. Their in-air hookup becomes a minor plot line before Turtle start’s dating Sigler.
Entourage was famously full of celebrity cameos in each episode. Ferrara noted that the ones that “always worked well” were stars who “were willing to either poke fun at themselves or just play this ridiculous version.”Sigler “was down for all of it,” he recalled. “It was awesome. Sopranos is my favorite show.”For Entourage fans, Turtle’s relationship with Sigler was a major turning point for the character. It also allowed viewers to learn his name for the first time.
“I used to ask him right around season 2 or 3. I'm like, ‘Hey, what's Turtle’s real name, we ever gonna say?’ And he's like, ‘We’ll do it season 7,’ or whatever he said,” Ferrara recalled to Us. “I don't think he thought we'd ever get to a season 7.”
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