The Questions About the Entourage Movie You've Been Secretly Dying to Know

By the look of the Entourage trailers, the big-screen version of the HBO hit will be a welcome continuation of the fun-loving series, but just where will we pick up with Vince, Eric, Drama, and Turtle? I went on a set visit last year with a group of reporters to observe a day of Entourage's shooting and sit down with principal actors Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly, and Kevin Dillon, along with writer and director Doug Ellin (who also created the TV show). Each star gave us a few details about where their characters start the movie, which picks up about "seven or eight months" after the events in the TV series finale, according to Ellin. As for where they end up at the end of the movie, well, you have to wait until it comes out this week.

Vince's career is still hot, and like a lot of actors, now he wants to direct. The movie will feature Vince directing the film Hyde, and though he has Ari's help, he's in a different role now, too, as a studio head. Grenier told us that "Ari is still looking out for Vince even though he's not his agent anymore. Now he's the head of a studio, but he's still looking out for him so it's still that camaraderie and that mentorship, but now we're making movies; it's a bit different."

And as for his personal life, don't expect the movie to pick up seamlessly where the show left off. Even though Vince (Grenier) got engaged to journalist Sophia (Alice Eve) at the end of the show, we noticed that during filming, Vince isn't wearing a wedding ring. We shouldn't be shocked to find him single, Grenier assured us: "You've seen the show, right? We all knew that wasn't going to last very long."

Turtle (Ferrara) might be the character who's come up the most; our day of shooting took place at Turtle's house, a palatial estate in Malibu (for which Palos Verdes stands in). "I guess after eight years, he finally grew up; it's nice," Ferrara said to address Turtle's success, but he was also a little skeptical about whether he's really made it: "I feel like he probably rents it and his furniture is all staged," he joked. Still, Ferrara is proud of how far Turtle has come, though he assured that some things never change. "While I'll miss the older guy who's grinding it out, making $200 a week driving, what I love about it is he's made all this money and he still drives the guys around. He made all this money, and he could easily sit back and be on easy street, but he still picks Vince up and drives the guys around in his Escalade, which I wouldn't have it any other way."

Of course, fans of the show know that Ferrara has lost quite a bit of weight since the show went off the air. Ferrara says the physical change is addressed in the movie, and he good-naturedly cracked that "I think Doug's mad at me because he had to write all new jokes. But there were several reasons why I got in shape, and in a weird way, by default, it added to the evolution a little bit . . . It works with the house — now Turtle is all put-together."

Don't worry, the new Drama is still the Drama you know and love — being undervalued. "You know how it is being Drama," star Dillon said. "He just never gets what he deserves, in his opinion. He's got a small part in Hyde. But as Drama would put it, there are no small parts." But his family connection might still be the only thing keeping Drama's career afloat. Dillon acknowledges that in the movie, his brother's production is Drama's only lead: "That's pretty much it. He's got an audition he's working on — he's trying to get an audition for an aging male dancer, but that's about it." Might we suggest Magic Mike 3?

Last year, we saw Connolly shooting scenes with a pregnant Emmanuelle Chriqui as Sloan, but all's not well with the couple. Connolly actually said that audience interpretation of them being together at the end of the show is wrong. "It's funny, because I never interpreted it as them getting back together at the end of the show. People, for some reason, took that. But the way I understood it and Doug confirmed, they were just gonna try to see what they can do. It wasn't them getting back together. It was like, 'Let's see if they can do that.' So when we come back, Sloan is pregnant and ready to pop, but she still hasn't taken me back. She's having a hard time getting over the mother-in-law thing. Which, who could blame her, right?" Connolly said Eric will still be in daddy mode, but dating: "So, it's me preparing for the baby, and there's a few mishaps along the way. And a few other ladies, which has been interesting to shoot. But Sloan is who he wants, and he wants to try to get his family back together."

As for his career, yes, Eric is still Vince's manager, but the stakes are higher now. "E's main client, obviously, is always Vince. But he is the producer of Hyde," Connolly added, then stressed how important the movie-within-the-movie is. "The guys have a lot riding on this new movie and because it's Ari's first movie at the studio . . . the stakes are very high for all the characters." And happily, Ari and E are still going to butt heads. "He just loves to hate me . . . the dynamic hasn't changed much. He's got a lot to say. [Laughs] And he's the first one to confront me when I do something wrong. But the fans that love to hear Ari rip into E will not be disappointed."

Look for the movie to show the characters at their full potential. Ellin summed it up with, "I think everything's just bigger for them. They're older, they're more mature, there's real family and relationship stuff going on, [and the] finances of making your own movie are bigger than just being an actor in a movie."