There may never be an “Entourage” revival, but fans can get a little taste of Ari and Vince in a new ad.
Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier, who played super agent Ari Gold and movie star Vinny Chase on the long-running HBO comedy, have reunited for a three-minute spot from gambling app Betr, founded by Jake Paul and Joey Levy. They’re not reprising their “Entourage” roles — series creator Doug Ellin was not involved in the ad — but Piven and Grenier’s on-screen dynamic is all too familiar.
The ad marks the first time Piven and Grenier have shared the screen since the 2015 “Entourage” movie, which arrived four years after the series wrapped its eight-season run on HBO.
In the ad, Piven pulls up to a Miami mansion party in a sports car and is hassled by a bouncer. In typical Ari Gold motormouth fashion, he says his name is “Ted Lass-hole” and mocks the security guard’s “tiny little meat bubble” of a brain. When he finally gets in, he asks, “Where’s my pretty boy?” and spends a couple minutes wandering through the party in search of Grenier. On the way, he runs into Lonzo Ball, LiAngelo Ball and Paul, who tells Piven, “Don’t touch me,” as he touts his digital casino.
Finally, Piven makes it to the waterfront backyard, where Grenier is posted up on a yacht. Piven immediately goes into agent mode: “I got something for you: International thriller … you are the good-looking jewel thief — of course you are — and I am the dirty cop hunting you down.” Grenier says he’s done with movies and wants something “better,” which leads Piven to pitch him to Paul as the new face of the Betr app. As Paul celebrates, Piven tells Grenier, “Now we negotiate … we’re going to take all his money.”
