Episode 1

1:28min
We are on the set of the film MedellÍn. Its star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his entourage talk on camera. “This is based on real people,” explains the producer Peter Martin. “Vincent is Mark Wahlberg. His brother, Johnny ‘Drama’ Chase [Kevin Dillon], is based on his cousin Johnny ‘Drama’ Alves – the same goes for the whole gang. Wahlberg pulled in his old school pals from Queens and gave them a job.”

3:12min
The boys exchange banter. “A lot of stars have a paid entourage made up of their old mates – some of whom might get them girls, or just be drinking partners,” Martin says. “Russell Crowe has his Aussie mates as personal managers and they’re worse than him.”

15:00min
The crew shoot a nude scene. “There’s always endless discussion over nude scenes,” chuckles Jimi Mistry, the star of East is East and The Guru. “The actress always wants them to be justified, but not me . . . I’ll get my kit off any time.”

24:19min
The director Billy Walsh (Rhys Coiro) stays up all night and rewrites the script. “No matter what is written before, a lot of it goes out the window when you’re on set,” Mistry says.

Episode 10

5:43min
The cast of MedellÍn go to Cannes. Vincent’s abrasive agent, Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), orders a pancake. “He’s from LA and he wouldn’t have ordered that without requests for at least low fat, no wheat and gluten-free,” observes the casting director Francesca Greene.

8:49min
An investor offers the gang $35 million for MedellÍn without seeing it. “I wish it was as easy as that,” groans the film director Paris Leonti.

13:26min
In his Hollywood mansion the film producer Nicky Rubenstein (Adam Goldberg) swears at a mobile phone while two prostitutes snort cocaine off each other’s breasts. “He is the most believable character in the whole show,” Mistry roars.

28:58min
The film is a turkey. The crowd boo and walk out. “The worst Cannes premiere I ever saw was The Brown Bunny,” Martin recalls. “It was booed so badly that the star and director Vincent Gallo apologised for making such a bad film.”

VERDICT

“It was a bit farfetched but rang true in parts and was very watchable,” Leonte says. “It wasn’t satirical enough for me, it could have been a lot tougher,” Greene says. “I loved it,” Mistry says. “It was like the film business on Ecstasy. I thoroughly recommend it.”

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