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So if he can keep his head down and deliver another reliable performance like he did for eight seasons of Entourage, things could soon be looking up for Jeremy Piven. Things got more revealing when Piven is asked if he was still close with the Entourage crew. "Well, you know, we were in two separate worlds . I represented the professional world and they represented the Peter Pan syndrome." For the record, that wasn't a compliment.
Some surprising truths about her rise as an actor, producer, and fashion muse. Luckily, space on VF.com is unlimited, so we are able to print more of the delightfully logorrheic interview here. Before we met, Piven’s assistant had urged me, twice, to ask him about the 100 Year Challenge, in which the actor will skydive to raise money for a site commemorating fallen soldiers. They so clearly want this noted for posterity, it seems only good manners to ask. Piven is clad in a tight jacket and a flat cap that remains firmly on his head, and when he first sits down he warily chooses a seat so far away, I have to lean my body at a 45 degree angle just to catch what he’s saying. But as the hour progresses, he gradually moves closer, slipping into seats nearer to mine every time I say something nice.

On top of his reputation for being an on-set diva, Piven isn't exactly the best interview subject either. He's often overly dramatic about his theater roots, and he has a tendency to act pretentious about the Italian art form he claims he used to portray Ari Gold. He's also known to throw a temper tantrum during photo shoots, according to The Guardian. But Piven's worst interview behavior is when he's trying to "seduce" female reporters like the time he allegedly told MTV Canada's Aliya-Jasmine Sovani that he wants to "tweet all over her twitties." Surprisingly, she took a hard pass. Piven's most high-profile scandal would come in 2008 when he made his Broadway debut in a revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. However, things went south when Piven abruptly left the show and claimed he had mercury poisoning from eating too much sushi.
It's a nostalgic trip for those of us who were teens/twenties in the 90s, like Airheads, SFW, or Singles. But even during his Entourage glory days, Piven's film career failed to take off despite starring roles in Smokin' Aces and RocknRolla. And post-Entourage, his cinematic output became even more obscure with the notable exception of the Entourage movie in 2015. Which, lest we forget, was a box-office bomb and signaled the end of the show's waning popularity.
On top of being mocked by blogs and late night shows, his co-star Elisabeth Moss called him "unprofessional," which only added to his reputation as an on-set diva. Oddly enough, an arbitrator would rule in Piven's favor that he didn't violate his contract. But according to The New York Times, he won because producers dragged their feet on hiring their own physician to question Piven's doctor's "fishy" diagnosis. Later that month, Anastasia Taneie, who worked as an extra on Entourage, alleged that Piven "confronted her in a dark hallway and groped her breast and genitals as he forcefully pushed her against a wall". On November 27, 2017, CBS decided not to order a full season of Wisdom of the Crowd following weak ratings and allegations of sexual harassment involving Piven. On August 1, 2019, Piven appeared on a KTVU morning news segment to promote a standup comedy show he was to perform in the next night in San Francisco.

Amy Meador said she fought Piven off when he pinned her down in her Los Angeles home in 1995. As far as whether or not there’s room for redemption for a Hollywood figure like Piven who’s been accused of sexual assault, Meador thinks it depends on how someone tries to redeem themselves. While the world of entertainment is increasingly opening its arms to  Piven, his accusers haven’t forgotten about their past traumas involving the actor.
Then, in 2004, he went from being That Guy to The Guy, with his career-making role in the HBO show Entourage. Though he wasn’t the lead, his performance as the foul-mouthed, hyper-aggressive Hollywood agent Ari Gold not only stole the show but kept it alive for seven years. Any scene Ari wasn’t in felt wasted, and Piven deservedly won a Golden Globe and three Emmys in the role. During his eight seasons as a lead performer on Entourage, Jeremy earned a total of at least $15 million. He then earned $2 million to appear in the 2015 Entourage movie, bringing his total earnings from the series to $17 million.
He notably played the recurring role of Russ Brennan during the first three seasons of the Fox series Bones. Dean's most recent  acting credit was the role of DEA Agent Brown in the Clint Eastwood film The Mule. In the role of Nicole, Mitch's high school crush who reconnects with our lead character, Ellen Pompeo plays a romantic character in Todd Phillips' Old School. Most notably, Pompeo is known for her long-standing title role as Dr. Meredith Grey in ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Additionally, she's seen in Friends, Law & Order, and Strangers with Candy.

Reality TV personality Ariane Bellamar made accusations via Twitter in October 2017 that Piven had groped her. Cassidy Freeman came to Bellamar's defense via Instagram when she alluded to her own disturbing past with Piven, who the actress claims engaged in predatory behavior toward her. A week later, advertising exec Tiffany Bacon Scourby alleged Piven had sexually assaulted her in 2003.

It was the first industry honor the actor had ever won, though he had, according to Time 's Joel Stein, "made a career of playing supercharged supporting characters as if he were Al Pacino on a leash. His talent is being big and real simultaneously." “I’ve been around a while, and you’re lucky to get your pilot picked up, much less have a run like that. I was so immersed in something else, [filming the British series Mr. Selfridge], but the idea of going back to it seemed really fun. I really do think that everything that one does informs the next thing that you do. And going over there and working in a different tone and playing with the best actors in the world—the talent pool is so deep in the U.K.
He also appeared in Pitch, The Oath, The Ugly Truth, The Notebook and He’s Just Not That Into You. He also tried his hand at directing, helming John Travolta's Gotti. Piven was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in 2017, which he has since denied. Ferrara has since stirred up some buzz Jeremy Piven when he played Joe Proctor in the Starz series Power. The New York native also had featured roles in Think Like a Man, Dating & New York, Last Vegas and Club Life. Grenier didn’t just need to embody his character Vincent Chase for this lead role — he needed to embody Mark Wahlberg himself.