'We heisted the heist movie': An oral history of 'Entourage's' trip to Cannes

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On May 24, 2007, the 60th Cannes Film Festival hosted the star-studded premiere of “Ocean’s 13.” But the thousands clamoring for a glimpse of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were also unknowing background players in “Entourage’s” Season 4 finale, “The Cannes Kids.”HBO’s seminal bro comedy followed young movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his friends as they navigated the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle, and, as Vince’s profile rose, so did the reach of “Entourage.” In Season 2, production went to the Sundance Film Festival, where Vince scored the lead of James Cameron’s next film, “Aquaman.” Instead of returning for the blockbuster’s sequel, Vince opts to pursue his passion project, the Pablo Escobar biopic “Medellin.” When it came time to unveil and sell “Medellin,” the “Entourage” team headed to the Croisette for a splashy premiere — or at least to steal one.Doug Ellin (creator, writer): My brain was never realistic; I’d come up with absurd things.My group just always made it happen.Wayne Carmona (producer): At Sundance, I turned to Doug, “This is fantastic — what are you gonna do to top it?” Without missing a beat, he said, “Cannes.” All I could do was laugh.Ellin: Part of me thought, “Obviously we’re not doing Cannes; we’ll get a theater, make it look like Cannes.” The more we dove in, we’re like, “Let’s try to go.”Jerry Ferrara (“Turtle”): I hadn’t left the country in my life, [so] I had to get a passport.

Two nights before leaving, I’m like, I haven’t seen that passport in a minute.They sent PAs to ransack my house — it was gone.

I don’t know what strings our producers pulled, but I went to the federal building hours before our flight and expedited a passport.One of the producers then held it while we traveled.

[Laughs.]Kevin Dillon (“Johnny Drama”...