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Joey Fatone could have added entourage He spoke exclusively about his television appearances Hollywood life. While promoting his latest partnership with Skrewball Whiskey, the original peanut butter whiskey, the NSYNC band member, 47, confessed that he was going back in time to return a call he received about the HBO series.
“I would have called [producer] Mark Wahlberg At that time he told me that he had this project about him and his friends and that I reminded him of one of his friends,” Joey explained to Hollywood Life. “He asked if I wanted to read the script. I said yes, never responded, and then two years later: entourage [came out].”
And which character did Mark want him to play? “It was Turtle’s role,” Joey revealed. Actor Jerry Ferrara He ended up playing the character along with his fellow actors. Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly And Kevin Dillon.
However, Joey has appeared in various films and television shows throughout his successful career. One of his most famous appearances is the character Angelo My big fat Greek wedding Films and an episode of Hannah Montana as Joey Vitolo.
These days, the Brooklyn native is taking the music scene by storm. At the beginning of the year he met again with his NSYNC colleagues – Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez Chris Kirkpatrick And Lance Bass – on stage. Even though they hadn’t performed together in years, Joey said they weren’t nervous.
“It was easy,” he enthused. “We all talked about how we were going to do it the day before we went through it. Then that evening was easy.”
The boy band not only played some of their biggest hits that evening, but also collaborated on the track “Paradise” on Justin’s new album. Everything I thought I was.
“When we all come together, we all fit together,” Joey noted.
Joey will also be going on tour with us AJ McLean by the Backstreet Boys this summer. The experience, Joey teased, will “take people away from everyday life.”
As for Joey’s new partnership with Skrewball, the “It’s Gonne Be Me” artist noted that the whiskey “has become a staple [his] Home bar.”
“I feel like my career post-NSYNC has been a prime example of defying the norm,” he said of the partnership. He then explained how he prepares for the horse racing season in Kentucky. “I’ll start by celebrating with my manager at the hotel (he goes there every year too). We get ready by eating McDonalds breakfast, getting dressed and having a drink. … My favorite race day cocktail before Skrewball was whiskey and cola. Since discovering peanut butter flavored smoothness, you already know what’s in the cup!”