The
makers
of
TV
hit
'Entourage'
have
denied
claims
by
Mark
Wahlberg's
former
bodyguard
that
they
cast
actors
according
to
race.
Entourage,
which
stars
Adrian
Grenier
as
a
rising
Hollywood
star,
is
inspired
by
Wahlberg's
early
years
in
Tinseltown,
when
he
brought
his
friends
from
Massachusetts
to
share
his
newfound
fame.
African-American
Leonard
Taylor
worked
for
Wahlberg
"back
in
the
day" and
accuses
the
makers
of
Entourage
of
failing
to
include
any
minority
groups
in
the
show.
He
tells
a
New
York
newspaper's
gossip
column,
"There
are
no
black
people
on
the
show.
There
are
no
black
or
Latino
bodyguards,
like
Mark
used
to
have
-
it's
a
slap
in
the
face.
People
always
ask
me,
'Why
is
there
no
character
based
on
you
in
'Entourage'?'"
However,
a
representative
for
the
HBO
programme,
responds,
"The
show
is
only
loosely
based
on
Mark
Wahlberg's
experience.
There
aren't
really
any
bodyguards,
and
as
for
being
multicultural,
Turtle
(one
of
the
main
characters)
is
dating
an
African-American."