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Kevin Dillon goes from ‘Entourage’ to action star

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He is presently starring with Bruce Willis in an upcoming motion film, “Wire Room.”

“It was my second time working with Bruce,” Dillon instructed CNN in a current interview. “The primary time round I did not have any scenes with him, which was a bummer. It was nice to be in a film with him, however this time round, I had a bunch of scenes with him. I’ve all the time been a big Bruce Willis fan and to work with him is only a actually good thing.”

Dillon mentioned the chance to work with Willis once more made “Wire Room” a simple sure.

“I selected it as a result of the script is de facto good and since Bruce was doing it,” he mentioned, including, “I am an enormous fan, in order that was an enormous plus for me, nevertheless it’s additionally gotta be on the web page and it was on the web page. I believed the script, it moved alongside actually properly.”

The film was shot final December, about three months earlier than Willis’s household introduced he could be stepping away from performing because of his aphasia prognosis, which may influence cognitive skills.

Dillon mentioned the manufacturing moved shortly, just like the tempo of the movie’s journey.

“It was a seven-day shoot. I labored 5 of these seven days, so I did not have plenty of time,” he mentioned. “I really like the best way it got here out. I believe it turned out actually, actually enjoyable.”

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Within the film, Dillon performs a federal agent who’s regulated to a desk job in a surveillance heart generally known as the “wire room.” Willis performs a Homeland Safety agent who runs the room. The movie additionally stars Oliver Trevena, Cameron Douglas, and Shelby Cobb. Matt Eskandari directs.

Since showing within the comedy collection “Entourage,” which aired from 2004 till 2011, Dillon mentioned he is been supplied a number of “Johnny Drama kind” roles, the affable, loyal older brother he performed on the present.

“I like to do comedy. I like to do drama, motion, like on this case. Plenty of occasions these days it has been drama, so it is good to do one thing a little bit completely different. However I am going to take, ’em all. I really like all of them,” he mentioned.

As for his “Entourage” buddies, Dillon retains in contact with the forged in addition to present creator Doug Ellin. Dillon and Ellin additionally host a weekly comedy podcast, “Victory the Podcast,” the place they speak mirror on episodes of the hit HBO present. (CNN and HBO are each a part of Warner Bros. Discovery.)

“Doug and I do the podcast. I am tight with Jerry Ferarra and Kevin Connelly and all the fellows,” he mentioned. “I really like these guys.”

Subsequent up for Dillon is a collection he is supposed to start out capturing quickly in Majorca.

“We’ll see if that occurs, however that is on the burner,” he mentioned.

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For now he is simply going to “get pleasure from what’s left of the summer season.”

“I do know it is sort of over, however I am gonna return to New York, see the household, play some golf and simply get pleasure from myself.”

“Wire Room is in theaters and on demand on Sept. 2.

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