Why Jeremy Piven thinks that jealousy ruined his friendship with John Cusack
The two actors grew up together and were frequent co-stars.
For years, actor Jeremy Piven was best known for playing the second friend of the banana in childhood John Cusack , accompanying it to roles A crazy summer ,, Say anything ,, Serendipity , and more films. After Piven found greater success in his own words with his role in the series of the mid -2000s Entourage , their act of label team, as well as their friendship, managed a sudden stop. Read the rest to find out why, according to Piven, the friendship of the actors has embarked for a while and to learn where they are today.
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Piven and Cusack grew up together.
The actors' relationship dates back to their shared childhood outside of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois, where Piven's parents, Byrne And Joyce Piven - The two stage actors - were influential Piven Theater Workshop . The dramatic school is known to produce a generation of actors, including Lili Taylor ,, Aidan Quinn , And Cusack, who started training there at the age of nine and was a member of his youth company, according to a 1985 article in The Chicago Tribune . AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Piven, now 58 years old, and Cusack, now 57, shared a child's role in the production of the The Seagull , according to an interview of 2015 with The Guardian . Along the way, they became friends, both graduates from the secondary school in the canton of Evanston in the early 1980s and later sharing an apartment.
"I have known the guy since the age of eight," Piven remembers The Orlando Sentinel In 2001. "Johnny and I are related spirits, perhaps even soul mate. We have had a theater company together since 1988, and we like to hang around and work together. We are laughing."
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Piven has often played roles of support for Cusack tracks.
Cusack began to appear in films when he was still a teenager, with small roles in the first goalkeeper films Class (1983) and Sixteen candles (1984), followed shortly after by the main role in Rob Reiner The sure thing in 1985. With the emblematic role of detention of Lloyd Dobler Boombox in the 1989 Say anything , he quickly went from a teenage player to a romantic advance and a dramatic actor.
Meanwhile, Piven also left the Midwest for Hollywood. In addition to roles in Lucas And the Frat farce PCU , it has become known to frequently fulfill the role of balance / best friend in films, in particular The father of the family . Piven was most often found in this slit next to Cusack. Friends appeared together in 10 films, including Grifters And Large empty tip .
For many years, bringing their natural chemistry to their roles on the screen seemed to be suitable for both. "We could also play best friends in a movie," said Piven The Orlando Sentinel . "If we cannot do this well, we should both enter the roof."
Piven said Entourage ruined their friendship.
In 2004, Piven was played in the role for which he had become the best known: the Hollywood agent Abrasive Ari Gold on HBO Entourage . The show, without base, based on the real life of the executive producer Mark Wahlberg , ran for eight seasons and also generated a TV movie. Piven won three Emmys for his work on comedy.
But while the show brought more recognition and power to Piven, he said that he had no favor with his longtime friendship with Cusack. In an interview of 2007 with the printed edition of Better life , THE Mr. Selfridge The star suggested that it led to Problems between both . Asked about what Cusack thought of his new super-intruder, Piven said: "No comments. I mean, you could fill the white, I bet."
"It says a lot about a person if he has a space for the success of others," he said. "I have always been so proud of the success of my friends ... You start to get in trouble in life when you start to compare and contrast your life to someone else. You don't win when you do that."
They may have embraced.
After the publication of Piven's interview, Cusack denied being jealous and said that he only felt happiness for his friend. "It's quite contrary," he said People in a report. "I am very happy for Jeremy. I wish him the best and I have always done it."
In a " Ask me anything "In 2014, a Reddit user asked the High fidelity The actor, "What is the real story between Piven and you?" Cusack wrote: "Growed together in Chicago [sic]. Old Friend ..." asked to speak if they "always argued", the star replied: "No one, the man just love" .
However, the old frequent co-stars have not appeared together on the screen since 2003 Jury on the run . But Piven confirmed that they had repaired things in his 2015 interview with The Guardian . "Well yeah, absolutely!" He replied when asked if the childhood friends were again friends. "Once you have such a story with someone, so yes. I think we have all been lucky to meet."
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