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Interview with Courtney and Ashley Peldon

From the World Premiere of "A Cinderella Story"

By Rebecca Murray, About.com

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Ashley and Courtney Peldon at the World Premiere of "A Cinderella Story"

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Executive producer Mark Wahlberg and creator Doug Ellin are set to bring "Encourage," a series from HBO, to the air starring Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connelly, and Kevin Dillon. Grenier plays a sexy young actor with a hot career who brings his good buddies from Queens along for the ride. Courtney Peldon co-stars in series, which is inspired by Wahlberg's life and career.

Catching up with Courtney Peldon and her sister, actress Ashley Peldon, at the World Premiere of "A Cinderella Story," the two provided a brief preview of what to expect from the new HBO series.

INTERVIEW WITH COURTNEY AND ASHLEY PELDON:A

What's happening with "Entourage?"
COURTNEY PELDON: "Entourage" is coming out July 18th, Sunday night, "Sex and the City’s" time slot. We’re very excited. It’s going to be really fun.

Will it be similar to the tone of "Sex and the City?"
COURTNEY PELDON: It is in a sense, but this centers around five guys so I think it’s going to take "Sex and the City" and make it from the guy’s perspective. I don’t know if HBO has really had something that’s kind of young and hip and cool, but also is very realistic as far as relationships and life and all that stuff goes.

ASHLEY PELDON: And the ‘city’ has been transplanted to LA in this one. It takes place in the LA club district and all the fun going on around here.

You’ve already shot a few episodes, correct?
COURTNEY PELDON: Yeah, the first eight episodes are done. We’re going to see what happens after it comes out.

"Entourage" stars Adrian Grenier. What's he like to work with?
He’s incredibly sexy. Really sharp, really professional, always came to the set ready to work. He was great.

How much input does producer Mark Wahlberg have?
He’s like a kid. He’s like one of us. He’s really fun. He does throw stuff out there, but mostly he just wants to get into it with everybody. We had this pool scene and he just jumped into the pool with all of us and took off his shirt, was splashing everybody. He totally got into it. It was like a really, really late night shoot. It was 3 in the morning and he wanted to get all of our energies way up so he just jumped right in there and had a lot of fun.

ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS FROM THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "A CINDERELLA STORY:
Hilary Duff & Jennifer Coolidge / Director Mark Rosman & Producer Clifford Werber / Madeline Zima & Simon Helburg / Brad Bufanda & Kady Cole
Special Premiere Guests: Brie Larson / Jason Ritter

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