Here's a pretty good interview with actor Rex Lee, who stars in HBO's Entourage as Ari Gold's faithful, competent, long-suffering assistant Lloyd: Interview: Entourage's Rex Lee is No Doormat (Especially This Season).

Up to now, Lloyd has largely been on the receiving end of the boss' racist, homophobic rants, primarily to show what a giant prick Ari can be. Contrary to popular belief, I've actually liked the Lloyd character, because he always maintains his dignity, and it's usually Ari who ends up looking like an ass.

Strangely enough, Lloyd might have popularized a very specific, recent Asian stereotype in Hollywood -- the Gay Asian Assistant. I've heard anecdotally, from auditioning Asian American actors, that there's recently been a wave of roles for "the gay Asian assistant" on various movies and TV shows.

But anyway, according to the interview, and judging from the first two episodes of Entourage I've seen this season, Lloyd's character is stepping up. He's angling for a promotion within the agency, and appears to have a major storyline brewing. Hopefully, we'll get to see that character break out, because it's about damn time.