Vince's older brother, Johnny "Drama" Chase, is also an actor and has been living in Hollywood for at least twelve years, but with considerably less success.

Throughout the series, Vince talks about how he and his entourage are "living the life" after growing up with little money, at one point saying, "I came from nothing, and as much as I like the toys, I really don't need them" when told that offers for him are drying up.

Vince's pursuit of his dream role of Pablo Escobar in the bio-pic Medellín causes him to lose out on several other opportunities and results in a breakdown in his relationships with his agents.

After troubled development, the film ends up being produced by Vince himself and flops critically and financially despite over-the-top hype leading up to its premiere at Cannes.

Vince's next project, Smoke Jumpers, fails to regain him star power, but its footage lands him a lead role (Nick Carraway) in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of The Great Gatsby set in the 1980s.

Vince is almost killed doing a dangerous driving stunt for an action film, and the resulting trauma fuels drug and alcohol addiction.