Russell Brand: Is Get Him to the Greek the worst-ageing film ever after comedian, Diddy jail sentences?

A chaotic, sex-crazed performer meets a manipulative, egotistical music executive.

These are not just the characters Russell Brand (Aldous Snow) and Sean “Diddy” Combs (Sergio Roma) played in 2010 film Get Him to the Greek, but, as time has proven, the real-life personas of two convicted sex criminals.

The comedy follows Jonah Hill’s comparatively innocent intern Aaron Green, who is tasked by record label owner Roma to escort Snow to the Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre for an anniversary concert.

Viewers would have earlier met Brand’s narcissistic womaniser in 2008 flick Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

A list of unpunished crimes largely encouraged by the two lead characters in Get Him to the Greek include: smuggling, consumption and possession of drugs, physical assault and non-consensual sex, the discharge of a firearm in a domestic setting, and arson.

It begs the question: Is it the worst-ageing film of all time?

One scene sees Snow ask Green to smuggle Heroine onto a plane in his anus.

Another sees the unscrupulous musician encourage Green to smoke a joint labelled a “Jeffrey” — described as weed mixed with opium — as a coping mechanism for the rape he believes he just endured.

Speaking to JoBlo during the film’s press tour at the time of release, Brand confirmed there were ”direct references” to his own life that served as inspiration for his erratic character.

“Yeah, there is. Because the character is a heroin addict, and I’m a recovering heroin addict . . . a really good friend of mine who used to make, heroin for me, and he didn’t ever want to, which is not nice, to buy heroin, and there’s like scenes in this where I force (Hill’s character) a reference from my own life, I once in a threesome accidentally ejaculated onto a friend’s leg, and uh, that’s being used in this,” Brand said.

As the proverbial whipping boy, Green is also subject to “mind-f......” by Diddy’s Roma as a means to manipulate him, asked at one point, ”Can’t you feel my d... f...... your mind?”

American actor and comedian Aziz Ansari also features in the film, who, in 2018 responded to a published accusation of sexual assault by a woman who felt he had ignored her “clear non-verbal cues” regarding sexual activity following a date.

“It was true that everything did seem okay to me, so when I heard that it was not the case for her, I was surprised and confused,” Anzari said in a statement at the time.

“I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking time to process what she had said.”

No charges were laid.

However, in 2025, Get Him to the Greek’s leading stars were finally held to account for their off-screen behaviour.

In October last year, Diddy, 57, was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking operation, and ultimately found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution.

A jury determined the American music mogul had forced his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and a woman labelled “Jane” to engage in sex acts and prostitution at various places.

These facilitated events were labelled “freak offs”.

“I lost my way,” Diddy wrote to the judge.

“My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core.”

He was acquitted on three other charges, including one of racketeering which would have carried far greater jail time.

The presiding judge said the sentence had been handed down to send a message.

Thirteen months on, British comic and notorious sex pest Brand, 51, met a similar fate.

On Monday, he was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

The charges dated back to offences which occurred between 2004 and 2009 — a range that likely overlaps with the production schedule of the film in question.

Brand was labelled a “sexual predator” by Judge Joel Bennathan at London’s Southwark Crown Court, who believed the fallen star possessed a “casual arrogant disregard to any woman’s right to say no” to him.

The Brit was seen mouthing the words “we’ll be okay” to his wife Laura Gallacher as he was led away.

He will be eligible for release after serving two thirds of his sentence.