Is doing a few bondage videos/photoshoots gonna ruin my quest to be an actor in LA?

In My Humble Opinion
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I was just curious as to what people on these boards think of my situation, and whether I should worry too much about it…

Several years ago I did a few photoshoots of me tied up and gagged for a bondage website. They weren’t nude ones, I was wearing clothes, and they are in my opinion rather mild. A little kinky perhaps, and come to think of it, there were a couple shots taken where my <ahem> dick was showing, but mostly they were pics of me tied up in various ways. My face is showing, however.

I also did a couple silly bondage videos at the same time. Absolutely no nudity in them, and what passed for a plot was that I was a college kid who got kidnapped by bad guys and was tied up and gagged and left to struggle.

I should also point out that these pictures/videos feature no sex, or even simulated sex. I’m not even sure these could be classified as porn for these reasons. Truth be told, it was something I did on a lark, cause basically i’m a pretty nice guy who always strives to be a law-abiding citizen. I was bored, and wanted to do something “crazy” just for the thrill of it.

Well, the thing that has me a slight bit worried now, is that I’m planning on getting into the acting business in LA, and I wonder if i ever do get some degree of fame, that these pictures and videos will one day turn up. Ooh scandal!

Now, I tell myself that there are many people in Hollywood who have done far worse things in their lives, and that if i ever were confronted with something i did over one weekend in my life several years ago it would really be a sign that i had “arrived” in Hollywood, since i would at least be famous enough at that point that people would care.

So if that day should arrive, should i…

  1. Deny any knowledge? It’s not like I ever used my real name in connection with this potentially embarrasing stuff. Besides, I wouldn’t want my career to be overshadowed by this event.

  2. Admit it, and basically tell the truth that it was one wild and crazy weekend in my relatively sane and boring life. Would people understand? Could I stand the embarrasement?

  3. Quit worrying, cause no one would ever pick up on the fact that it was me, only someone who looks and sounds kinda like me, and besides would anyone make the connection anyway?

Just curious what people think…

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Sylvester Stallone got over it.

Who has copies?

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If anybody can make the connection, I think it will be the folks at The Smoking Gun. You may remember when they posted details of the previous activities of Sarah Kozer (a contestant on Fox’s Joe Millionaire) on this page, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/kozer1.html. (Note that this page contains fully clothed pictures of Ms Kozer and another woman tied up, blindfolded, and, in one case, displaying the muddy soles of their feet. Safe for the SDMB? I’m not sure…)

If they can dig up the dirt about a losing contestant on a reality show, I’m pretty sure they can air your dirty laudry if you ever make it big in Hollywood.

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send me $10,000 or i will tell

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But chuk, that happened AFTER Kozer got that far on the show.

I don’t think it would hurt your chances of getting big, but if you did blow up, then don’t be surprised if someone finds out.

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You might want to look at the cover of this month’s Playboy.

Haj

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…Here’s the tricky thing… and maybe I’m wrong… but bondage tends to make people REALLY uncomfortable. Especially “hostage” bondage which it sounds like you described.

If you really think about it… LA has millions of people… and each year… maybe 10 maybe 15 “make it”. So your chances of making it big are already slim…and if you worked out a big equation your bondage shots probably are such a minor variable, don’t sweat it.

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If you “make it” to the point where people actually go out of their way to dig up dirt on you, you’ll also have a publicist/PR manager that’ll know what to do. So I wouldn’t worry about it.

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I think the fact that you were NOT nude might be against you.

You know there are some starlets who got ‘noticed’ in PLAYBOY. Plus after this one person being ‘torn down’ by being on one of these sites it kind of loses it ‘newsworthyness’. (like it had any to begin with) I really doubt this would be a problem unless you are doing something on the PAX network.

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Don’t bother denying it. If it ever becomes an issue, the facts will come out and then you’ll end up with a reputation for lying about your past.

Beyond that, any damage to your reputation and/or career is going to depend on what your reputation or career is. If you’re a rock star, it might help your image. If you’re playing a priest on a PAX tv series, you might find your character being “phased out”.