This thread inspired me to start reading Sekas memoir. It’s been interesting but I feel like there’s a whole lot of whitewashing going on. “Boy, was I naive.” is a dominant theme. So, a grain of salt is recommended for this book.
More likely mommy porn actor and a daddy porn actor are making a movie and the condom rips…
IIRC - Hollander mentioned in her book that she got her start with an uncle when she was 14.
I would imagine that some people discover fairly early that there’s a lot of money to be made in the sex industry, more so in movies, and it’s more interesting than a dull secretarial job or pumping gas. IIRC when Stallone made it big with Rocky, the studio did some clean-up trying to suppress a soft-core porn movie he’d made as a “struggling actor”. between the underemployed actor category and the “make more money than pole-dancing” category, there’s no shortage of people willing to perform for better money than they get elsewhere.
And as a clever fellow I knew once pointed out… “every woman is sitting on a gold mine.”
I thought that was how Thora Birch came about…
Thora, named for the Norse god of thunder, has a brother named Bolt.
A friend of mine knows her and is not impressed with her level of self-knowledge.
I would like to read Veronica Hart’s upcoming autobiography.
Veronica has said in interviews that a coffee urn spilled on her arm. She was hospitalized and the arm is badly scarred. That lead to self-doubt about her appearance and attractiveness.
Going into porn was a way to reaffirm her sexuality. That arm is always covered or hidden from the camera. The covered arm is noticeable if you look for it in scenes. AFAIK it’s never been seen publicly
She’s one of my favorites from the classic era.
Since the original post, we had two excellent “Ask The Porn Director” threads hosted by @MikeSouth
They had the somewhat confusing name “Ask the (Not So) Amateur Porn Director”. He was a professional director, employing amateur talent, for the most part - many of the women in his productions would only do one of them. He had a lot of excellent information about how he hired people for these productions.
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