TMZ leaked audio of her yelling at you, but I know that you generally characterized your experience with her to be a positive one.
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They just think that the controversy of putting me in there is going to stir up media attention and get the movie recognized.” But once Lohan signed up it didn’t matter whether I was in it or not, it was still going to get plenty of attention since she’s obviously the bigger star. Part of me was thinking “Oh, maybe they don’t think I’m the right person for the job. Before Lohan was involved it was like, “Oh James Deen, porn star, is the lead,” and there was a lot of controversy about that.
Do you feel like you’re being used?īefore Lohan signed up, actually I did. Regardless of your actual skill, you being brought on had to be something along the lines of stunt-casting. Because I had so much fun, I wouldn’t be opposed to doing more stuff, but I don’t expect to be this big Hollywood star, I don’t really think I’m going to turn into the next Brad Pitt or anything. It’s not really the bridge that industry. Some do, but usually if you’re going to do mainstream work, it’s a pretty bad idea to start off by doing porn. Most people in porn don’t want to cross over to mainstream. Kind of the only reason why I did The Canyons was because it was a Bret Easton Ellis movie and the mentality behind the project, just working on something for the sake of making a movie and just doing something good for the sake of us, not really worried about the financial benefit of it.
I never really was interested in doing mainstream work. There’s a stereotype of porn stars being obsessed with crossing over to the mainstream. Or maybe we’ve just reached a point in society where our straight porn stars risk losing nothing (and maybe even stand to gain more fans) by revealing gay dabbling.Īn edited transcript of my chat with Deen is below. Or maybe it’s all a way for him to continue reveling in the “unlikely porn star” image that’s paradoxically turned him into the porn star of the moment. It could very well be that he’s simply as honest and straightforward as he claimed to be when I talked to him by phone a few weeks ago. What does that say about a performer whose heterosexuality is a commodity that’s sold countless straight porn movies, including Farrah Abraham’s “sex tape?” Here's The First Clip From Farrah Abraham's 'Sex Tape' Īs number-one-mom Farrah Abraham continues to act like her "secret private sex tape" with … But he will discuss his experiences with gay sex, both onscreen-in Paul Schrader’s aforementioned bizarrely mesmerizing and already- storied thriller-and in his real life. Porn performer James Deen will not discuss his Canyons costar Lindsay Lohan.