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Getting Intense With Stormy
O On n t th he e s se et t o of f W Wi ic ck ke ed d’ ’
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If there were just one word allowed to describe Stormy Daniels on the set
of her latest movie, WanderLust , it would be “intense.” Sure, she kids
around a bit with actors and crew, but it’s clear that some part of her
mind is always on how the next camera set-up will look, or what motiva-
tion she can impart to her stars so she’ll get the emotional reaction she
wants from their interactions, or even such tech-wonk considerations as
how the lighting will add (or detract) from the scene’s intensity.
“We are lighting it a bit the same as Predator,” Daniels explained, refer-
ring to her top-rated all-girl series. “Cinematically, it’s pretty dark and
has got kind of a gritty feel. We’ve changed the cameras for this shoot to
do some really cool shots cinematically, but it’s definitely pretty edgy—
much darker than your typical Wicked movie.”
But Wicked’s wise to put faith in Daniels, especially considering the
number of award nominations (and wins) her work has scored for them,
and WanderLust appears to be no exception.
“It’s a dark story about a young girl named Riley, played by Rilynn Rae,
who sort of always wants to get out, and she’s had several bad things
happen to her in her life until she makes her escape to L.A. and things
still don’t work out for her there, and she makes the mistake of getting
into a car with a stranger,” Daniels began to explain—but when pressed
for more details, she would only say, “You’ll have to see the movie.”
But AVN did get to see some of the sexual action WanderLust will deliv-
er: a four-way orgy involving major cast members Bailey Blue and Christy
ases
Mack together with Michael Vegas and Alec Knight.
As the scene opens, Rilynn and BFF Bailey have arrived at an L.A.
“crash pad,” where Christy and the guys are all ready for action. But the
guys freak Rilynn out, so she takes off, leaving Bailey to complete the
foursome.
At first, Christy pairs off with Alec for some heavy kissing and foreplay
on the couch, and Bailey, though worried about her friend, nevertheless
lets Michael engage in some heavy petting that soon has him munching
her muff while Christy sucks Alec’s cock. Before the scene is over, each
gal has been rogered in mish, reverse cowgirl and doggie with a few b.j.
breaks in between, and there’s even a little lesbo loving as the gals switch
partners for even more hardcore action.
—Mark Kernes
WanderLust will be released by Wicked Pictures sometime this summer.
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The concept from the
start was to make
story-driven,
”
plot-driven movies
for couples. It always
was that way even
back then.
(See AVN’s visit to her most recent set, WanderLust, on this page.)
“As for Jessica, I don’t think I’ve had another brand ambassador like her, ever. She wrote
scripts early on, and then directed a few. The first movie she directed got nominated for Best
Video Feature, 3 Days in June, and that was a regular budget movie alongside of the block-
busters, so that was amazing. And then there’s the educational movies, the charity work—she’s
just a great person. … After all these years, she still thinks Wicked first, herself second, and that
is unique. She has her Playboy Radio show weekly; she was doing her own podcasts, she does her
personal traveling, she’s starring in movies for us, she’s shooting the educationals, she’s directing
other movies, she’s out on the road giving educational seminars now; not so much porn star
signings but education is what’s important in the market today.”
Besides the numerous seminars that Drake, who’s now working on a degree as a certified sex
educator, has given at adult stores like The Pleasure Chest, and the creation of her own line of
educational videos, Jessica Drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex, the actress/director’s philosophy is in line
with the studio’s emphasis on couples-friendly sex. And that emphasis was strengthened a couple
of years ago with the creation of Wicked Passions, a romance line that ranks among Wicked’s
current best-sellers.
Orenstein explained, “Much as Wicked is a couples-friendly company, we still shoot orgies
and d.p.s and anals, and every couple or woman isn’t okay with that, so what can we do? Let’s
create a product that’s more for them, which is Wicked Passions. The difference is boy/girl sex
scenes, no girl/girl, no anal, no three-ways; no extreme close-ups in the hardcore, no facial
cumshots, all these things that the woman or couple that aren’t porn fans are afraid to pick up a
movie because of, but do want to try something at home, but they’re afraid of what they’re going
to see. This is a line we created that fulfills that for that crowd.”
That new line plays well into Orenstein’s overall philosophy regarding adult videos.
“The concept from the start was to make story-driven, plot-driven movies for couples,” he
stated. “It always was that even way back then. We started Wicked and I actually had a
Canadian distributor say to me, ‘Look, you make great movies, great box covers, but that market
is locked up by Vivid and VCA. Don’t you think you’d be better if you did something else?’ So I
said, ‘Are you saying, since two companies are doing this, instead it’s better if I do what everyone
else is doing?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘That’s not who we are.’ I don’t remember if they ever did
buy from us, but I remember that conversation, because it made me say, ‘Really?’”
In addition to the branding for its Wicked Passions line, the company also labels its features
more prominently than in past years, the better to capitalize on the couples market. And speak-
ing of couples, there’s also something big in the works from one of the brands it distributes: new
boy/girl content from amateur all-girl company abbywinters (see page 36).
Wicked’s other recent innovation is the creation of the Sensual Care product line, which is
now a company unto itself.
“We hired somebody from the skin-care industry, and we started from scratch to do research
and development,” Orenstein said. “To get in the business, we needed to understand about the
differences in the various products, and what made one better than another. We went about it in
the same way that we did Wicked. First thing is, we want to make the best quality product we’re
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Star System Bottom right, contract writer-director-performer Stormy Daniels.
Above, contract performer Kaylani Lei in Brad Armstrong’s Countdown.