Page 44 - AVN September 2015

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previewOn September 30, the eligibility period for the 2016 AVN Awards draws to a close, ensuring
that the month will be filled with movie releases, including ambitious epics, sexy soap operas,
splashy star showcases, new series, a new anal-themed line—even a little “lesbian porn noir.”
FEATURE
Western Ho!
After eight years, the cameras roll for ‘Wanted’ By Mark Kernes
When one thinks of epic adult
movies these days, it’s hard
not to think of Wicked
Pictures director/performer Stormy
Daniels. Of the 67 titles she’s
directed so far, both Operation: Desert
Stormy and Operation: Tropical Stormy
stick out as major productions,
though nearly everything she’s
helmed has been ambitious and
highly acclaimed.
Which brings us to Wanted,
her most complex and elaborate
production so far—a joint
production from Wicked and Adam
& Eve Pictures.
“We have now been shooting
almost every day for the last week
or so,” Stormy told AVN in an
interview on June 27. “We started
on the 18th and we will be wrapping
on the 29th, but there were four off
days in there.”
The length of the shoot was
complicated by the fact that the cast
and crew spent most of the time
working outdoors in 110-degree
weather.
“We did three days in Agua
Dulce, two days here in Malibu;
our hottest day was when we were
a couple of miles outside of Palm
Springs, in an old western town,
and one day in a house in Altadena,
which strangely enough was one
of the hottest days because the
house didn’t have air conditioning
and it was like being in an oven. At
For the last two months, I’ve been living in
1879. Everything is historically correct, and
researched.
least, on the other days, we had a little bit of
breeze,” she recalled, adding almost wistfully,
“We now smell very authentic.”
Part of the reason the production has eaten
up so much time is that the shoot has been
plagued with problems, both manmade and
natural. If something could go wrong, it
probably did.
For instance, the director recalled, “We
started the shoot with a rehearsal and
—Stormy Daniels
wardrobe fitting so we could be matched
with the saddles and horses, to make sure
our bodies fit each horse and that we could
ride in the outfits, and with a gun on us, and
we got out there and one of my lead girls,
who said she was a very experienced rider,
was not, and it was a disaster. So we had to
replace her at the last minute, and I moved
one of the girls who had a smaller part up
into that part, thought our problem was
solved. Our first day of filming
was perfection; it was like my
dream coming to life. The next
day, that girl was supposed to be
the first up, and I talked to her
at 10 o’clock at night, she had
everything, she was excited, she
said all the right things, call time
was 8 a.m.; her last text to me
was, ‘I’ll see you at 8 a.m. sharp.
I’m so excited.’ Her agent called
my production manager at 4 a.m.
and said she’d retired from the
business!”
“Do you believe her?” We had
to ask.
“She better hope that she’s
retired from the business!” was
the response.
“So, at 6 a.m., I’m scrambling
to find someone that can act,
fit the wardrobe, not covered in
tattoos, has a test, and can ride
a horse,” Stormy continued.
“Not many porn girls answer
the phone at 6 a.m. Luckily for
me, Allie Haze is one of them.
Unfortunately, she’d never ridden
a horse and she lives in Las Vegas,
but she jumped up and drove
straight out to Agua Dulce. …
I took her out on the horse and
spent an hour and a half or two
hours teaching her how to ride.”
(‘Wanted’ continued on page 88)
On the Run Stormy Daniels, Allie Haze,
Amber Rayne, Eric Masterson, Anikka Albrite
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