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up for the cover when Sands texted her in the
middle of the night.
“I was like, ‘no way, is this real?’” Grey recalled.
Grey added, “It hasn’t even been a year yet and
all these amazing things have happened. It’s mind
blowing and I’m just trying to stay humble. …
Back to AVN, I can’t stop talking about it actually.
I keep having memories. I was hanging out with
Carter Cruise and I met Jessie Andrews and I wear
her jewelry—her Bagatiba line. I love her music. I
WHO’S WHO
Alex Grey: From Cam to Glam
Hometown: Hillsborough, N.C. | Age: 19 | Height: 5-foot-2 | Measurements: 34B-22-32 | Hair: Blond | Eyes: Blue
“She literally works almost every day,” he said.
The blonde stunner worked exclusively with
X-Art during her first six months; she signed with
the erotic glamour site not long after she dazzled in
her first photo shoot.
When AVN talked to Grey she was less than
two months removed from gracing the cover of
the December issue of Penthouse and less than two
weeks removed from her anal debut. That scene was
with none other than Mick Blue for Tushy, both of
which cleaned up at this year’s AVN Awards.
“It was such an experience being at AVN. I think
it was like the craziest four days ever,” said Grey,
who was there signing for X-Art. “The people in
the industry are just so open-minded. For the girls
that want to make it, it’s not a competition. There’s
obviously drama here and there but for those of us
that want to be serious about this it’s all supportive.
We’re happy for each other.”
“Greg [Lansky] made an amazing deal out of my
scene with the press release and everything. It’s
great. Everything on my social media is just blowing
up,” Grey said. “I actually looked at the scene today
and since it came out it’s at 9.5 out of 10 stars.
“So it’s awesome. It’s exactly what I wanted to
do. And it was fun and I just completely enjoyed it.
The crew, they just make you comfortable.”
Grey performed so well that Lansky’s Tushy and
Jules Jordan made a four-scene deal with her to do
anal only for their studios in the near future.
“I love doing it,” she said, adding that she already
enjoyed anal off-camera before doing it on film.
“So I have two scenes with Greg and then two with
Jules and that’s the deal for six months for anal.
And then I’m going to make people get tired of
those scenes and then start booking for it, working
for other companies.
“I think the contract deal that we have is perfect
because it’s two completely different kinds of
scenes and different styles of shooting.”
Grey’s hot streak included taking the AVN
Awards stage at The Joint inside the Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino for the first time as one of the
night’s presenters.
“I was like freaking out,” Grey recalled.
“Everyone that I look up to is out there watching
me. All my fans are out there watching me. And I
got up there and couldn’t stop smiling.”
Not bad for the military brat who was born in
Georgia and also lived in Kansas before moving to
the small town of Hillsborough.
“Everything’s so slow-paced there and I’m in love
with the fast life here,” Grey said.
Speaking of fast, her Penthouse cover also was a
welcome surprise.
“Tammy Sands shot my cover and I worked
with her twice before I was ever approached about
Penthouse,” Grey said. She found out she was lined
an education unlike any she could’ve imagined.
Alex Grey told AVN her first year in porn has been
“I’ve loved it,” Grey said. “I don’t want this to end
anytime soon.”
The good news for fans of adult entertainment is she’s
just getting warmed up.
The 19-year-old native of North Carolina seemed
primed for the fast track from the beginning when she
racked up almost 100,000 followers as a webcam girl for
Chaturbate—in less than a month.
It was around that time John Steven, the owner of
Matrix Models, saw the potential in the blue-eyed, baby-
faced newbie, who was camming as Asuna Luv, a name
inspired by one of Grey’s favorite TV series, from her home
in Hillsborough.
“I met her through another model that I was working
with, she told me about her,” Steven recalled. “So I started
chatting with her.”
Grey hit L.A. on April 23, 2015, three days after her
birthday, and now her career is “exploding,” Steven said.
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listened to her music before I ever realized she was
a porn star.”
Grey said she wants to pursue her passions like
AVN Award winner Andrews has done.
“I want to make it to that point where I can
branch out and do what I love,” said Grey, who
wouldn’t mind stepping behind the camera some
day. “In this city those things are possible here.
They’re not possible back home. I definitely feel like
I’m in the right place doing the right thing right
now. It’s a good feeling.”
Her recent opportunities also included being
hired for a one-day part in Vital Signs, which is
Apple’s inaugural original TV series. It’s billed as a
semi-autobiographical drama starring and executive
produced by Dr. Dre.
“I was on set for a 12-hour day and I was in like
four scenes,” Grey said.
“Obviously, because I shoot adult content I did
some nude simulation. I was topless in one scene
and there was an orgy scene. In the article that
came out they blew up the orgy scene because of
course everyone thinks that being nude is so crazy
and radical…
“He had me in like the typical Greek pose arched
on the floor. I’m front and center of the whole
frame for the entire scene. It’s me and everything’s
going on behind me.”
Grey wouldn’t mind doing more mainstream gigs,
but she concluded, “I would rather be on a set to
have sex.”
She said, “I’m in it to actually promote myself as
an adult star. That’s the point of this at this point.
At first it was like I just need money. But now I’m
into it and I love it and I want to be Nikki Benz
status.”
At press time Grey was scheduled to shoot
for Nubiles in Arizona and Porn Pros in Vegas in
addition to getting the box cover for Super Cute 4,
a Hard X production.
Photo of Alex Grey courtesy of Tushy.com