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ON THE SET | | By Dan Miller
Three’s Company
Mick and Anikka find Luvv on the set of ‘Babysitting the Baumgartners’
That means the initial order of business is to begin the seduction of the
babysitter at the heart of Kitt’s kinky story, a naive young woman named Ronnie
played by the adorable Sara Luvv.
But the first plot twist isn’t in the script. Brandt tells me she already had to
replace her male lead, Ryan Driller, who called in sick and couldn’t play the role of
Mr. Baumgartner, aka Doc.
On the surface it’s a major setback, but Brandt could not have improvised any
better, hiring Mick Blue to be the horny husband, who along with wife Carrie is
going to do lots of delightfully dirty things to Ronnie.
Mick’s heroic save worked out because Carrie is being played by the dreamy
Anikka Albrite, the 2015 AVN Female Performer of the Year who happens to be
Mick’s wife in real life.
Brandt says when she first heard Driller was out she consulted with production
manager Lord and called a couple of agents to see who might be able to step in.
Then she placed a call to Adam & Eve Head of Production Rachel Vigneaux.
“She was great. You never know when you’re calling the head of production
for a company. She texted me a couple names,” Brandt continues, noting that
Vigneaux endorsed Mick coming aboard, calling it “a wonderful idea.”
“It’s a good thing this is a sex-heavy movie. … He’s got a little bit of dialogue to
learn but today is mostly sex. So he can cram tonight.”
No doubt Blue will be cramming later, but not necessarily with script in hand.
In the midst of his 16th year in porn, the Austrian-born stud is a two-time and
reigning AVN Male Performer of the Year. His reliability, work ethic and sexual
performances have made him one of the most requested guys in the business.
As fate would have it, he had been booked to shoot for Mason today, but
started to realize why she wanted me
”As I was reading the book I kind of
so badly for this part. I do kind of fit
that role of a young, innocent girl
who gets corrupted.
— Sara Luvv
there was no female talent so the scene was cancelled. Not surprisingly, Mick
volunteered to chauffeur Anikka to her shoot. When they were halfway there,
Albrite got the call that Brandt needed backup and she recommended her hubby.
Blue dropped her off and went back home to get wardrobe for the movie. “Now
I’m here,” he says.
Brandt’s adaption calls for a whopping 14 sex scenes, nine of which involve
Blue. He’ll do two with Albrite today from the first chapter, both of which entail
Luvv masturbating in the hallway watching them.
Luvv, who turned 22 three days ago, emerged from an open casting call in
February for the part of Ronnie. A fifth-year performer who grew up in L.A.’s San
Fernando Valley, she’s become a regular for Adam & Eve, but this assignment
without question is her most high-profile to date.
“I’m excited,” Luvv tells me. “As I was reading the book I kind of started to
realize why she wanted me so badly for this part. I do kind of fit that role of a
young, innocent girl who gets corrupted.”
Luvv continues, “I also really enjoyed just how nonchalant the Baumgartners
are about being sexual with me. … ‘Oh honey, it’s OK, let me take care of you.’
They’re very nurturing about the entire thing. It adds a little more of a perverted
depth.”
Adam & Eve’s Babysitting the Baumgartners will be released later this year.
By the Book Sara Luvv on the set of Kay Brandt’s Babysitting the Baumgartners.
and then at the end of a hidden driveway comes the reward: a beautiful
view of the city that will provide the backdrop for the story-driven porn
The road to the set of Adam & Eve’s next feature winds through the hills,
that’s about to unfold.
As we walk across the secluded pool deck, director Kay Brandt says,
“This feels like a beach house to me.”
It’s a good thing because Brandt & Co. intend to re-create lots of beachfront
boffing during the next four days as she brings Selena Kitt’s notorious novel
Babysitting the Baumgartners to life. The anticipated adaption marks the first time
one of Kitt’s New York Times best-selling books is being turned into a film.
“I’m thankful that we’re going to have sun,” Brandt says. “I was able to
rearrange my shot schedule because Sunday is supposed to rain … Monday is
supposed to be thundershowers. We’re catching B-roll on the 15th on the beach,
weather permitting.”
The volatile weather pattern, circling helicopters and nearby construction noise
will be recurring challenges for Brandt’s larger-than-average crew—it’s about 10
deep—that’s filled with experts in their craft. For starters, Mike Quasar is the
director of photography; David Lord the production manager; and Nate Liquor is
running the second camera.
Meanwhile seasoned event photographer Rick Garcia received the nod to shoot
stills for Brandt, who wrote and directed Safe Landings last year for Adam & Eve,
adapting the screenplay from her book of the same name.
That movie received six nominations for the 2016 AVN Awards and was
released as an e-book last summer through Kitt’s Excessica Publishing.
The Michigan-based Kitt gave Brandt her blessing to adapt the book, consulting
on everything from casting to wardrobe. Brandt brings a breadth of experience
that includes directing more than 40 adult movies since 2009 as well as authoring
eight erotic novels en route to achieving her own best-selling author status on
Amazon.com. Uniting erotic literature with porn is a natural progression, Brandt
says, and she’s just the person to do it with Adam & Eve’s backing.
“We’re actually filming chronologically for most of the day,” Brandt explains. “The
last scene of the day is not, but we’re going from the first chapter in the book.”
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