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Back to Basics
Chi Chi LaRue eyes a return to his roots
“He makes just the most amazing stuff,” says LaRue. “I’m so not used to the way they work,
In Character: Chi Chi LaRue in full regalia
Fresh from last month’s Phoenix Forum, Chi Chi LaRue is
energized—and reminded of a valuable lesson he learned that
weekend.
“I hosted a wet underwear contest at the pool at the host hotel
sponsored by all the different porn companies. They all entered a model
and Levi Karter from CockyBoys won,” he recalls. “It was really fun, but
I will know not to wear black to a pool-hosting event in the Arizona sun
ever again.”
But it was worth the sweat. The iconic director is dipping his stilettos
into a variety of projects, including potential involvement with a new gay
dating app.
“I had some really productive meetings with Douglas Richter of
GUYZ, and meetings with other great people. I also met some people
because they make a movie over sometimes the span of a year! And they’ve got so many irons
in the fire right now, and all of them are masterpieces … they’re really creative and they think
out of the box, and I kind of consider myself someone that thinks out of the box. It was nice
going up and just being in that kind of atmosphere with really super creative people that just
didn’t want to get a porno movie in the can, you know? They also just shot off the cuff a lot of
times, and some of that stuff was some of the best stuff that we got. The boys are brilliant, and
it’s such a team effort with everybody … and they worked around my Starbucks schedule.”
LaRue’s recent Montreal shoot resulted in a scene between Wesley Woods and Dustin
Holloway. “I love Dustin Holloway because he had no idea who I was. He doesn’t have a
Twitter account, he’s just this normal guy who’s unaffected and couldn’t care less about the
gossip and the drama of the gay porn world. It was awesome. And I’ve become really, really
close with Wesley, so that’s really been nice. He reminds me a lot of my friendship with Dean
Monroe.”
which is what I was the best at before.
”I’m trying to find the next fresh face,
I was the queen of finding new faces!
—Chi Chi LaRue
The director has also been working with another friend, Trenton Ducati. “I love his
Gentleman’s Closet site. I’ve done a couple scenes for that, and I love to direct for it. I did a
scene with Angel Cruz and JJ Knight that was so good, and I did a solo with Phenix Saint, and
Jack Hunter. Trenton has helped me out, he’s always there. He’s in my corner, so that’s nice to
have.”
Back at his own Channel 1, LaRue directed a new movie with Woods, Hunter, Bruce
Beckham, Spencer Whitman, Brendan Patrick and Tex Davidson (aka “the one with the big
dick”). He plans to direct three movies over the summer, and is also excited about a new film
from Dirk Yates, and more material from William Higgins.
“Our toys are doing really well, and the store is doing really well. It started off really slow
once we did the move. People were used to it being on one side of the street, and now it’s
that I had never heard of, like GayCowboyRanch.com. Now I’m a fan
and I think that they’re the coolest guys. Hopefully I’ll be doing some
stuff with them, and just talking about some future projects all around,”
he said. “I don’t really want to say too much, but I think that I’m going
to be going back to my roots a little bit … and doing some stuff for …
somebody.”
Having mastered the art of the tease many years ago, that’s the
most you’ll pry out of LaRue at the moment. But if recent projects
are any indication, the future is exciting. LaRue recently collaborated
with CockyBoys on a current smash project and some other scenes he
directed for the “it” studio.
“It was really nice, directing for them. I just did some scenes, and
moved across the street into a very high populated area,” LaRue says of his West Hollywood
boutique. “People were kind of afraid to walk in there at first, but now it’s picked up, and it’s
such a beautiful store.”
Channel 1 recently announced the launch of Boneyard Toys, featuring “high-end, cutting-
edge designs” and led by a new line of cock rings. The store Chi Chi LaRue’s reopened in
January, bolstered by a special area called the XR Dungeon (sponsored by XR Brands). “That
dungeon is awesome! It’s really gorgeous.”
LaRue is gearing up for a busy season, starting with the Grabby Awards. Also on tap is a
trip to Miami Pride and appearances in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.,
where he was set to DJ while models Woods and Hunter danced. But when he has some down
time, LaRue says you’ll find him more in Minnesota now than in West Hollywood. The change
in location has allowed him to clear his mind and focus on what he wants to do next.
“I have so many ideas, just chomping at the bit to create. Directing for CockyBoys has given
me a little bit of that, but I’ve got stuff I really want to do. I would really like to do Heaven to
then we did an amazing movie called One Erection which is gonna be a
pretty ambitious project. While filming was happening, we were doing
GAYVN
some dialogue with a few performers, and I just said, ‘Say the name of
your song is Sticky Face!’ And it turned out that everybody loved that
so much that all of the boys that are in the mockumentary band New
Direction, they went into the studio and recorded a song called ‘Sticky
Face’ for the movie! It’s a really good song, and it was done by the guy
who has worked with RuPaul recently on her last two albums. That’s
gonna be a really good project.”
Fresh from shooting in Montreal for the studio, LaRue was thrilled—
as was CockyBoys director Jake Jaxson—with the opportunity to
collaborate.
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Hell Part 2 for Falcon, I’d like to do another Link movie for my own company,” he says of two
of his many iconic works. “I would love to take over a brand at Falcon Studios Group, like
maybe if they would give me a line like the Hot House brand or the Jocks brand. That’s just a
pipe dream, though. I’m hoping that one day maybe something will transpire.”
Meanwhile, LaRue is back to his roots: hunting for models, the excitement in his voice clear
when he talks about it. “I haven’t done that for so long, but I’m finding the urge to find new
guys instead of just relying on agents. I’m out there trying to find the next fresh face, which
is what I was the best at before. I was the queen of finding new faces! It’s a lot different now,
because there is a porn director or producer lurking behind every dust bunny at every club.
But I’m really lucky, blessed and grateful for the fact that I’ve got this platform that is Chi Chi
LaRue, this big drag monster that gets to go places. Like in Massachusetts, I’ll be DJing at this
club that is all nude dancers. There’s gotta be somebody there, right?!”