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WHO’S WHO | Fresh Faces
WHO’S WHO
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Jake Adams: ‘I’ve Got the Young Look’
who used to perform. “It took some getting used to, but once I got past the initial shock I kind of realized I had a part
of me I didn’t know. And then I made the jump and decided to do it myself. … I think it was beneficial for me to date
her rather than coming into the industry blind. It was good to get a little insight years before.”
Originally from Seattle, Adams moved to South Carolina when he was 9. ”I miss the warm water, the trees,” he said.
A business major in college, he managed restaurants before leaping into adult in late 2016.
“I got really lucky,” Adams said, referencing a string of scenes he booked early on with Brazzers. “They keep bringing
me back. They’ve been really cool, really nice.”
Now 26 years old, he still skews young on the roles he plays. “A lot of step-moms, stepdaughters,” he said. “I’ve
got the young look when I shave.” And he says he enjoys working with older performers: “It’s fun. They have more
experience so the scene goes smoother than with the new girls.”
Aside from his favorite job perk (that would be “eating pussy”), Adams said, “It’s a really laid-back environment and
it allows me to do a lot more with my life than I was before,” he continued. “Because instead of working 50-hour weeks
stressing the whole time I’m just kind of relaxing and having fun with it.”
He’d like to expand his repertoire. “I’ve done boy/girl and boy/girl/girl (for Mofos and Brazzers) and boy/girl
interracial.” He also started doing anal scenes: “I don’t really do anal in my personal life that often, so it was cool.”
And he’d like to push his boundaries even further. “I want to work with companies that do stuff that I wouldn’t
normally do in my everyday life. Because really, I don’t know what I like … I’m not going to do anything crazy. I want
to try, like, small things—Kink.com is good, I think, because I want to see if that’s something I’m into.”
Among the performers he hopes to work for are Adriana Maya, Ariana Marie and Holly Hendrix. Kendra Lust and
Veronica Rodriguez were also on his list, but he has gotten the chance to work with them.
Asked about male performers he admires, Adams mentions Xander Corvus and Tommy Gunn. “I knew Xander from
when I dated Penny. He’s always been an inspiration because he’s just a really nice guy.”
He adds, “I’m just thankful to be here, ready to see what happens in the future, and stick around if people let me
stick around. Obviously the older guys have been around forever. So there’s hope for horny guys like me to keep going.”
—Sharan Street
Though he’s a recent arrival in the
industry, having been nominated for
Best Male Newcomer at January’s AVN
Awards Show, Jake Adams got to know the
industry back when he dated Penny Brooks,
Dustin Daring: Fantasy Come True
from somebody at Bang Bros, something about a handjob scene. I had to work that day so I had to cancel on him.
Didn’t hear back for four or five months. Then I got a random call from somebody else at Bang Bros saying, ‘I’ve got
a scene with Megan Rain—do you want to do it?’” He laughs. “I said, ‘Hell yes!’”
It was a reversal of the traditional Bang Bus scene. “She was in the bus and I was walking down the street. She
came and picked me up ...” And then she gives him a hard time before she gets into his pants.
“When that video came out online [titled ‘Jizz on Megan’], I forwarded it to my agent, Nexxxt Level, the agent I
have now. They called me one morning and asked if I could come to L.A. to meet them. That was last summer.”
But he didn’t move to Los Angeles for good until March 1.
Since then he’s been working quite a bit. “I’ve shot for Naughty America, Hustler, New Sensations, Zero
Tolerance, Nubiles ... I love it, it’s great.” And he intends to keep on doing it.
“I worked with Ashley Adams not too long ago. She was very fun. I did a scene for Naughty America, it came out
recently, with Dava Foxx—a very hot scene. I shot a scene with Mercedes Carrera; it was actually my first Naughty
America scene. That was fun.”
He admits that there have been “a few hiccups along the way. I came out here and did a feature for Wicked—
actually my first L.A. set.—Call Me, directed by Jonathan Morgan, who’s also my agent. But when I got here I had
a cock piercing, and I did a couple scenes, Reality Kings ... And they were like, ‘We like you, we’d like to book you,
but until you get that removed, we won’t.’ So I actually flew back to Florida and got that piercing removed. They call
it a ‘pearl’—it’s like a dermal, under the skin.”
The woman he’d most like to work with is Abella Danger—he’s a longtime fan. Also high on his wish list is
shooting for Brazzers. “When I was watching porn more, before I got into it, I learned there were some [companies]
that were more professional—not the way they were working, but the way that it’s made, the way they came out.”
As a recent Los Angeles arrival, “I don’t know a lot of people, I’m not too familiar with the area. I went down to
Santa Monica recently, and Malibu, to hang out at the beach.”
“I play drum set. Unfortunately, I couldn’t bring my drum set with me. I’m sure my neighbors are happy about
that. But ... waiting to get myself established here, before I figure out what I want to be doing with my spare time.”
When we talked to Dustin in May he was signed up for scenes with such fellow newcomers as Penelope Reed, Ivy
Wolfe and Jane Wilde. “Sometimes I’ll be booked but I won’t know who I’m working with.”
That’s the way it is for most male talent. But he likes it. “So far all the people I’ve met have been great, really
nice. It’s been a great experience so far.” And as for his agency, he smiles, “They’ve been good to me.”
To book Dustin Daring, contact Nexxxt Level Talent Agency. Twitter: @DustinDaring.
Most aspiring porn studs do their first
scenes with other beginners. But tall
(6-foot-4), lanky Dustin Daring, a South
Florida native, got lucky. He was able to break his
porno cherry with an actual star—and a big one—
Megan Rain.
It was a fantasy come true. “I’ve been watching
porn since I was a little kid,” he laughs. “I’ve
always enjoyed porn. When I found out the Bang
Bros studio wasn’t far from where I was living, I
figured why not. So I filled out the application ...”
Now 23, he was working as a waiter at a
barbecue restaurant when he “got a phone call
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