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FEATURE |
FEATURE | By Sherri L. Shaulis and Sharan Street
Top from left: Ricky Johnson, Tyler Nixon. Middle: Isiah Maxwell,
Jean Val Jean. Bottom: Danny Mountain, Chad White
Lucas Frost
Lucas Frost began shooting content with his then-girlfriend,
2016 Best New Starlet nominee Cassidy Klein, and has since
gone on to solidify his own career path. The still youthful
performer gets cast in a lot of MILF/fauxcest scenes, but
he’s also shown his chops as an actor in various features,
particularly with Wicked Pictures.
Ricky Johnson
AVN’s 2017 Best Male Newcomer boldly uses
@YearOfTheRicky as his Twitter handle, and so far he hasn’t
been wrong. This year has shaped up just as well as the last,
with a wealth of bookings on various scenes, including showy
acting roles for Bree Mills’ PureTaboo.com. And he’s still just
26, so expect lots more from this Southern California native.
Isiah Maxwell
Blessed by manners that are as beautiful as his face, Maxwell
is a favorite with female performers. A relative newcomer,
he worked as an intern in adult while going to Cal State
Northridge. “I waited a year before I shot my first scene,”
Maxwell said. It was ultimately the right decision: In 2018 so
far, he has accumulated more than 100 credits on IAFD.com.
Danny Mountain
In addition to good looks and a fit physique, there’s one
more thing that helps solidify “heartthrob” status in porn,
and that’s an alluring accent. In Mountain’s case, an English
accent. And though he has a moniker that’s tailor made for
porn, it’s actually his real name. Just right for a guy who, as
Mountain says on Twitter, can say accurately that he has sex
with beautiful women on a daily basis.
Tyler Nixon
Though he’s gone past his dirty-thirty birthday, this baby-
faced Southern Californian still gets booked for such series as
My Friend’s Hot Mom (Naughty America) and MILFs Swallowing
Boys (Third Degree). He’s also a popular pick for soft erotica
scenes—and in addition, he’s a fine actor who can range
from light (Axel Braun’s Justice League XXX) to heavy (Brad
Armstrong’s Aftermath).
Jean Val Jean
It would be a major oversight to compile a list of industry
heartthrobs without including a Frenchman—and who better
than the stunning Jean Val Jean? Though he left the biz in
2009, taking time out to chase mainstream opportunities,
he came back full force in 2016, making a strong showing in
glossy productions from the likes of Baeb, Colette, MetArt,
and Greg Lansky’s Vixen and Tushy imprints.
Chad White
That smile, those abs … this is one gorgeous hunk of porn
manhood. A well-rounded performer, White is seemingly
just as comfortable in an all-sex movie as he is taking on an
acting role, most notably in Second Chances (New Sensations
Romance) and Waiting on Love (Wicked Passions). White has
also embraced the indie clip revolution with such endeavors as
a store on iWantClips.com.
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