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“I started getting a lot of attention for my crazy cosplay
outfits and all my sexy setups.”
Porn Valley stars who cross over to Hollywood are rare indeed, but rarer still is the mainstream actor who
chooses to shoot porn. That’s the path taken by Maitland Ward, best known for her role on Boy Meets World.
“I had kind of left the mainstream acting. … I went to New York, I had done other things.” But then the show
Girl Meets World hit the air in 2014, and there was renewed interest in the original series—and in Ward. “I’m a
big nerd at heart, and I do a lot of cosplay. So I started getting a lot of attention for my crazy cosplay outfits and
all my sexy setups.” But she soon found limitations on social media. “I would do nudie stuff on my Snapchat, like
exhibitionist stuff, but then I kept getting complained about.” So she started a Patreon page. First came nudes,
solos and girl/girl—and then she began doing cosplay sex scenes with Danny Mountain and Isiah Maxwell.
From there, it was only a matter of time before major producers came calling. After signing with Society 15
talent agency, she was booked for Blacked.com. “I had such a great experience on that set. Really from the
whole get-go—it’s such a professional, classy, wonderfully run machine and they treated me like a princess.”
After only a handful of other credits (VR Bangers, Brazzers), Ward was cast in Drive, a narrative feature for
Deeper.com (see page 60). For Ward, it’s a perfect fit. “My thing has always been, I wanted to incorporate
good acting and production with hot sex and this is like the ultimate,” she says. “It has an amazing script, it has
amazing production, and it’s hot. That’s what I’ve been looking for.”
Ward reflects that when working in mainstream, “people would offer roles like as the soccer mom.” One time,
she says, “I told a publicist, ‘No, I like to do my sexy stuff,’ and he said, ‘No, no, no, you were on that show. They
won’t hire you for that. You’re not going to be able to do sexy stuff. ... Look at me now—I proved them all wrong.”
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