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“Everything I’ve ever done in adult has been legitimately my idea.”
Without a doubt, Rain knows how to make an impression.
Fellow AVN Hall of Fame director Chris Streams recalls shooting Rain for the first time in 2013 for the ninth volume of his AVN Award-winning Oil Overload series, a Jules Jordan Video production.
“I’ve been a fan of hers from the very first day I shot her,” Streams, a 26-year industry veteran from Annapolis, Md., tells AVN. “I was like this girl’s amazing and beautiful. And now I think she looks better than ever and she’s performing better than ever.
“Beyond that, she’s a pleasure to work with. The professionalism is always nice and beyond that, the preparedness. She’s always like, ‘Here’s what we’re going to do. Here’s my idea. Here’s what’s going to happen.’ For me, it’s a refreshing change.
“Many times when girls show up on set, they have no idea what they want or how they want it done. With her it’s never like that. She knows exactly what she wants and knows exactly how to go about getting it.”
Veteran photographer Marcos Rivera agrees. The Vegas-based shooter has known Rain for almost a decade.
“Romi is one of my all-time favorite people to work with,” says Rivera, a native New Yorker who has been a professional photographer for the past 17 years. “She’s always on time, on point, looks amazing and is always the consummate professional.”
Rivera met Rain on a set when he was shooting production stills for Brazzers.
“As far as modeling goes, Romi is fantastic,” Rivera continues. “She knows her angles and her body and has been around a camera long enough that she makes my work easy. Especially in this world of content, we can get through a lot of work in a pretty short period of time because
I know I don’t have to do any coaching.
“... Romi also has a long memory and values relationships, which is rare in this business.
She’s as reliable as they come and sticks by her word. I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Romi remembers walking into the 4-Play gentlemen’s club in West L.A. for the first time when she was 19 because it was something she was interested in doing. It was at that club—one of
the top all-nude establishments in Southern California, where she assumed the name “Rain.” “That was my stripper name. I was always Rain. That’s where that started,” she says. “Everything I’ve ever done in adult has been legitimately my idea. It was something I pursued
personally. It was always me who walked into the clubs or sent the emails.”
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