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South is portrayed by adult character actor Tommy Pistol in a non-sex role as the legendary agent.
The role inspired by Gamble, a character named Steve Jacobs, is played by Parker Ambrose, while Ken
Feels portrays the best friend turned manipulative rival, Jake Python.
”You know, that was me just giving the reality [of my experience],” Gamble told AVN. ”I was able to do
that, to get vulnerable in the film like that. And my cast and crew—they made my dream movie come
true. I’m just grateful that I was able to bring what I can bring to the table, to be able to do something
like this. And Wicked was willing to get behind me so I could actually put on this premiere and give
everybody a fun night, too.”
Ambrose, who is 28 on July 4th and has been in the industry for three years, is still star-struck by the
experience and playing a featured role.
“I’m extremely excited to see everything. I think that we did an amazing job,” he said before the
screening. “I think it’s going to be amazing in general. I’m just a very big critic of myself, so getting to
watch myself for the next hour is going to be very, very nerve-wracking in the fact that I’ll try not to
critique every small thing I do.”
The rising male talent said he’d never seen himself on a big screen but had imagined what it would be
like before even getting in the industry. “Most people look at you on a phone. Let’s face it... I didn’t think
it would ever happen. I mean, growing up, I always wanted to see myself on the big screen. I thought
it’d be cool to do. But it’s definitely... If you were to tell like 12-year-old me this is happening, I wouldn’t
believe it.
“And so it’s funny, because I always look back, during my summer jobs when I was younger, I used to
lifeguard. And so one of the seasons, we made a time capsule of like, where do we see ourselves in five
years, ten years from now, right? And in my time capsule, I wrote down, I will be in LA making movies
on the big screen,” Ambrose added.
Mature newcomer Ken Feels, who like Ambrose has been performing for three years and started in
his late 30s, enjoyed his role as the insecure alpha male performer, who goes from mentor to mental as
Steve’s star starts to ascend.
“That character is super interesting to play because it’s so far from who I am. It was cool stepping into
someone I would hate,” Feels said after the screening. “I was looking forward to all the dramatic parts,
but there are so many funny parts in the movie. It was just really cool to see it all come together and
really, Seth wrote such a great script.
The female lead, Jennifer White, portrays Lotta Passion, a character based on exclusive contract stars
like the Wicked Girls, who included the likes of Jenna Jameson, Stormy Daniels, Chasey Lain, and Julia
Ann on their roster.
White gives a daring performance as the established star whose career has peaked, only to find herself
unfulfilled and unsure of who she can trust. All the while, young starlets, like Paris Picasso (played by
Blossom) are getting booked and being launched into the industry stratosphere.
“That was surreal. That was really, really cool,” White said after watching the movie with its other stars,
from sofas, at the very front of the theater. “I really, really enjoyed it. They should do premieres a lot more
often.”
“I think it was pretty spot-on, when it touches on the emotional element of what we experience as
performers. I mean, we come into it with a little bit of that competition and attitude, maybe pettiness
sometimes. Then there’s the other side, where there are genuine relationships and connection. I thought
it was really thoughtful for Seth to touch on those things.”
While the audience was presented with a softcore cut, there was enough full-frontal nudity and sexy
moments to keep the plot coherent and spicy, at around two hours. With eight additional sex scenes
that will drop over the summer and will be included in the full, final cut, it’s a marathon and a memento