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“Mindset is everything.”
Cherry Kiss wants to expand the pool of male talent, so she has started doing her part.
In Cherry’s Boot Camp, a new series she is producing and directing for her OnlyFans, the
2024 AVN International Female Performer of the Year helps aspiring men break into adult by
finding out if they have what it takes.
“The young guys don’t have the opportunity to enter the industry so much because a normal
director don’t want to risk—because it’s big money,” Kiss explains.
She vets the hopefuls with a screening process, makes sure they pass testing protocols, tries
them out in a live sex scene and records it all.
“And then I will see if they struggle or if they’re doing good,” Kiss adds. “Or if they’re scared,
I will explain to them and give them a chance and then we continue again. … I’m already
working on it.”
If anyone is qualified to evaluate potential porn studs, it’s Kiss.
The Serbian star—who has performed in more than 1400 sex scenes in her 14-year career that
started when she was 18—seems poised to also become one of the industry’s top directors as
she charges into the summer armed with five years of experience calling the shots for multiple
studios already on her resumé.
Kiss began directing for the iconic studio Evil Angel five years ago and then landed a deal
with another legacy brand, the Barcelona-based Private. Now she also helms projects for
LifeSelector and MetArt’s SexArt banner, in addition to performing in about 10 scenes a month
for other companies while also shooting her own content.
And she does it all from her home base in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles,
where she not only has been living for the past two-and-half years—she’s thriving.
“I just want to achieve more and more because I’m so happy to be here now,” Kiss says. “I
would love to buy a house here as soon as possible. I would love to stay here.
“My dream is to be the [AVN Female Performer of the Year]. And I’m so proud that now my
family will be proud of my awards—finally!
“But then I will go for the Director of the Year one day. It makes me feel really good to be
successful, first of all. I’m just happy and satisfied that I know that I did something good, you
know? As well, I’m very sad when I feel that it’s not good.
“Sometimes it’s out of your control. I care too much because I really love this.”
Evil Angel founder John Stagliano noticed Kiss’s drive, giving her the first chance to direct
in 2020.
Last year, she released Cumming to L.A. through Evil Angel, which showcased her performing
and directing talent and her ambition to make a living in the mecca of porn.
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