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“I have what I call my
family unit of guys. If I could use them in
every movie, I would,
but obviously I have
to keep finding new talent.”
Jackson was also at the center of one of last year’s big movies from
Icon Male. “I wanted to put DeAngelo in a starring role and give him an
active part,” LaRue says, but he admits to having felt some trepidation.
“He’s not boisterous and theatrical and flamboyant. He’s very quiet—like
a gentle giant. And I thought, ‘What am I getting myself into? This has a
lot of dialogue!’ But he got that script and he rocked my world.”
Jackson held his own against Silvia Saige, who was cast as his wife
and is “a frickin’ insane tornado of an actress,” LaRue says. “Nic Sahara
plays her brother—the three of them together were awesome. … I love
bringing things out of people as a director.”
Saige is also in Don’t Tell My Wife, one of LaRue’s favorites. “That’s
another one I’m really proud of. It’s a good movie, with Nick Capra,
Wesley Woods and Silvia Saige.”
Producing two Noir Male scenes and one Icon Male title every month,
LaRue has to maintain separate identities for each studio. In addition to its
mandate for diversity, Noir Male focuses on beautifully shot scenes that
are curated later for DVD release, whereas most Icon Male movies have
storylines. In addition to Jackson, Noir Male regulars Max Konnor and
Jaxx Maxim have also been cast in acting roles for Icon Male features.
LaRue jokes about Icon Male’s reputation for family role-play titles,
saying his movie My Stepdad’s Stepdad “was a tongue-in-cheek way of
saying, ‘For god’s sake, how many stepdad/stepbrother/my transsexual
babysitter’s wife [stories] can we do?” So he’s branched out with such
titles as The Psychotherapist and The Doctor Is In … Me. “I really need
to be able to be a little creative, and Jon [Blitt] has allowed that.”
LaRue is more than happy to share
credit with others for the success of both
studios. “I’m so lucky to be working with
such an awesome crew,” he says, noting
that Dana Vespoli and Shawn Alff write
some of the scripts and cameramen Alex
Ladd and Sal Genoa work their magic on
set. “I do the makeup. I have an amazing
production assistant. We’re a well-oiled
machine,” LaRue says.
But the most important ingredients are
the performers. “I have what I call my
family unit of guys. If I could use them in
every movie, I would, but obviously I have
to keep finding new talent. I have really
been blessed by working with some of
the greatest guys in the business.”
The director confesses, “I love working
with older guys, like 40 and up. Those
are my type of guys. I’m not really
personally, sexually wise, attracted to
younger twinks, but I know there are a
lot of people who are. By doing the Icon
Male movies I’m able to work with twinks
and twunks and older guys and jocks
and everything in between.”
LaRue muses. “I’m blessed to be doing
these movies. I’ve been doing it for 35
years and I still love it as much as I did
when I started. I’m constantly having to
adapt to new thing, which isn’t always
my favorite, but if you snooze you lose.”
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