It’s no secret that we love Raging Stallion exclusiveRJ Danvers. It’s not just that he occasionally drops by QCam or pops up on GuysWithiPhones. It’s not just that he’s a passionate power bottom with a furry little body and long lean cock that we’d love to get our hands on. Nor is it that the artistic, adorkable stud wears his QC t-shirt with pride. Rather, it’s all those things combined with his fun-loving, easy-going attitude that makes him one of our favorite performers. So we’re delighted that he chose to discuss his worst porn experience, music and porn preferences in our weekly chat! 1. Porn stars always talk about the positive sides of doing porn. Can you tell us your WORST experience doing porn? You don’t have to name names, but can you tell us a story of a bad scene or porn-related experience?
I’ve been lucky that most of my experiences in porn have been, for the most part, extremely good. Of course there is going to be the occasional bad scene or bad scene partner. You can’t have perfect chemistry with everyone. (smiles) I can think of one time in particular where it seemed like the top was grudge fucking me or something. (laughs) Maybe I reminded him of an ex? Who knows. It’s pretty hard to hurt me when it comes to fucking, but he was tearing my ass up… and not in a good way! I eventually had to tell the crew to let him know that when I say “stop” or “use more lube” that I’m not kidding, that he actually needs to stop. He caught the hint once the director told him to knock it off! Other than that, most of my experiences have been great. 2. Why’d you decide to finally do a fisting scene? What was it like? Do you feel like “power bottoms” are expected to do it? Do you think it’ll become a regular part of your repertoire?
I kind of always knew I would film some fisting scenes for Raging Stallion, as it had been something Chris Ward and I had talked about since the beginning. It was really just a matter of timing with my career and making sure I was ready to do it on camera for hours on end! (laughs) A big concern of mine was also how my fan base would react to it, but lucky for me the response has been overwhelmingly positive. It’s definitely something I like off camera, so if my fans want to see more of it, then I definitely hope for it to become a regular part of my career.
When it came time to figure out a scene partner, I told Chris how hot the chemistry was between Junior Stellano and I when we shot our first scene together. I was really happy when Junior agreed to do it, since we get along really well and aside from being ridiculously hot and a great fisting top, he’s also a total sweetheart. I was pretty nervous about the scene but it ended up being my easiest shoot to date, and I think we were on set for less than two hours. Chris and Ben Leon co-directed it, so having my two favorite directors on set made things a lot easier as well.
I’m really glad I made the decision to do it. I don’t think I’d say power bottoms are “expected” to do fisting, but I do think it helps extend your career if longevity is something you’re going for. My career has been evolving since the beginning when I was a kid in the back of a moving RV in “Road Trip Russian River”… That was over two years ago and a lot has changed since then. I’m looking forward to hearing what people have to say once the scene comes out later this year!
The Friday Five brings you five sexy shots and five personal questions with porn’s hottest stars. This week, Steve Cruz steps up to the plate to share his upcoming porn projects, the secret to his relationship with hairy daddy Bruno Bond, and his two cents on barebacking. 1. Can you tell us a juicy tidbit about your upcoming directorial project, “Dark Room”?
Leif Gobo and I are finally making Dark Room, a fetish flick sponsored by SlickitUp.com. Johnny Gunn makes an appearance in his first gang bang orgy. Mustang Exclusive Samuel Colt is an athletic jock type that gets abducted and overpowered. And Alessio Romero gets a touch of Stockholm Syndrome for newcomer Tom Wolfe. It’s a twisted voyeur’s fantasy of hot masculine sex on demand. As always there will be new faces and porn favorites! 2. How do you feel about the rise of “free porn” sites like XTube and web-only “amateur” studios? Have they positively or negatively effected the professional porn star world?
It’s all the evolution of the times we live in, we are the DIY generation. And it’s neither a good or bad thing, we just have more to choose from. X-tube is what it is… home movies for the everyday guy. Now you too can make a sexy home video and post it to the web. Amateur sites are like the television of gay porn and the big studios are still like the Hollywood of gay porn. Did TV kill the movie business? No… but it changed it significantly and the movie world adapted. There can be stars in both genres and cross-over stars if the pro-am boys can adapt. It requires a lot more to make a movie. Anyway, the top producers might be losing some revenue now but it will shake out. They just have to endure this financial crisis that we’re all muscling through. Survivors will step up their game plan, flow with the current times and get out of their creative ruts. Or get in the game, which is why Bruno and I are launching a pro-am site in the fall, hardfriction.com. 3. How do you feel about barebacking (personally or professionally)? is it ever OK? Does it encourage unsafe sex?
If you are HIV negative, having bareback sex is always a risk. If you’re HIV positive having unprotected sex, with other men you know are HIV positive—that is much different. I hate to sound jaded, but in real life you can really only trust yourself. A trick you find on Manhunt may not be telling you the truth about his HIV situation; more likely he may not exactly know because his last test was over 12 months ago! I assume all men could be positive; now I protect myself as if they are. Apart from abstinence, the best protection we have against HIV is still the condom—it’s 98% effective when used correctly. Those are really good odds. You can visit howiroll.info and read information on how to use condoms effectively.
The tricky thing about most bareback porn is that the viewer doesn’t deal with HIV as a reality. Now, I assume everyone in the movie is probably positive because I live in a town where 1 out of every 4 men is POZ. A kid in a small town with no gay community and only porn as his sexual outlet, he might assume everyone is negative. Does a bareback movie encourage unsafe sex? Of course. Porn inspires sexual behavior. We watch it to get off! The models are moaning, “Oh yeah!! Oh yeah!!” not screaming, “NO!!!! NO!!!!” 4. We’re super envious of your relationship with Bruno Bond. Does performing sex on camera affect your personal sex life?
You don’t want me to burst a bubble, do ya? Listen, having sex on camera even as a single man would change your relationship with sex. In the beginning when I was new to this, I would hook up as much as I worked… but as time wore on I started craving quieter more intimate moments that aren’t always sexual. Emotional retreat. Bruno and I are great for each other because we understand the difference between work and play, we are equally driven and hard working and we don’t get jealous. Sex is great, but for me the best part of our relationship is our deepening friendship and understanding. Sex is adventure, capture and then it’s on to the next… you can build a life on a friendship. 5. What part of your body do you think is your greatest asset? How about your worst?
Some say my ass, some say my chest, some like my face… I’m not sure I’m the best person to ask, let’s let the fans decide… have a readers poll! Whatever it is it’s probably covered in hair. You heard him, boys and girls. What Steve’s best and worst feature? Sound off in the QComments section! Thanks to Steve and if you’re hungry for more, get your fill on his QC Fan Club Page.
Didn’t get to attend the 2009 GayVN Awards? No worries! QueerClick’s ace reporter was on location and gave a full first-person report (with links to your favorite stars): You could feel the buzz in the Westin, just off of Market Street, on Friday. People were frantically checking in, while others were doing their best to pose and be seen in the front lobby. But by far, the best part of checking into the official hotel of the 2009 GAYVNs was seeing all the unsuspecting guests who had no idea what was going on—they were just visiting SF.
Cody Cummings and Tommy D FRIDAY NIGHT
The weather was fantastically warm and sunny. And San Francisco was chock-full of porn stars. So why not party? The big event of the night was The Tailgate Party. This wasn’t just one party, but a collection of venues with hot men to check out. I started at Lime to see the stunning threesome, The Visconti Triplets. They’re simply adorable, but not a peep out of them. Not because they weren’t friendly, but because they’re still attempting to learn English. Oh well, I wasn’t there for the conversation, and their translator was stunningly handsome too. We also had fun partying with Cody Cummings, Tommy D, and Mason Wyler too. Although we were sad we had to leave town and couldn’t make Mason’s gay porn blog bowling throw down, we enjoyed finally meeting him in person. He’s a funny guy and sexy to boot. Lime was a blast, but it was time to move on.
The infamous but delightful Sister Roma interviews Mason Wyler. Nothing’s off limits to Sister Roma but Mason comes off as friendly and well-grounded guy! We headed down Castro and walked past Twin Peaks Tavern (aka. The Glass Coffin, due to the age of the clientele) and saw The Dirty Boy Video guys… on tramp-olines out front. It was ridiculous and the bar was packed with boys (maybe this bar just has a bad rep sometimes, because it didn’t seem like a glass coffin after all!). The place was hopping with “Show your butt” contests and plenty of give-aways. I then stumbled may way down the Castro, walking past the beautiful Castro Theater where the GAYVNs would be tomorrow night. The Castro was a-buzz, and the reputation that the GAYVNs are like the gay porn Oscars definitely rang true on Friday. You could feel the anticipation in the air.
We stopped in at the Falcon Party at QBar. Got a hug and some smile with legends like stunningly beautiful Roman Heart, smoldering TJ Hawke and then there was the fantastically do-what-I-want Erik Rhodes. Once again, I was star struck by the guys. This party was hopping. And loved spotting and saying hello to other hotties (Kyle Gillum) who were there to partake in the fun too. Needless to say, we stopped in at the Cockstar Party at Moby Dick and saw a moby dick and the man behind it, Barrett Long. He was signing autographs and the crowd was loving it. The Titan Men party was fun at Harveys, as was the Raging Stallion Party at The Edge bar. The buzz was that Raging Stallion’s To The Last Man was gonna win big. (Have you seen it? Sure a few love to say that Raging Stallion has influence over the GAYVNs vote, but the fact is: this movie is actually amazingly well done. Little details are spot on. And the sex is raw and delicious.) Don’t forget the Jet Set Men party, where we spotted Marcus Steele and David Dakota among many others. The Jet Set Men party was hopping when we rolled in and we were loving it. From there on out, we stumbled over to the Hot House party at the Lookout. The place was packed (maybe it was the free porn they were giving away). It was crazy fun. We saw Kyle King, Ethan Wolfe, Johnny Gunn, Vince Ferrelli, Luke Cassidy and Evan Matthews. At this point, we were a complete mess… so many porn stars, so much fun to be had. So, we made a point to stop in at just one more – the Bel Ami Party at 440 Castro. These boys, Dolph Lambert and Luke Hamill were jaw-droppingly beautiful and fun to hang out with. We ended up going back to a few of our favorites and loved that everyone started mingling and hopping from bar to bar. Although we didn’t see it, we heard the Bel Ami boys actually snuck out and were out most of the night. You can’t blame ’em, we all were. This Tailgate Party was fantastic. With speciality drinks to be found such as The Golden Shower (made with Jack Daniels, 7-Up and lime), The GAYVN (a strawberry lemonade martini), and The Casting Couch (sort of a Tequilla martini). Oof. My head hurts just thinking about it.
This was all great, until we realized I needed to be functional and get up at a reasonable hour on Saturday.
Finally, safe sex posters that actually feature hot men fucking. On his blog, Kyle King mentioned that several hot scenes from Hot House Entertainment are being used in an Australian safe-sex campaign. In addition to Kyle King getting fucked by Dean Phoenix,there’s also exclusive Ty LeBeouf fucking Johnny Gunn, and a hot scene between Alex Fuerte and Shane Rollins. We hear people have been stealing the posters from the gay bars and gay health centers. Probably because they’re really interested in safe-sex (re: masturbation).
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