My old chum Stephan Horbelt, editor in chief of Frontiers magazine, recently asked Bennett Anthony, Boomer Banks, Landon Conrad, Brent Corrigan, Steve Cruz, Jimmy Durano, and Adam Ramzi – seven of the biggest gay porn stars in the biz – the questions everyone wants to know.
From Frontiers.com:
How did you come up with your on-screen name?
Cruz: I kept my first name and gave myself a new last name. I wanted something that felt like a real person you’d want to get to know. I had this idea I didn’t want to take myself too seriously or be pretentious, which, looking back, is pretty hilarious.
Anthony: Bennett had a nice little Southern ring to it, and Anthony is my middle name. Chatted it over with my agent and put it on lock.
Ramzi: My on-screen name is close to my actual first name, and Ramzi was one of the many nicknames I was given over the years. I also liked the somewhat ethnic ambiguity of it (vaguely Middle Eastern), and if you JLo’d my porn name, it’s my real first name. So it’s rooted in truth.
Conrad: I always liked the name Landon and wanted to change my real name when I was younger. So when I decided to do porn, I was like, “Here’s my chance!” And I just so happened to be watching MTV’s The Hills at the time. [Laughs]
Do you watch a lot of porn yourself?
Cruz: Nope. I’m planning, editing or filming porn every day. When you work behind the camera you see it all as the product. You recognize hot sex, but you’re constantly looking at lighting or maintaining the pace; you’re too in your head. I did get a little hard for, like, three minutes shooting the last scene I directed, though, so maybe there’s hope for me yet!
Anthony: I watch about three to four movies per week. Mostly bareback interracial muscle worship shit.
Ramzi: I love porn, and I always have.
Banks: I watch a lot a drag. Different strokes for different folks.
Conrad: Not a lot, but I do watch my fair share. That’s actually the reason I got into it. I admired and wanted to be like these hot guys. Porn sales aren’t legal in Utah, so I drove 90 miles to the Nevada border where there was a little porn store just so I could get my hands on some. Obviously this was before you could get it online!
Read the full story on Frontiers.com.