Memory of a porn queen
(By Jesus Rodriguez - ElPais.com ) - Pornography houses two mysteries. First: the actors consume substances that prolong their erections? Answer one: "Viagra has spread like wildfire porn, has been our sexual revolution. But no actor will recognize. It is your best kept secret. " Second: actresses reach orgasms during filming? Answer one: "This is cinema. You pretend. We may be entering two guys and you thinking of peas for dinner. Nobody's going to confess. It's like if you ask the Princess if he enjoys his profession, although some variation as a monkey, is not going to admit, would destroy the magic. Here the same. " This answer is not Sophie Evans. He has too much respect for his craft. It's a professional. "I do not pretend, act. I do what I like and I like being where I am. I try to get the better of me in every erotic scene. I have lived dedicated to porn, I've done from the heart. There are girls who do it for seasons, come and go, you take a few euros and then left hanging on the employer. I do not. I have lived in this and this. " 
Sophie Evans is a star. Perfectionist and demanding. He cares. Pass control of hepatitis, HIV and genital herpes. Is monogamous. Do not smoke or drink or do drugs. Leads an orderly life. As an elite athlete. He has participated in 200 films. He has filmed in Los Angeles and Budapest, the mecca of the sector. The order of the largest adult film directors. Together with the leading men of the genre. He has starred in thousands of sex scenes. No gimmicks. Neither condom. Fellatio, anal and vaginal lesbian numbers, double penetrations. His record has been maintained on-screen sex with five men at once. "It was very nice. A different feeling. It was lovely to see those five guys so excited me. I've done everything on screen except extreme things, not like I care, nor do anything with animals or golden showers. And I prefer the double penetration anal excites me more and pay better. "
Sophie Evans is the heroine of Spanish porno. And a world leader. The female version of Nacho Vidal. Enter every day in thousands of homes around the world through the windows of the DVD, pay TV, Internet and mobile telephony. A business, pornography bill in Spain only 450 million per year and employs one hundred actors and actresses and a score of directors through 178 companies. Has followers from Europe and India to the United States. Worship every inch of her body. A few weeks ago, a young man approached him in Barcelona and said: "Sophie, do not know the straws that I have made you." "And did not seem an insult. I found it very nice. He said it with love. My job is to excite people like a comedy to laugh. Pure entertainment ".
- Do you eat much porn?
- I'm cutting. As I am a friend of the protagonists, not seeing them get excited. I do not get. They are friends. And maybe I dined last night with them. I see and I can not think: "What good is this guy!" But "see what illusion". Also, when I see a movie I'm always thinking, "That insight is badly done or does not look right or do not like the decor." I see from the professional point of view and enjoy. 
- What about doing it?
'Sometimes yes, depends on the shooting. If it is in an intimate, if you are relaxed, comfortable, with a boy who does well and have a good day, you can run. Man, if you are hot, the scene is long and you have to do on the beach and the sand sticks to you, do not enjoy, everything is interpretation.
- What is your secret to heat the public?
-Enjoy what you do. And to enjoy, the actor you must respect and be sensible. The actor has to treat you with affection. It's good to talk before shooting what you like and do not like. Of postures. For that, Nacho Vidal is extraordinary. I have worked with him in ten films and is a friend. If there is that feeling, leave a good scene. But if the actor has a reputation for being mean to the actresses or is dirty, I refuse to work with.
Sophie Evans speaks slowly with a curious stop between castizo, Catalan and Hungarian. It's polite. Phlegmatic and demure. From a shy child. Tall, thin, athletic build, perfect breast and wide hips and undulating. Of the few porn stars who have not succumbed to the silicone. An example of European pornstar addicted Californian against the knife. Rinsing blond hair, big mouth, nose Maria Callas and some beautiful green eyes. Tight jeans, top and boots minimum high heels. Excessive makeup. Is lying on a sofa lazy disemboweled the clubhouse of Bagdad, the Barcelona temple of sex drive. Beside him, his work uniforms lovingly wrapped in cloth covers, "The costumes are very important, I spend whatever it takes, this is the police with his baton and cap; this, schoolgirl, that, as a nurse made of latex, and I like the nymph with its wings. " Chosen for its first issue this morning is that of Formula 1 runner: bubblegum pink, tight like a glove and low cut waist.
The space where change and rest and wait to jump on stage turn the stars of Baghdad is a huge, dilapidated and poorly ventilated room that is accessed by a narrow spiral staircase, with a long counter scorched thousands of cigarettes, mirrors framed by light bulbs, lockers and chairs barracks orphans. Call clubhouse to this corner is an understatement. It smells of various nationalities consumed food with plastic cutlery, some artists slumber, know their work will end streaking dawn and should be cool to hold the three countries. Squeal on the radio Latin rhythms. Professionals change porn, naked and showering in the eyes of his colleagues. Skin is your overalls. A stallion It crosses the room scowling. Just ejaculated on stage and is angry with your partner. It is best not to cross his path. Tara, a Brazilian transsexual, swinging their buttocks encased in a red dress. A Chilean stripper chat away with your laptop. And Argentina Karyna Moure, thick lips and breasts with implants, takes off his jeans and Converse as a teenager, puts a sequined thong and turns into the sex bomb of the night. Just the cover of Interviu. On the wall, a placard kneaded warns: "The entry of every artist is at 22.45, if they later do not work."
Baghdad standards are strict. Be punctual, no drugs or alcohol, let alone prostitution. He rules with an iron fist Juani de Lucía. The matriarch of Spanish porno. The Empress of Parallel. Roza 60 and get warm and redicha in an office headed by a safe and decorated with a mural of a sensual Caribbean sunset. Everything about her is very Miami Vice. The white trouser suit and cowboy boots, the vast neckline and gold Rolex. He knows everything. It's boss, teacher, counselor sentimental and surrogate mother of actors and actresses of Baghdad. Look after your health and financial matters. Encouraged to save and study. A taught them how to do fellatio, to them, to delay ejaculation. To be a good career in porn have to be an athlete. Forget brindárselo pleasure to own the public. "Sexual intercourse is to be seen, people like to distinguish penetration, that the couple snuggle into a comfortable position. Do not want to miss anything. And it has to be aesthetic, "describes Sophie." Be professional and artist. This is a show, not Big Brother. These cover track, to change its position even if you're comfortable and you can change involves losing the erection. The boy would like to cum, but can not, not pretty to the public. It has to do. If no connection between the couple, the public perceives it. You have to be an artist. If you do just for money ... you better go of a bitch, "he stresses Juani de Lucía.
In December 1975, with Franco's body still warm, on a dusty rose Juani flamenco postwar Spanish porn this sanctuary. In those days mattered erotic numbers from Hamburg, then the capital of European industry. "We had players in Spain, the porno had been banned for 40 years. We were forced to put a sign on the door warning people that here was sexually explicit, "said Juani. Soon would their quarry. Any producer who pretend erotic film shoot in Spain would have to resort to Baghdad for their castings. This factory would go great world stars. At the front, Sophie Evans.
The Bagdad has preserved over the years that tablao kitsch decor and decadent times he had in his first owner, Bella Dorita. With its bare stage surrounded by lattice patio and a counter lined with mirrors where they put tiny cups actresses in work clothes. Look but not touch. Everything has a tone pink and lilac-scented disinfectant. Multiple cameras filmed the proceedings and broadcast on the website of Baghdad. Sophie is the attraction of the night. You may charge up to 500 euros per day. Something else if there is a bachelor party and ask a private screening. Starts a strip tease that leaves nothing to the imagination. His face mutates from good girl to bad girl. Hints. He smiles. Causes. Let the champagne slipping through your body. The night is loose. There is a crisis and tickets cost 90 euros. She works hard. It is graceful and elegant. Relaxed and sensual. It is a lightweight porn. Borda movements. Between 1997 and 2000 made love in this stage with her ex-husband, actor and porn movie director Toni Ribas - twice per night, six days a week. Ribas summarizes the time in 1,500 live penetrations. Not failed even once.
Sophie Evans is a great actress. Meryl Streep is not. Spent three years studying acting at the Center for the Study of Film and Performing Arts in Barcelona with the intention of jumping into mainstream film, but admits that when working on productions costing escape normal registration porn histrionic, in exaggerated and predatory attitude. "At first, school was always the same character. In the porn you invent and interpret a thousand times, do a nurse, attendant or homemaker. Always the same. Pace, moaning and final. Over time I learned other movements have done theater and even classical. But in porn have been a self-taught ", explained at the end of his performance, his skin glistening with sweat and champagne. She exhibits her nakedness naturally. "Nobody has taught me to do porn. There are no teachers. When you start, back to the other, put faces as they lay, how to caress and look at the viewer. From there, you're creating your image. Toni and I invented a special style, during penetration without separate position we changed, we were as blown. We copied. And having done so many live shows, shoot the scene of an erotic movie is a cakewalk. If you can have sex three times a night, you're capable of anything on camera. And an actor, long story. Before the public can not drop the erection. Without erection is not show. And in porn, that's the most important, each Gatillazo means losing time and money. "
No, at first glance Sophie Evans does not seem a great performer. But it's not entirely true. When one reflects, concludes that if over 12 years has been led to believe millions of viewers of all races and ages that felt great and happy orgasms while being penetrated by a member of 25 centimeters, is that it is worthy Oscar.
It was not meant to be porn star. He was not born in a family torn or marginal. Came to earth as Zsofia Szabo, in 1976, in Szeged, a sleepy Hungarian capital. His parents were a young couple of biologists. They earned little money in Hungary wriggling the communist regime and intellectuals fled. In the mid-eighties paths obtained fellowships at the University of Tennessee. His father, in molecular biology and genetics, and his mother, in the field of biomedical studies. The couple and their two daughters would live at the campus of conservative America for three years. Zsofia learn good English. "He was a shy girl, but I liked acting and dressing up, had a traditional Christian education. I was never launched in things like sex but I have fun and experience. "
In 1990 the family returned to Budapest. After finishing school, he enrolled in psychology Zsofia. That summer, at age 18, began working as a waitress and that, to take a bonus, posed for a lingerie catalog. He had begun to climb the ladder of stardom. Your next step would be a strip club in Athens during the summer holidays. "It was a joke, I had not seen such a sight in my life was very nervous and had no clothes. I went out dancing of the nerves, but I liked it. I found it an exhibitionist. I get it looked at. Like men. Desire to see his eyes. For me there is something dirty, but a compliment. And I was good. It was 1994. I signed to an agency of dancers and told them I wanted to go abroad and pursue acting. They sent me to Toronto. I was there six months at a club and learned the art of stripper. I wanted to continue hearing world. I wanted to move to a warmer place. For example, Spain. "
Zsofia, known in business as Leslie, landed in 1997 in Asturias. Bump. It was a trap. There was no club. Employment was a prostitute. "Priceless. I did not act. I shot. I flew with my last money and came to Barcelona. He was 23. I had heard of a club named Baghdad. I thought it was strip tease. I did not know there was porn. Juani explained it to me as he could and told me to try without obligation. I tried with a girl and a boy. The boy was Ramon Nomar, which today is a number one. We did everything, and everything is everything, but it did not hurt because Ramon is a professional. I tried it, saw it was rookie. I liked it. And Juani hired me. So it all started. I never imagined that I would put both in this world who would become my life. And Spain, in my country. I liked the atmosphere. And you could win 900 euros (then) a week. We were young and wanting to have fun. As a family. We were always together. Sex between us we have done to break many barriers. There is hypocrisy. "
Baghdad was already a legend in European porn. Nacho Vidal, a rising star. The Spanish industry began to take off. Largely thanks to director José María Ponce, who with his girlfriend, actress Mary Bianco, a home video and a group of friends struggling to revitalize impoverished erotic film made in Spain based on titles such as The vices of Mary, Sexual Revenge or street bitches. In this transfer of professionals between Baghdad and the adult film, Ponce Zsofia give his first opportunity. Prior art lookalikes bury his old, Leslie, Sophie Evans and baptize. It was 1997. In one of those movies that would be known for ten years his partner, husband and artistic partner: Toni Ribas. It was a sight. "I had no scenes with him had it with Nacho, but while watching him make love to him."
The porn industry worldwide living a golden moment thanks to the Internet explosion and the extent of pay-TV. The site was the manna, as it had been in the eighties on home video. It was the money. Sprouted producers. In Spain, 18; well as 28 distributors and around 50 websites. Was talk of a global business of 10,000 million euros. Contents were needed. Spain wanted their share. In 1997, Juani de Lucía began to broadcast via the web Baghdad numbers and offered intimate connections with their girls. A business today extended to third-generation mobile phone. In the suburbs of Los Angeles were shot dozens of scenes daily. And Czech Republic and Hungary as European capital flowed porn after the fall of the wall. Missing girls. "Actresses are always needed," says Natalia Kim, an organizer of the International Erotic Film Festival of Barcelona. "Porn is made for men. And the stars of the movies are aunts, and better if they are unknown. The problem is that they burn quickly. They have a shorter life than the actors. So charge more. With the actors, however, producers are committed to values enshrined. The aunt may be the protagonist, but if the guy does not work, if it is low, there is no scene. Not a easy job and worth can remain in the gap 50, and Rocco Siffredi. Sophie's success has been put up. Few stars have had a career as long and are so respected. "
In those gleaming nineties would emerge a peculiar star system in the porn industry. A poor Hollywood. An adult film star can charge a maximum of 5,000 euros per film. An actress of the second division, just over 1,000. From there, the business is to enter the circuit of strip clubs, discos, internet appearances and bachelor parties. "It makes a lot more in prostitution," reflects Sophie. "Although the porno each has its price, decide where, how and with whom they work and what you are willing to do. You get paid according to how far you get. If you do it without a condom, you gain more. And the further you go, get paid more. "
-Talk about prostitution. What is the difference in your profession? Because you charge to sell your sex ...
- It's different. If they call me a bitch, I am not being insulting, is that I'm not. I'm an actress. It's a different job, a prostitute is in secret with a client who does not choose and I have sex with a director and a film crew and only to make a movie. Everything is paid sex, but the customer is different. And the way we express ... the prostitute moves anonymous, and we, the more familiar we are, the more movies, photos and performances do better.
"There are very few porn stars who engage in prostitution," says Juani de Lucía, which employs about twenty girls in Baghdad and dozens more Barcelona to which subcontracts to power their web content. "A slut gets to fuck not openly. And no one protects. In Baghdad we contract, we pay Social laSeguridad, we claim the foreign work permit, and all, they can get periodic blood tests. Live entertainment, this is entertainment and fun. Leisure industry. The whores want to be going somewhere else. "
Within this peculiar system of porn star Sophie Evans and Toni Ribas become the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's film for adults. The golden couple. Your wedding, December 19, 1998 in Catalonia, in white and the Church, would the consecration of the Spanish industry. They were all. Actors and actresses, producers and directors. And their parents. When the officiating urged the parties, "Antonio and Sofia," the absolute fidelity, appeared in the temple laughter. "Many who were there had had sex with the couple, the sermon was a joke to us," explains an assistant to the link. "Inbreeding in this profession is total. Porn is a bubble. And it's hard to leave. It is very difficult for an outsider to understand our way of life. So the stars are married with stars. "
Sophie and Toni decided to go for your love and not work in porn with other couples. That decision would leave its 1,500 direct insights into more than 50 films together. "We were very possessive and all liberals, we chose not to work with anyone else. We offered to shoot with other actors, but held our love. And also out of jealousy. It is nice to see the person you want to enjoy another. Then we realized we were young and we were losing money. And we went back to work with other actors, but with a condom. And we paid less. Overall, we came to do it without a condom. That raised our career. We had to exploit the reef. We understood that we could have a good time shooting with other people and try new things and that would strengthen our relationship ... in theory. "
- Do not feel jealous?
-The theme of jealousy is complicated in porn. You understand that's your job and your partner, but strong emotions arise when you see your kid is having sex with another woman and is running and people see it. We had some awesome fights. It is difficult to hold a marriage in this business.
It was a couple of times. Rolled from Catalonia to France, Italy, Eastern Europe and through the front door to California, the San Fernando Valley, the "Hollywood of porn," the "other Silicon Valley". "We lived like stars. We had a lot of money, but it was nice to be in community, being known and respected. Here everything is organized around the porn. 90% of adult films are produced in San Fernando. I was shooting every day. It is an industry parallels that of conventional cinema, with actors agencies, associations and even a union. They even have their clinics for analysis to the actors. When in 2004 it was learned that an actor with HIV had infected several actresses, they stopped filming for a month, we are quarantined and made a study of all who had worked with that person in recent weeks and who had rolled below. Were 65. All we did analysis. And they controlled the infection. In industry there is AIDS, is controlled too. We were in San Fernando a couple of years. Toni began directing and I took care of production and castings. We earned money. And I began to consider leaving the porn. I did not feel comfortable rolling with some actors. Every time I asked beasts things for the web. Had 200 movies on my back and had done everything that had to do. But Toni encouraged me to follow. Toni did not stop. "
Most great actors and actresses in the porn industry have become directors and producers. At the top, Toni Ribas with his production company, Hot Frames. Produce, wheel, directs, stars in and promotes. A man orchestra. Covering all business loopholes. It is the only way to earn money for professional actors at a time when any amateur with a cheap camera can shoot and throw Porn Network without intermediaries. In 2005 they rolled less. And with lower budgets. Piracy, coupled with the avalanche of free content on the Internet, was crushing to the producers. They could not compete. They began to pull their old hits. From his library. The website, which was a blessing for the industry in the mid-nineties, it was becoming his executioner. The pudding would deflating porn. And the marriage of Sophie Evans and Toni Ribas. The golden couple of porn was not overstretched. They divorced in 2005. "We ran the passion of both use it."
Past four in the morning, completed its last issue in Baghdad, Sophie Evans fill a serving of melon with ham, bread tumaca and Fanta orange with straw. Dinner and breakfast. Caen stage lights. First thing is kind of interpretation. You can not miss. It is your future. In the last three years has only shot a half dozen of porn movies. Want to change registration. But you have to eat. And the transition is not easy. "Porn will close many doors in the conventional cinema. Many people do not realize that this is a job and when you're a person just like any other. " During this time of reflection has combined film with appearances in clubs, local television stations and festivals erotic strip tease shows and performances in Baghdad. For some time the website that bears his name came down. "I could not compete with free content (including photos of me) offered by other pages and let it die." At 34 years, Sophie has a new partner that has nothing to do with the industry and plan to have a child. "I would like to be a mother soon. And tell them that I was an adult film star before being told the other kids. "
- Would you recommend your child to be devoted to porn?
-I would not recommend, but would help if you get into this. I would advise to be careful with whom you work; is false producers, guys are pigs and they want to sleep with you, hire you and no film behind. There are many lies.
- How is the sex life of a porn star?
-Average. At home I do not do stunts. I leave for the screen. But men are afraid of me. They are afraid of not measuring up, that they are going to be demanding. They think they're going to leave unsatisfied and they get to do strange things in bed, like porn stars. And me I get a laugh. My job is not normal. But I am.