Casting Couch
Porn Star Sasha Grey Goes Scream Queen
Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 15, 2008
News broke recently that 2008 AVN Female Performer of the Year Sasha Grey will again be infront of the camera, but this time with her clothes on. Now, when I get news alerts rotating past my desk, when I see both “porn” and “horror” in the same title, I jump on that like Samuel L. Jackson on a paycheck.
Grey will play a TV news persona who is investigating the death of her stripper older sister. The flick will be titled Smash Cut and be directed by Lee Demarbre. The director has said that Grey will remain fully clothed throughout the film and that the only penetration will be from “knives and axes.”
The film will also star recognizable horror faces David Hess, Michael Berryman, Ray Sager, and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Plans are for the film to be seen on the Indie Film circuit before going to theaters in 2009. Now, not to be a Negative Nancy, but I think the odds of this thing finding any wide release are almost non-existent. Now, I’m more familiar with Grey’s previous work than I should be, and while she’s a hell of a porn star, I can’t say much about her acting. And the fact that she’ll remain fully clothed the entire time? Monumental mistake. That’s like the biggest mistake of all time. That is Japan attacking Pearl Harbor bad. I mean, wow. She’s a porn star. That’s like casting a ninja and not letting him kick someone in the face. That’s what they do!
Stay tuned for more.
Source: Yahoo! News
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4 Comments
May 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I’m not familiar with this “Porn” you speak of. Is it a new genre? Something innovative and fresh?
Fure, you can play Negative Nancy all you want (except in the state of Utah), but we all you and most of the staff here are going to see that movie. I, of course, disagree with you that it’s an error to have her clothed. For one, it (sort of) adds (kinda) some credibility to her part and, as we all know, you don’t take your clothes off in a horror flick and stay alive. Main ingenues don’t dress down, friend-o. Fundamental rules, here.
I have to applaud the gory penetration joke, and Neil’s ability to find a clothed picture of Miss Grey - although I can safely assume he searched way longer than he needed to for it.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I don’t even know you anymore. The day when horror movies are boob free is the day I finally snap. They need to shatter the expectations of the main lead not showing her boobies. Celebrate the boobies, damn it!
May 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Fure, how short-sighted can you be? Just because Sasha Grey isn’t going to be getting topless (and would that even be a fresh, new thrill for you?) doesn’t mean there won’t be other bright young things removing articles of clothing based on thinly developed plot points.
Besides, think of the ground that’s being broken. Porn stars are creeping their way into mainstream movies. The next logical step is for legitimate actors and actresses to appear in pornographic films. Could a Dame Judy Dench sex tape be far off?
I hope not.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am
But Cole, Boobies. I rest my case.