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Asia Carrera
Asia Carrera may be kicking back below the porno radar these days in the Hawaiian tropics barefoot and pregnant, but once upon a time many of us skinephiles would recognize her from such revered adult films as Cumback Pussy Platinum 2, Big Tit Bust Out, and over 250 other colorful titles. Her final bow out to the world of porn was released to video this year, The Prettiest Tits I Ever Came Across. And such pretty titties they are, my friend.
Although Carrera never crossed over to the world of cable softcore, she’s still worth slavering at, and that’s not all. Aside from her leisurely studies in quantum physics and participation as an acting member of Mensa (seriously, she’s a 1997 inductee), Asia set time aside to share with us just what the nerdiest porn star alive is up to of late.
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When you attend assemblies for Mensa, are you treated differently because of your career? Or is the association oblivious to your films?
I joined Mensa shortly after I started porn. I actually did it so I’d have a quick way to flash a card saying "not a bimbo". Then it became the most over-publicized fact ever printed about a porn star. [Laughs] I'm socially phobic, so I don't go to parties, social functions, or any Mensa meetings.
It took me a long time to get Mensa to recognize me publicly, though. After two years they finally linked my website, AsiaCarrera.com, to the members section, and after ten years they acknowledged me as a celebrity member.
They also invited me to be a special guest at their annual event which took place in Las Vegas this year, which I appreciated, but those things scare the heck out of me. So, naturally, I turned them down.
Such a shame. As if other geniuses out there don’t have iniquities of their own. I mean, you’ve openly expressed on your website your wild teenage rebellion against your strict parents. So was this also around the age of your first experience watching a dirty nudie movie?
I was eighteen years old and a dancer at Rutgers University. I mentioned to a guy friend of mine at the time that I was thinking about moving out to L.A. to do porn, but first I wanted to see what I was getting into. So he took me to an adult bookstore, and I picked out two movies, one with Raquel Darrian and one with Savannah. Then we went to his house to watch them.
Sounds hot. Then what happened?
I felt totally gypped. The pictures on the box’s cover were gorgeous, but the movie quality was absolute crap. What the fuck, right? I complained so hard I couldn't even enjoy the movies, but finally my friend convinced me that all pornos were like that. But I was still miffed, and those were the first and last pornos I ever sat down to watch!
Was there ever a point when you went "movie crazy" with at least softcore, or do you just watch the History Channel or something?
I don't even get TV. It doesn't interest me. Anything I want to know about I look up online or read a book. I wasn't allowed to watch TV as a kid, so I've always read voraciously. I still read a book every two days.
What have you been reading lately?
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind, it’s the story of the pirate William Dampier. Some neurological science, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, and also The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. I want to have my baby at home.
Geez. No TV, huh? So you mean to tell me there are no skintresses out there who turn you on?
I used to like Kim Basinger, but now it's Angelina Jolie. Wow, is she hot! I like big lips and soft curves on a girl.
We totally agree. So what movies have worked you up lately?
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean. But Johnny in anything works quite well, actually. A Johnny Depp/Angelina Jolie team-up is needed. Hello Hollywood, are you listening?
I found nowhere on your site where you talked about your experience working on The Big Lebowski. How did you land that gig?
I got a call from a talent agent that they were looking to cast a porn star for a Coen Brothers movie. They asked me to come in and take some Polaroid shots. So I showed up, posed in some lingerie, and that was it--no reading lines or anything.
After I took the pics, the agent said to me, "You are very beautiful--too beautiful for this part, probably. The Coen Brothers prefer more quirky, real looks in their characters." I was disappointed, but if I was going to be rejected for being too beautiful, that wasn't a bad a way to go, right?
So the very next day I got a phone call from the agent saying that the Coen Brothers came down and pointed out my shots. They said [to the agent]: "That's the one we want!" So I got the part!
So when did you start production?
The day I shot my scene with them was actually the first day of the whole movie. Everyone was nervous, and all the bigwigs and all the money men were on the set. I didn't know that though, so it didn't intimidate me at all. I just did my thing. Everyone thought I was cute.
So the brothers stopped shooting and wrote some dialogue for me. That way I could get my SAG card out of the gig, because originally my part didn't have any dialogue. When they watched the dailies later, [the Coens] were impressed that I could deliver my lines exactly the same with my top on and with it off.
Funny, isn't that why they hired you?
Totally, but then came the kicker: I got a request from the agent to autograph about a dozen 8 x 10s for all the bigwigs who'd been on set that day--including the brothers. Everyone was too shy and intimidated to ask me to my face!
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