On the Set: Brad Armstrong's 'Holly ... Would' (Wicked Pictures)

This article originally ran in the September 2014 issue of AVN magazine.

Pleasant midafternoon in a suburban house that has seen a lot of production. The expansive living room, with frosted windows facing the street, ice-slick poured cement floor, and high ceiling with a room-wide projection screen tucked into it, has been a restaurant, a hotel room and many other places thanks to clever production design. Today, with the addition of a couple of widely spaced furniture racks, it is a Melrose Avenue clothing boutique.

The video in production is Holly ... Would, a noir-styled cat-and-mouse drama for Wicked Pictures with Asa Akira as a madam for an high-priced Hollywood escort service/swing club who is set up by Xander Corvus to get himself out of a drug bust. Samantha Saint plays an undercover cop gathering evidence for a bust, and today's scene involves a seduction of Saint by Akira and clothing salesman Keni Styles. Brad Armstrong is directing from his own script and the production is planned for release in time for awards consideration, with Akira as a Best Actress contender. "She already has an amazing all-sex feature, Asa Gets Wicked, and a strong supporting role in Aftermath," Wicked publicist Daniel says. "We wanted her to have a strong dramatic lead for this year."

As the final adjustments are made to the set, Samantha Saint enters wearing a black lace dress that reaches up to her neck with strategic cutouts front and back. A PA fastens the back of the dress as Saint exchanges her rubber flip-flops for high-heeled black and gold glamour shoes, taking her position on the set as techs stand in for not-ready-yet Styles and Akira. Brad Armstrong sizes up the lighting in his freestanding monitors: The light is all natural, available illumination streaming in the frosted windows. Lars von Trier would be proud.

Styles walks in, his thin frame wrapped in a shiny three-piece suit, shiny jacket slung casually over his shoulder, shoes in his hand. Akira enters in a spangly green mini and glittery shoes and sits near Styles, revealing a matching green spangly G-string. Armstrong gathers his players and runs lines and discusses staging with them before they pose for stills.

"No, you can't kiss," Armstrong chides his performers as they pose for stills. "You're gonna be sucking cock and eating pussy and you can't get your makeup fixed every 30 seconds."

When the stills are finished and the scene begins, Akira makes up for lost time by devouring Styles with a kiss, reaching for his cock with both hands. When he stands up she undoes his pants and opens her mouth wide, taking in his cock without her eyes ever leaving his, teasingly hiding the action behind his hip before giving the camera the full view. Akira coquettishly leers at Saint, who is showing a slow arousal as Akira gags on Styles' cock, idly biting her lip, a hand hovering over her breast, a sly smile crossing her face. I hope the camera is catching it.

"Get the over-her-shoulder shot," Armstrong tells the camera operator. "Is it hard or soft?" Akira asks. "Soft," Armstrong replies. Akira straightens up, expertly hiding the action from the camera, as Saint replicates Akira's actions. Nice.

Akira disconnects her mouth from Styles' cock with a loud gasp as he reaches over and pulls Saint's dress off her as she plays the reluctant virgin perfectly, protectively covering her chest as he pulls the dress down, revealing a rather modest black bra. He pulls the skirt up, fingering her, then pulls off the dress entirely, turning her around to show the panties are a G-string in back. Nice reveal. He pulls them off, and leads her to Akira. They kiss as Styles pulls Saint up and kisses her ass from behind. Saint gasps. She may not have been surprised but her character sure was. Akira leans over Saint's back and kisses Styles as Saint's ass twitches behind them. Clothes go flying as Akira steps out of her dress and Saint pulls her bra off.

Akira scoots under Saint's legs, eating her pussy as Styles does the same to her. Saint growls, "Oh fuck yeah," grabbing her breasts and then diving into Akira's open pussy as Styles seizes the momentary break to ditch his pants. Styles then helps Akira double-team Saint's pussy. Akira's hips buck as Saint eats her, then Saint rears up as Akira wraps her hands around Saint's ass, holding her steady as Saint gasps and squeals. Styles stands up next to Saint and Saint smiles sheepishly at him. Guess it was real. Akira and Saint then turn their mouths to Styles' cock, trading off sucking him as he groans nonstop. Incongruously, Styles still has his vest and shirt on.

"Anybody ready for a water break?" Armstrong asks. Assenting grunts. "Okay, cut."

Earlier in the afternoon, Akira said, casually, in passing, "I'm always down for anal. Even if it isn't in the scene."

I wonder how this is seduction scene going to turn out.

Holly … Would streets in late September from Wicked Pictures.