LOS ANGELES — Veteran adult video star James Bartholet has received a 2017 AVN Awards nomination for Best Non Sex Performance for his work on Beauty and the Beast XXX: An Erotic Fairy Tale Parody, from Sparks/Exquisite.

“I want to thank everybody at AVN, and everybody that voted for me. It is a lot of work to perform in front of a green screen for an entire movie. You have to do some real acting to imagine the surroundings and performing next to your fellow actor. Working on Beauty and the Beast XXX was definitely a real challenge, and I appreciate that AVN saw the work we put into this movie,” said Bartholet.

“James did a remarkable job in Beauty and the Beast. Like the rest of the cast, he had to bring a character to life while acting in front of a green screen, and the final result has actually exceeded my expectations,” said director Harry Sparks.

The AVN Awards will be announced on January 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Bartholet can be seen starring in a new episode of Porn Soup, “PornSoup 47 - The Porn Star Acting School," directed by Kayden Kross. Porn Soup can be seen on You Tube.

Follow James Bartholet on Twitter @jamesbartholet.