In brief: In Evil Angel’s new series My Fantasy With Rocco, Rocco Siffredi directs and performs while five co-stars each bring their own fantasy, AVN reported on Oct. 5. The legend’s new trick is letting someone else write the script.
Rocco Siffredi, a man whose name already sits on the marquee, is letting someone else pick the story. Evil Angel has released My Fantasy With Rocco, a new series in which the AVN Hall of Famer takes five co-stars on what the studio calls “intimate private dates,” AVN reported on Oct. 5.
The idea is that each performer brings her own fantasy. The debut features Clemence Audiard, Britney Dutch, Leya Desantis, Megan Longoria and Candy Layla. Each segment opens with voiceover of the performer talking with Siffredi, who directs and performs, and he shows up in a dark suit and tie on a set with leather couches and purple neon.
“I wanted to explore a completely different approach to making movies, one built around collaboration. Every scene is the result of working closely with the performers, to bring their own fantasies to life.” — Rocco Siffredi, via AVN
Siffredi said most of the cast had never worked with him, and that the returning performers got to lead this time. “I wanted to make sure each girl experienced something she had genuinely imagined, something she truly wanted to explore,” he said. “Doing collaborations with so many wonderful women from all over the world was something unexpected at this point in my career.”
Desantis, for one, says he isn’t putting on a show for the camera. “He’s intense, but not in a fake, ‘perform for the camera’ way,” she said, adding: “I’d definitely do it again.”
Why it matters: putting performers in charge of the concept is a trend across the business, and seeing it from a legend with decades of credits says something. Our read: decades into his career, Rocco’s new trick is letting someone else drive.