Her First Scene: Riley Steele
Riley Steele was recently named the newest Vixen Angel of the Month! In honor of this latest milestone from the popular star, we take it all the way back to the very first scene she shot (and it came in a very big movie).
Movie: Pirates 2
Scene type: Boy/girl/girl
Studio: Digital Playground
Where: California
When: Spring 2008
Director: Joone
Co-stars: Shawna Lenee, Ben English
Released: September 2008
How: The story of how Riley Steele ended up in porn seems like it might have been ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script. She encountered established star Jesse Jane at a Hustler Hollywood signing for the first Pirates movie. Armed with a business card collected from Jane, Steele was able to meet with DP director Joone, who immediately signed her to a contract. And as simple as that, an incredible career began! While most stars shoot their first scenes for small studios or solo scenes, Steele had the rare opportunity to debut as part of an undoubted blockbuster: the much-anticipated sequel to Pirates, DP’s Pirates of the Caribbean parody. “I kept waiting to get nervous,” Steele told AVN regarding her first shoot. “I never really got nervous. I just was really excited and really wanted to start doing it, and then did it, and it was just a lot of fun.”
Trivia: In what would soon become a relic of porn past, Jane and Steele embarked on a global press tour to promote the movie, with visits to far-flung locations such as Australia.
Quotable: “There’s just something about other people watching, knowing that you’re being filmed. I can’t describe it, but I really like it.” (Steele on shooting the scene, as quoted by AVN)
Observations: Ben English playfully menaces Steele and Shawna Lenee, who decide the best way to defuse his play-acted rage is to offer him their own, very salacious version of pirate’s gold. While the scene is relatively short, in keeping with the movie’s overall attention to plot, Steele still manages to steal audience attention, arguably outshining Lenee in the scene despite the gulf in experience between the two. Overall, Steele looks like a million bucks, and given Pirates 2‘sreputed budget, such a comparison seems doubly appropriate.
The critics said: “Ben plays Governor Littleton perfectly. His later dialog is fantastic and during the sex scene he engages in a little pirate role play with the two lovely blondes [ . . . ] I believe this is Riley’s debut and she has to share the spotlight with Shawna who is pretty hot in her own right.” (Rog Reviews)
Watch the full scene in Pirates 2. Browse other editions of “Her First Scene” here.
