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Nick Capra (Born: August 1, 1974) started his career in gay erotica because of jealousy. He didn't want his boyfriend to have sex with another guy on camera. And in that instant ... a porn star was born.
The 34-year-old Italian stallion has starred in films for some of the biggest companies in the industry, such as Hot House Entertainment, Falcon Studios, Titan Media and Lucas Entertainment. Nick Capra has been predominately a top in porn films, but recently he has started to bottom for the right performer.
Standing 6'2, weighing 195lbs and packing 9x6 inches, Nick Capra has taken his success in front of the camera into the bedroom. Capra is a highly successful escort. He won this year's Hookie Award for Best Porn Star Escort.
Nick Capra recently relaunched a revamped version of his website. He is also an active blogger. Capra is also actively involved in the gay and lesbian recovery community. Capra is very proud of his sobriety. His clean date is December 17, 2007.
I sat down with Nick to chat about how he got into the gay adult industry ... his life as an escort ... his sobriety ... his thoughts on bareback porn ... and his popular blog and website ...
Papi Chulo: How long have you been in the adult industry?
Nick Capra: It's been seven years, since this past February.
PC: How did you get into the adult industry?
NC: I was dating a porn star named Troy Michaels and he was getting into the scene. I had no idea about any of it. He was going to do an internet show called Live and Raw. I didn't know what it was. He showed me a picture of the model and I freaked out. He was this really gorgeous guy called Tommy Sacks. I was like, "No way." He was upset and I was going to leave him if he would do it. So, I ended up doing it with him. So, it said "Troy Michaels and model" ... that's it. I went to Channel 1 Releasing and one of the partners, Steven Walker, was there and greeted me. He made a phone call. He said, "This really beautiful Italian man is here." Fifteen minutes later, this crazy man with no eyebrows and a goatee showed up and said he was Chi Chi LaRue. I answered a few questions and that was it. The rest is history. He signed me up for another shoot that day.
PC: How did you come up with your porn name?
NC: It was that same day. I came up with "Nick". Chi Chi asked me, "If you had to be named something besides your name..." She came up with "Capra" from Frank Capra, the director of It's a Wonderful Life. She wanted something that sounded Italian.
PC: Were you always interested in doing porn?
NC: No. It was a complete accident. I was jealous of my boyfriend fucking some other guy. That's what happened.
PC: What was your first day on a porn set like?
NC: It felt completely natural for me. It was exciting, but I got to do the scene with my boyfriend. It was really easy. That's probably why it felt natural... Aside from Chi Chi screaming at the top of her lungs. Which she's famous for doing.
PC: Who has been your favorite scene-mate to work with?
NC: Trent Atkins. He was awesome.
PC: What do you enjoy most about filming scenes?
NC: I like the creative process. I like knowing what's going to happen afterward. That it's going to be a really awesome scene. You know when you're doing it, if it's going to be great or not.
PC: You have been featured in a variety of scenes that range from one-on-ones to threesomes to group sex. Which do you enjoy being in the most?
NC: One-on-ones always. You can focus on your partner. Have you been in a threesome before? There's a lot going on. You got to focus on other people, plus the cameras and the angles. I'm just a one-on-one person. You get to focus on the other person. I love the intimacy.
PC: You have starred in films for some of the biggest companies in the industry (i.e. Hot House Entertainment, Falcon Studios, Titan Media). Is there a particular company you have enjoy working with the most?
NC: I love Titan. I just love the way they treat their models. i like their stuff too. At the end of the day, it's really the editing quality of a movie. It's just good stuff. And I love Joe Gage. He's directed me in a couple Titan movies. Great director.
PC: Several of your most recent projects are for Michael Lucas' Lucas Entertainment. You starred in last fall's blockbuster Return to Fire Island, as well as Farts!, Flip This! and Cockstalker. Tell me about your experience working with Lucas Entertainment.
NC: I'm going to go against the grain. I adore Michael. I will say this much. I've spent intimate time with Michael on Fire Island. And I find him to have a very endearing quality to him. He treated me very, very well. I could actually fall for somebody like Michael. He's highly intelligent. And when you're alone with him, he's not the same person. He would hate me for saying that about him. But, he has a soft side.
PC: You do quite a bit of escorting. How did you get involved in it?
NC: Well I moved to New York City in 2003 and it just seemed like a natural progression for me. I know a lot of men in the industry that did it. I worked for an escorting company and on my own. I did very well and I actually enjoy it. Want to know something strange? I enjoy escorting in the east coast more than I do in the west coast. Men are better cultured, treat you better... I've never been treated badly, but they treat you really well in the east coast. I think it's just culture. New York sees a lot of men with higher profiles, better backgrounds, more to offer.
PC: You won Best Porn Star Escort at the 2009 Hookies. Congratulations.
NC: Thank you. It was good. It was a nice to be recognized that way. The people vote for that. It's a people's choice thing. I always like those better.
PC: Where has your escorting taken you?
NC: The furthest is Hong Kong. It's taken me everywhere in this country. I just got back from North Carolina, which was surprisingly fun. (LOL) I will be in New York and Chicago this month.
PC: What has been an unusual request from a client?
NC: Stomping on balls. Burning them with cigarettes or cigars. Roleplaying as superheroes. You get all that. There's a lot of stuff I won't do.
PC: Is there anything you wouldn't do for your client?
NC: I won't hurt people. I won't burn. I won't mutilate. I won't stomp on balls. I don't like to kick and hurt people. I know what I do is good. Men are leaving feeling good about themselves. I'm leaving feeling good about myself. I don't feel good about hurting them. Some guys like to be smacked around in a good way. But, some people actually want to be hurt. And I'm not going to do it.
PC: Based on the current state of the world economy ... Has your escorting at all been affected by it?
NC: Not really. I mean, in San Diego, yes. But, when I travel, I do really well.
PC: How can you be contacted for your services?
PC: Something you are very proud of is your sobriety. What event (or series of events) led you to your sobriety?
NC: There was nothing, like no jailing or anything. I was really miserable. I had respiratory failure prior due to my drug use. Type 2, where I stopped breathing and a tube was shoved down my throat and an IMV was used to get me to breathe again. This was a result of using crack cocaine with heroin. And two days later I was using again. That was the most serious thing that happened to me, and it didn't stop me from using. I didn't have any relationships. I couldn't have a lover. My friends were gone, and there's a lot to say about that. I couldn't be prouder of my sobriety. I should be dead right now.
PC: How long have you been sober?
NC: It will be 19 months on the 17th of July. My clean date is 12/17/07.
PC: What kind of treatment did you go through?
NC: I went through a gay and lesbian out-patient treatment facility called Stepping Stone in San Diego. I will tell you this. You can do whatever you want to get sober, staying sober is the key. I go to four meetings a week still. I have a sponsor. I sponsor three people. I'm really involved in the gay and lesbian recovery community in San Diego. It's part of my life. I'm an only child. I'm Italian. My family is thick as thieves. My mom is back in my life. She was a codependent. It's changed our relationship. All that was lost is back, but tenfold now.
PC: After you became sober, did you have any second thoughts about working in porn?
NC: Never. I was scared that no one was going to have me back, because I pulled a lot of bad shit when i was high.
PC: What are your thoughts on your fellow porn stars who imbibe in alcohol and drugs on a regular basis?
NC: That's tragic. Some of them I feel sorry for, and some of them I'm disgusted with (Trevor Knight) when I look at them. Absolutely disgusts me. Entitled little trolls.
PC: Is there truly such a thing as a sober porn star?
NC: You're talking to one. I want there to be more. I'm not trying to enforce a way of life. There are a few of us. I want the gay public to see that. You can be sexual and be sober. We have been told that who we are is wrong for so long... That's what we are to them.
PC: Since your sobriety, it appears as if you have gotten a bit kinkier in your scenes. You are doing more watersports and foot fetish scenes. What has brought on this sexual exploration on film?
NC: Exactly that, sexual exploration. I'm taking it to the next level. I like to explore. It just tests my boundaries. Having Michael Lucas telling me what to do also helped. (LOL)
PC: Would you ever do bareback porn?
NC: Never.
PC: What is your opinion on bareback porn's popularity in the gay adult industry?
NC: I see the fantasy behind it and I understand it. I just, for me, and I'm just speaking for me... I think I have a responsibility to demonstrate to somebody that hasn't seen gay sex before. If they see me use a condom, they might use it themselves. The first time I saw gay sex it was through gay porn. I saw them use a condom. I'm not saying it changed my outlook, but it instilled in me that that was a part of gay sex. And these crossover stars? These stars just need to get a job. I'm not saying that in a mean way. Because if they really wanted to do it, they would have started as bareback models. People like Josh Weston, Carlos Morales, Jack Ryan and Jeff Palmer have resorted to barebacking. They didn't start off in bareback porn. They thought there was nothing left for them, and it's tragic. Just get a job. I would go personal train, or do
something. I'd work at a 7-11. (LOL) I'm not going to bareback on camera.
It's funny how the studios say, "We will not employ you if you have done a bareback movie." Unless you are Leo Giamani. They all do it. They say, "We won't hire you if you did a bareback movie." Unless you are really hot, they will excuse it.
PC: You have topped and bottomed on film. Do you classify yourself as being versatile?
NC: I guess so. Let's keep it on the real though. You have to fit a real certain type to top me. You have to speak another language. I've bottomed for Michael Lucas, Arpad Miklos, Pascal Bruno and Robert Van Damme. I'm like an ambassador for the UN. Me and Angelina. I'm serious. I don't get fucked by anyone that's not from another country. No white boys. My first bottoming was in a movie shot in Paris called French Kiss.
PC: How and when did you lose your virginity?
NC: I will be really honest with you on how I lost my virginity to a man. I was forced to suck a guys dick. It was my best friend's, a girl, her older brother. It was really hot. Technically I was orally raped. But, I jerked off to it all my teen years. I used to fantasize about her older brother a lot. I was changing. I was 12 and he was 15. He got home and came in and called me a "faggot." I left the room. He came at me with his mom's sewing sheers and held them to me. He made me suck his dick. I was crying, but I was hard. I guess he saw me looking at him. Kind of sick and twisted, wasn't it? It was the best, but worst, moment of my life. I had this hot 15-year-old cock, fully developed, hairy cock shoved down my throat. It was the first time I saw cum, and I hadn't even cummed yet. (LOL) It was hot. And then that was the first orgasm I ever had, jerking off, thinking of him raping me. Pretty twisted, but true.
PC: What do you enjoy doing sexually?
NC: I like fucking. I love licking ass. i love putting anything sweet on people's ass. I had a thing for hot jelly for a while. I love sucking an uncut cock.
PC: Do you get into any kinds of fetishes?
NC: I like watersports. I like pissing on people.
PC: Describe one of your hottest sexual encounters.
NC: In 2000, I had sex on a park bench in Milan. I was 26 and he was 18.
PC: What is your favorite place to shoot your load?
NC: On someone's face or on my chest with someone's ass in my face.
PC: Do you find it hard to be in a relationship with the type of work you do?
NC: Yeah. I just got out of a relationship for that very reason. It's the biggest set back, working in this industry. It's the #1 set back. I don't like to date people in the industry. I've tried it.
PC: You have picked up blogging. Do you enjoy the blogging experience?
NC: I love blogging. I like the response I get from blogging. It's a great way to communicate with people.
PC: Your blog is unique in that it gives your fans a peak into your private sexual life. How did your blog's concept come about?
NC: I read other people's blogs. I wanted to be a little more personal. I didn't want it to be just the latest press release or video. I wanted it to be about my personal life too. It's for the fans. And they want to read it. I let them know who I am, not just who they see in my videos. I wanted them to know I'm a real person with real problems and real relationships.
PC: What can your fans find on your newly redesigned website?
NC: I think the coolest thing we have to offer are the totally amateur scenes, shot with no direction. There are also scenes from videos. You get both perspectives. I'm also going to start adding lifestyle features. Things shot from parties I've been at. Getting Botox. There's going to be a lot more. They get to see it all.
PC: An upcoming update on your site is a hot scene in which you bottom for Robert Van Damme. Tell me a little about the creation of that scene.
NC: It was completely organic. We had no intention of doing that. We were just going to do an oral scene. Robert and I started out playing football. We went to a park to throw the football. We didn't have shirts on, just shorts. And our cocks were flopping around. I got really hot. I told him, "I want you to fuck me." He was like, "Are you sure? You're not a power bottom." And I was like, "Sure. Let's go fuck." So everybody was happy in the end. It worked out for everyone.
PC: How can your fans reach you?
NC: They can check out my blog (PornStudBlog.com) to see what's going on with me. And I have a direct link to my Twitter on there.
PC: What upcoming projects can we expect to see you in?
NC: I'm working primarily on my website this year. I'm not looking to do any studio stuff. We are going back in production. I will probably release a DVD. Why do it for anyone else when I can do it for me?
PC: Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
NC: Pimping out boys. (LOL) No. Seriously I don't know. I would like to see myself in this industry. Not in front of the camera anymore, but making new boy stars. I will be the next Jake Cruise. (LOL)
PC: Now I am going to ask you seven questions that I like to call "Papi Chulo's LIST." These seven questions have been asked to all of my interview subjects. The first question is ... What are your Top 5 favorite television shows?
NC: The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Charm School with Ricki Lake. Keeping Up with the Kardashians. It's true. I'm so embarrassed to say that. (LOL) Ugly Betty. Dynasty.
PC: McDonald's Big Mac or Burger King's Whopper?
NC: Burger King's Whopper.
PC: Disney or Warner Bros?
NC: Disney.
PC: What's your favorite color?
NC: Red.
PC: What's your favorite sexual position?
NC: Top. Even when I'm on the bottom.
PC: What's your favorite curse word?
NC: Fuck.
PC: If you could be anywhere right now ... Where would you be?
NC: I've never been to Bali. I want to go there really badly.
PC: Well this brings us to the end of our interview ... Is there anything you would like to say to your fans?
NC: To everyone that's new and has been with me the last seven years... It's all about them. I do it 'cause they keep having me back. It's for them. I can't thank them enough. It's a wonderful life.
~Papi Chulo~
