The rough guide to a French cuisine – An interview with Melissa Lauren

By Troy Michael

Being chauffeured down the busy California interstate by her agent’s assistant, nasty French porn goddess Melissa Lauren speaks softly to me in broken English about her career and future plans in the world of adult films.

Melissa is on her way to shoot with a new porn company. “I don’t really like working with new film companies,” Melissa tells me. “I like working with companies I am more familiar with, so I know what to expect from them and they know what to expect from me.”

In her two-year career, Melissa Lauren has worked with several adult film companies, but tells me her favorites to work with are Ninn Worx, Hustler, Extreme Associates, Red Light District, Platinum X Pictures, Third Degree, and Vivid.

Melissa enjoys the gonzo films that are all the rage in adult films today because she loves the astonishment value. “I like to shock people with sex,” Melissa says. “I enjoy doing all the nasty things that you don’t expect in films.”

Melissa certainly has done that. She prefers to do double anal to anything else and actually enjoys getting throat fucked until she gags and pukes. “I don’t care if I puke while sucking a guy’s cock. I like the feeling of my gag reflex. I have puked on guys before during sex and it doesn’t bother me at all.”

Melissa Lauren has made a name for herself for the rough sex she thoroughly enjoys. From choking to being slapped in the face, Melissa loves it all. She has taken the envelope to the edge of porn and only looks to push it even further. “Ever since I first started having sex when I was fifteen, I liked to be dominated by guys. It is wonderful and nasty.”

As varied as the film companies she loves to work for, Melissa also has a distinct list of directors she is fond of. “I love working with Skeeter Kerkove, because he is one of the nicest people. He is so nice to all girls and he loves to push the limits. I also like Chi Chi LaRue. He is funny and makes me laugh. When I am working with him I am so happy to go to the set that day. I worked with Nina Hartley before and she taught me a lot. She is very nice and intelligent about this business. It is impossible not to love Belladonna. She is so sexy and sweet. She is a great director and also performer. I like that in female directors. Same way with Jewel De’Nyle…I have worked with her a couple of times, and since she was a performer and now is a director, she knows what the girls like and dislike. She is so energetic and great with the camera, too.”

The twenty-year-old French beauty has only been in the business for two years, but has already amassed 150 films to her resume, with some not even released yet. She made her way over to the States via working in porn overseas. She got into the adult film business at eighteen. Melissa made films in her homeland of France and also ventured out to do films in Spain and Hungry. Mark Spiegler, who owns Spiegler Girls, discovered her and he brought her over to the United States. At first it was a bit difficult for Melissa to adjust. “It was really hard working with Mark for the first two months because he really tests you to make sure you want to be in the business. He makes sure you are never late, that you work hard and always show up to the job. But in the long run, now that I look back, it is for the better.

Melissa is no longer working with Mark Spiegler, she has moved on to LA Direct Models to further her career. “I was evolving and needed someone who understood what I want and helped me doing it.”

 It didn’t bother Melissa to fuck strange guys when she first came into the business because she says she can separate sex and emotions in her work. Now that she has made a name for herself in the business, she can be more selective and choose what guys she prefers to work with. Some of those studs include the European porn stars Manuel Ferrara and Michael Stefano. She also likes working with Erik Everhard and Lexington Steele

All these men are very well hung actors, but Melissa says, “I actually prefer medium-sized cocks. All these guys are very big, but I enjoy working with them. Lexington Steele is the only one who is too big for me to enjoy everyday. But outside the business I just like a medium-sized dick.

Melissa prefers only two guys in her scenes, although she has done some gangbang films in the past. “I tried gangbang just to see what it was like. But there were too many cocks and you really can’t get the chemistry flowing with that many people. I like to work with two, maybe three guys, but no more than that. You can concentrate more and build more chemistry when there isn’t a ton of cocks in your face.

So what does the future hold for this strong-willed woman with an insatiable sexual appetite? Actually, it probably isn’t what you think, “I am going to be more selective, then retire from porn in January,” the now black- and red-haired star tells me. “I am going to retire, then shave my head because it is so fucked up from changing the colors.”

She won’t be completely out of the business, she assures us. “I have been doing some directing on the internet with some bondage stuff. I will always be in the business. I like the people, I like working in this business, and it is a lot of fun.”

There is more than porn in the future for Melissa as well. She is a phenomenal cook and wants to put that to good use. “I was a cook in school, when I was around fourteen years old. I love to cook. So I want to open a French restaurant with lots of wines, cheeses, and breads.”

The only drawback is that she wants to do all this back home in France. After retirement from in front of the camera, Melissa is looking to move back across the Atlantic with her boyfriend. She gets almost schoolgirl-giddy when she tells me about him. “He is in the business, too, and I want to be with him and have babies. No more than two, though.”

What if by chance, one of her kids decides to work in the adult film business? “I would tell them about my past. I would never lie to a child…that is just wrong. I would let them know what it is all about and support what they do. My parents know that I work in porn and they know I won’t get hurt and that I am very happy. They are ok with it and they love me, just like I would love my child if they went into the business.

By her plans, we only have a few months left to enjoy the beautiful Melissa Lauren and her tawdry ways. This French girl loves sex, especially rough sex. And as she told me, “This isn’t an act in front of the camera. You just can’t create a character like this.”