If you've got any burning questions about the adult industry, picking Angela White's brain is a great place to start.
The adult actress - who was crowned as Pornhub's most popular star in 2024 - certainly knows her way around the set of an X-rated movie after all these years.
She has been in the industry since she was just 18, so she knows all the tricks of the trade and just how much hard work goes into creating explicit content.
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White - who has previously been dubbed the 'Meryl Streep of porn' - has been on both sides of the camera too, as she is both a director and a performer.
The Aussie has always been open about both her risqué career, having previously revealed the 'biggest mistake' she ever made and whether she's actually faking it in scenes.
She's very transparent about her personal life too, and has spoken out about what her parents think of her being a porn star and her one condition that comes with hooking up with fans.
White has also walked fans through what it is really like to be on the set of an adult movie - and it turns out it's not as sexy, or as sleazy, as you might think.
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The award-winning actress revealed that there is actually quite a mundane process that must be followed before every shoot, which involves a lot of 'paperwork'.
"A lot of people still think it’s a shady industry, when in reality it is very corporate - there is so much compliance,” she told news.com.au in March last year.
White explained that there is a lot of due diligence which goes into creating a porno, so that filmmakers can make sure everything is above board. Fans only get to see the polished final product, though, as the admin-side of things wouldn't be much of a turn on.
The former webcam model revealed that the age and name of each performer has to be verified before anyone takes their clothes off, and that stars have to show some identification on video before each scene, to prevent exploitation.
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Then, there's the boundary checklist which the actors have to work through.
Each person involved in the scenes runs through a catalogue of sex acts with a model liaison so everyone can clearly lay out their limits.
"We go through and say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or ask for clarification," White said, explaining that they can spend up to 30 minutes ironing out the details of what's about to go down.
Even if two stars have worked together before and are aware of how far the other is willing to go, this boundary checklist still has to be carried out each time.
According to White, this is because people might change their minds and want to redefine what is expected of them from one day to the next.
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However, the entire preparation process actually begins a couple of weeks before the shoot is even scheduled to take place.
White explained that performers are not permitted to take part in scenes unless they have a clean 14-day test which proves their sexual health is in check.
"So for me, because I work so much, I’m testing every 12 days - and that is a full sweep of STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV and trichomoniasis," she continued. "We’re doing throat swabs, vaginal swabs and anal swabs."
So, yeah, a career as a porn star has some pretty invasive aspects that viewers don't get to see - although I'm sure some people would get a laugh out of seeing 'bloopers' from this part of the process.
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But White doesn't reckon that the responsibility of promoting safe sex or encouraging regular testing should fall on porn stars.
She doesn't believe these aspects of lovemaking should be slipped into adult films, as she believes that this content is 'not education, it's entertainment'.
"You don’t watch Fast and Furious to learn how to drive," she joked.
On top of that, White explained that porn stars have to also maintain a good exercise routine alongside a healthy diet, as the job is so physically demanding.
"It‘s not like regular at home sex, we’re constantly changing positions and we hold them for around five minutes," she added.
Anything to get that money shot, eh?
Topics: Adult Industry, Sex and Relationships, Jobs, PornHub, Australia
Olivia Burke