Captain Jack Interviews Lena Paul
Lena has burst on the porn scene in the last year. She is known for her big tits but Lena has a great personality and dances to the beat of her own drummer. I met her for the first time at the recent AEE in Vegas and we had a chance to talk a little. We set up an interview and finally got out schedules lined up. Lena is very insightful and gave some very thought provoking answers.
Captain Jack: Tell me about Lena Paul.
Lena Paul: I grew up pretty much all over the Southeast. I was raised in Georgia and did my first year of college at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and finished up at a college in Florida because I met a boy and fell madly in love and all that good stuff. (laughs) The boy didn’t necessarily work out but I loved the whole schooling experience. I studied Latin American studies and worked in agriculturally orientated start-up spaces. I worked with different start-ups that were looking at sustainable agriculture. Like organic farming, organic crop treatments and that type of thing. I basically negotiated between Central American governments and individual investors with the U.S. teams because I generally found being a petite, relatively cute blonde girl made it really easy for people to talk to me. I could get a lot more out of unions in Latin America that might be more closed off to others. I basically worked with the indigenous. I had a really weird career before I got into porn and now I still have a really weird career. (laughs)
CJ: How old are you?
Lena: I’m 23. I was homeschooled growing up so I graduated from high school early and went to college. By the time I was out and running around Mexico and Guatemala, I was about 21 or 22. There was a little bit of crossover between this time period for me because start-ups notoriously have no money and I was frequently running into the scenario where I couldn’t pay my workers in Honduras or Guatemala because of this management on the U.S. side so I was actually webcamming from my hotel room in Guatemala to fund my start-up. I ended up getting paid by the company in the form of equity. So when I got fed up with the structures of the companies I was working with and saw the writing on the wall and saw it wasn’t going to go anywhere for me career-wise, I walked away from that. In the time being, I unwittingly and unintentionally grew a pretty good presence in camming. I was getting hit up by porn agents and for auditions and all this stuff. I was going to go back and work on some kind of graduate degree but in the meantime, I realized I went to a private school, I have a ton of student debt, I kind of put everything off in my life to travel around the world, I had to figure out a way to pay my bills and have some fun at the same time. And porn still kind of appeared for me.
CJ: How long have you been in the industry?
Lena: 10 months, I’m coming up on my porniversary.
CJ: You are in a lot of big tit scenes, what size are they?
Lena: They kind of fluctuate. When I started in the business, they were 32 triples and now I’m around a 32 double D. I got a lot of feedback initially when I got into the industry, ‘we really like your look but you probably need to be a little bit slimmer.’ And my initial instinct to all of that was, ‘Fuck you guys! I’m going to do what I want!’ But then I switched birth control and lost all this weight and I was, ‘Damn, I don’t want to give you the impression that I played into that!’ Like my bush, for example, that was a total rebellion move. I made a deal with myself when I got into the business that I wasn’t going to be the type of girl who changed herself for the business. It was either going to be a take me or leave me scenario. Whenever I got a little bit more svelte and more like a typical looking pornstar, I was, ‘Shit! I don’t want you guys to think I agree with you!’
(Ed. Note: A week after this interview, Lena made news by shaving her bush so I had to ask her why.)
Lena: Honestly, I accidentally shaved too much of the sides. (I do trim it) so I was like, ‘well, fuck, guess I gotta even this up! I’ll be growing it back starting in ten days. I’m taking a break and then it’s gonna be just as bushy as ever!)
CJ: I’ve heard so many stories of agents wanting girls in the cookie cutter image. I like it because there is such a wide variety of women.
Lena: Absolutely and I think we’re getting more diverse every year. Whenever you look at the number of girls of different ethnicities and backgrounds, you’re seeing a lot more variety in porn which I think that says good things not just about the porn world itself but about porn consumers. Porn consumers are more educated and more ethical nowadays than they ever have been because there is more information and people are taking advantage of that.
CJ: When did they start growing, did you get a lot of attention from guys?
Lena: Yes! I started getting breasts when I was about 8 years old. I was the definition of an early bloomer. I had double D’s by the time I was 11 or 12. I was homeschooled so I was a little bit sheltered from it but I think I’ve always been conscious of the fact that I had a woman’s body at a really early age. I definitely did not look like the other girls growing up. Honestly, porn’s been really good for me in some ways because it’s been my way of making peace with my body. I feel so much more comfortable in my skin after interacting with porn consumers. They tell me that they want a woman, not a little girl. AVN was very sweet because I never think of people in terms of physical attractiveness. I’ve dated all varying body types, different appearances, some very conventional and some that not many people idolize so I never think of myself in terms of my sexuality. It’s just a business for me. Other things are important to me like intelligence and character.
CJ: When did you lose your virginity?
Lena: I was a really late bloomer. I lost my virginity at 19. It was really funny because my body was so developed that I think I was overwhelmed with attention. There were so many boys that wanted to be close to me and I knew that they were only after one thing. And being young and innocent, I was really not ready for that. So I waited and I actually lost my virginity to somebody that I really cared about and we were both virgins. We transitioned from high school sweethearts and dated all through college.
CJ: Is that the guy that you went down to Florida with?
Lena: Yes, so even though it didn’t work out it was still very beautiful. I am very pleased with my first time. I’m glad I waited.
CJ: Since you were with him for a while and you were in love, I assume you weren’t with that many guys before the industry?
Lena: I kind of went crazy after we broke up! It’s so funny because my husband is the last person I hooked up with before I got into the business. I remember we were laying in my hotel room and we were trying to count up all the partners we had been with…I’ve been with about 18 or 19. I was not an amateur. One of the good things about having sex older is that you’re not all hung up on those high school insecurities. Once the cat was out of the bag, I just tried everything; bondage, DP, women, orgies, threesomes…I did a little bit of it all. BDSM too. I went to a dungeon a time or two. I just wanted to sample everything.
CJ: You went to a dungeon. Were you a submissive there or were you training to be a dom?
Lena: I was and continue to be a switch. I went once as somebody’s dom and I went once and was a sub. I’ve tried both. BDSM is something that I will definitely explore more but I would love to experiment with it more in a professional setting.
I’m a complete and total nymphomaniac but there is a specific thing about sex I love and that’s that total animal moment when you’re not thinking about your grocery list, you’re not thinking what you have to do tomorrow…everything narrows and your whole field of vision narrows into what is happening in that one moment. I think BDSM distils that perfectly when done correctly. It’s almost meditative. The whole goal of meditation is to empty your mind and that’s what I think is really great about BDSM sex.
Sex positivity is something I’ve been big on for a long time. I think you have to be sex positive to even be attracted to this business. I’ve always tried to be supportive of fetishes, be it my partner, who I’m with, or be it a client. I never want to shame anybody. I’m always going to be a good sport and give it a try. There’s this one male performer, I won’t say who because it could be considered embarrassing, His particular kink is, he always says, ‘I want to piss in your mouth!’ ‘I want to piss in your mouth!’ I’ve always told him that’s not my fetish but I’ll dirty talk it to help you. That turns me on to get somebody going for them to feel safe and accepted in their kink. I think that is the thing I love the most, quite honestly, about sex.
CJ: You mentioned client, is that escorting?
Lena: No, that’s in Skype privates. I tried sugaring and I was open about that. Whenever I was funding my startup and, for me, it’s so intensive because it’s just natural setting to give a full girlfriend experience. It’s just so exhausting. I couldn’t really do it. I had a really positive experience but my life is so consumed into my work that I don’t have time to take on any projects like that.
CJ: You mentioned girls, of those 20 people you were with before porn, how many of them were girls?
Lena: 4 or 5. I kind of realized that I was bisexual, like a lot of girls, in the middle of college. It was really awesome. I was able to experiment with both in the context of relationships; my first time with a girl was a threesome on Tinder, totally a Millennial romance! It was great and a lot of fun. I’ve never had a full relationship with a woman but I’ve always had romantic friendships basically. I love women. And women, for me, I really feel fulfilled in porn in a lot of ways because I get to be with a lot of beautiful women. But because I have a mature look, I’m not a MILF but I have a really womanly figure and a bush, I get cast as a dominant, which is really fun for me because I tend to be more submissive with women.
CJ: How did you come up with your stage name?
Lena: I love old Hollywood, Hollywood glamour, so “Lena” came from Lena Horne. And my original name when I started camming was Lena Peach because I’m from Georgia. When I got into porn, my first agent said that Peach doesn’t work. He said I should be “Paul” and I was ok with that because Lena Paul and Les Paul. It made me think of that.
CJ: So what was your first scene like? You were sexually experienced but it’s different with all these people around. Were you intimidated? Nervous? Turned on?
Lena: Excited and nervous, like a lot of people. My first scene was with Brick Danger for Reality Kings. I met Brick, he’s a really cool dude. Our director was Ivan in Miami. Ivan is this cool fiery Cuban dude and I speak Spanish so I naturally shit talked him in Spanish all the time to bug him. Brick started joining in and we were really friendly the whole day. By the time we actually got to sex, it felt I was just fucking a friend. That’s always what it feels like in this industry because we’re all so kind and respectful to each other, most of the time. By the time we started fucking, it just felt so natural. I had such a good time. It’s so funny because I remember that we were getting ready and about to start the scene. Most of the time when a guy is dealing with a newbie, he knows to go off in the corner and masturbate to get started. I immediately went to him and said, ‘Hey, do you need a hand?’ He looks at Ivan and says, ‘She’s going to go really far in this business!’ (laughs) He was one of the first people who predicted that I was going to do well.
CJ: What’s your favorite position?
Lena: Oh God! It’s so dependent! It’s so dependent on my mood. Lately, I just want rough, choking, biting, spitting sex so I like to get fucked from behind a lot these days. Doggie, at the moment, is probably my favorite. Normally I like to be on top. Lately, I’ve just been needing to get smacked around a little bit, if you get the meaning. I’ve been working so much that whenever I get off work, I just need an emotional release so I’ve been gravitating towards more power play focused sex. It’s been really therapeutic! Dealing in dominance and submission when you’re really on that psychological level; when you’re truly in subspace is such a stress release. It’s therapeutic!
CJ: In your private life, are you a switch?
Lena: Yes, mostly, I tend to be more dominant with women. I truly love dominating men but my primary partner, my husband, tends to be the dom between the two of us. It’s very fulfilling and it’s the stress relief that I need. There is a certain amount of responsibility you need as a dom so I really enjoy being able to come home and just let go.
CJ: Do you have any favorite scenes?
Lena: I would say that my Porn Fidelity scenes are among the most fun. Ryan Madison is one of the few guys that I’ll let cream pie me. It was old Hollywood Pin-Up style, it was probably the most beautiful I’ve ever felt on set. And some of the most genuine sex that I’ve had. Pretty much anything that I do for Girlfriends Films. I love working for Girlfriends Films. They always really facilitate having a genuine connection. I was just working with Reagan Foxx, who is a gorgeous MILF. I adore her. Some of the most genuine sex I’ve had is the one scene I did with Lucas Frost in I Love My Stepsister’s Big Tits 7. And then Mason. I loved Stacked 6. She’s so amazing and made me feel so beautiful! I love directors who make me work; who make me reach and Mason does that.
I try to walk on set and have the best sex possible. I can count on one hand the number of bad experiences I’ve had. I love my job. I love that I get to fuck clean, nice, beautiful people all day and get paid for it. The Christmas Special I did for Brazzers was probably one of the most intensive weeks. I shot 4 days straight for them. They had a spitroast between Alexis Fawx and Charles Dera. This was maybe my 3rd week in porn and in LA. But I was so happily overwhelmed. Jillian Janson and I fucked in that movie and then we couldn’t keep our hands off each other the whole week. (laughs) After everyone would go to bed, she’d come to my room and we ate each other out. It was so much fun. It felt like porn summer camp.
CJ: How often do you masturbate?
Lena: It’s so funny because I was just complaining about this! I’ve almost forgotten how to masturbate! I just have this excess of bodies around me so I can always have sex if I want to! Yesterday, it was my day off, I turned off the lights, poured myself a glass of wine and masturbated for three hours! I needed to do this. I needed to make time for me and connect with stuff that I fantasize about. When I’m at work, I’m not thinking about anything else except the person in front of me. Sometimes, talent will close their eyes and think about somebody else and we all do that every once in a while, but I really don’t fantasize during my work sex. And not during my personal sex either. I don’t really have space to fantasize. It’s fun.
CJ: What do you fantasize about?
Lena: Mostly kink, mostly bondage. A lot of domination. More rougher sex. I feel like so far in my career, I’ve specialized in more tender, more vanilla sex and it’s been so much fun. I enjoy having real sex. But my fantasies these days are shifting to rougher things. DPs, gangbangs, intensive bondage.
CJ: What’s your favorite method to masturbate?
Lena: Hitachi. And fingers. I used to be super clit focused but I’ve been so inundated with great dick in this business that now my pussy is jealous because I’ve spent too much time taking care of my clit! (laughs)
CJ: Pervy question, when you use your hands, do you taste yourself?
Lena: Oh yeah. Usually. It turns me on but it’s also for business reasons. I’m a porn performer, so you have to make sure that everything’s good down there! (laughs) You have to make sure you’re all good for work!
CJ: When a guy pops, where do you prefer it?
Lena: Honestly, in my personal life, I love creampies but I also love a good facial too. A good facial can be humiliating, primal and visceral and all that good stuff. But having cum drip down my legs all day and feeling it is an extreme turn-on for me.
CJ: Do you swallow?
Lena: Oh, of course! Of course! Who doesn’t swallow? I love the taste of cum actually!
CJ: Are you a size queen? Do you like huge cocks?
Lena: No, I have a naturally really tight pussy so I find myself challenged by the dick I get on set. I am all for the “every man dick”. I like regular penis because I’m naturally very small.
CJ: You did your first anal scene for Tushy. How did you like it?
Lena: Loved it! Love it! I absolutely love anal! I’m still under contract at the moment and it should be expiring in the upcoming month and I absolutely can not wait to start doing more anal.
CJ: How many anals have you done for Tushy?
Lena: Only one! They tend to take very good care of you and I was very, very pleased. My first anal was with Greg Lansky and he treated me very well. I’ve done three total scenes for him.
CJ: You mentioned before that you fantasize about DP’s and gangbangs. Is that in your future?
Lena: Yeah but I’ll probably be doing those for my own website exclusively. I say that I’m a switch but the people I like to submit for are my partners and in my professional life, I tend to really enjoy being in charge. I probably will be directing those for my own site. I’m taking a page from Riley Reid. She does all the more extreme stuff on her website.
CJ: So do you think you’d do a double anal or a double vag?
Lena: I would totally do a double anal. I can totally do that; I can fist my own asshole. So I don’t worry about stretching there but my pussy’s so tight, I would be really surprised if I could get two cocks in there. If I can, I’d totally do it. It’s one of those things where I’d have to get two volunteers. ‘Hey, would you two guys mind shoving your cocks in my pussy?’ (laughs)
CJ: What are you like off-camera? What are your hobbies and interests?
Lena: I am a huge gamer so, at the moment, I’m obsessed with League of Legends and Sky Rim. I play those a lot! I have a Labrador that’s my baby and I’m always playing with her. I love to cook, I used to work as a chef while I was in college. I worked in catering. Cooking has always been a love language in my family. When you care about somebody, you make them a big meal. So I love to be in the kitchen. That’s one of my favorite things to do in my off-times. Whenever I have time, I love to be in the gym. My partner’s a bodybuilder. I just work all the time so I don’t get as much time to go as I would want to.
CJ: What’s your favorite food?
Lena: My favorite food to eat is everything. I love Southern Soul Food. I love Thai and Sushi. I worked for a Thai family and a Japanese family, cooking, so I got all their recipes. Of course, I got great recipes living in Central America. I tend to collect recipes wherever I go. I guess between sex and food, I’m generally a hedonist. I can’t eat shit food and I can’t have bad sex. Having those for any length of time makes me sad and grumpy.
CJ: What kind of music do you like?
Lena: I listen to a little bit of everything. I listen to alternative, metal, rap…I’m just all over the place. I grew up in a home of music enthusiasts.
CJ: Do you have any favorite movies?
Lena: I love foreign films like The Seventh Samurai by Akira Kurosawa. I love old Westerns. Watching old Westerns was my dad’s thing so we bonded over that. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is amazing. Singing in the Rain. Anything by Hitchcock. Anything by Scorsese. I’m kind of everywhere as far as movies go. Strangely, the longer you’re in porn, the more you learn about composition. The more that I work, the more obsessed with film I become because it’s such a powerful medium.
CJ: What’s your favorite TV shows?
Lena: At the moment, I’m watching House of Cards, The Man In The High Castle and I just finished The Wire.
CJ: You said you went nuts after breaking up with your boyfriend, what’s the kinkiest thing you’ve ever done?
Lena: I was in LA on business back when I was working as a professional, the kind that wears pants to work, and I had a series of stressful and unproductive meetings. It was the last day of my trip and I was flying out in the morning. I just hopped on Tinder and I was down for anything. So I met up with this guy. He was a professional salsa dancer so he was going to take me out dancing. I thought great. There was no illusion there, I was just there to get rot out. We met his buddy at the bar that we were dancing at. One thing led to another and the friend ended up coming home with us. And I wind up having my first DP experience with 2 total strangers. It was really filthy and slutty. Normally, I just get off on chemistry but this was one of the first times that I was just getting off on being slutty. But I don’t recommend it. For those reading at home, I definitely do not recommend having sex with strangers. Get tested! Be responsible! Use protection! Even in my drunken state, there were condoms!
CJ: And how can the fans get ahold of you?
Lena: On Twitter, I’m @LenaIsAPeach. Instagram is @LenaPaulXO, I don’t have a professional Tumblr. My personal website is lenapaul.manyvids.com
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