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Man of action: Blake Harper like you've never seen him before
At 32, after scores of XXX flicks and a number of awards (including Performer of the Year at the GayVN Awards last March), Blake Harper has nevertheless found himself starting over in certain respects. Not long before our cover shoot and interview, word spread through the porn grapevine that Harper and his longtime lover, fellow porn model Jason Branch, had ended their relationship of three years. They were well-known as a couple, having entered the industry more or less at the same time. Harper has since moved out of the San Francisco loft he shared with Branch, settled in West Hollywood, and started reinventing himself as a performer without the “…and Jason Branch” attached to his name.
Toward that end, as we sat down to lunch Harper revealed that he was entering a partnership with Donald von Wiedenman, founder of Stable Entertainment and producer of Late Nite Porn, The Servant and the Goosed! series of bisexual films. Harper will share producing duties with von Wiedenman, and will also deal with press, publicity, casting and so forth.
“I’ve done so much over the past few years in porn,” Harper says. “What really interests me is doing something new. With this partnership I’ll be able to participate in the industry on a different level. I’m looking forward to it because it’s a new and different direction for me.”
But he’s not retiring his on-screen persona just yet. “This is a new start, but it’s not going to exclude me from being able to do movies. This year I’ve wanted to cut back because I’ve done so many!” he laughs. “I have had different roles where I’ve been able to play somebody evil or sympathetic or whatever, and I’ve had really good directors who have been able to express to me what they want to get across, and have helped me reach that place of being vulnerable enough and exposed enough to just do it and not feel self-conscious about it.” Harper has also taken that experience and applied it to the new circumstances in his life.
Knowing that Harper is an amiable sort, I decided to conduct a little experiment and turned our interview into a sex quiz. Who better than a popular porn model like Blake Harper to expound on the glories of everyone’s favorite pastime?
What was the best sex you’ve ever had?
My 30th birthday in London with Jason. It was very sensual, passionate, aggressive. It ran the whole gamut. For me, the biggest turn-on was that it started off slow and then built really high and stayed there for a while on that level. [Sighs] We were just so madly in love, and that was the biggest turn-on of all.
Set the scene a little. Where did it take place?
It was in a bedroom at his friend’s flat. It was all night—all weekend, basically. [Laughs] It started off with a nice shower scene where we helped each other get ready…
Damn, that’s romantic.
Yeah, that was fun. I got pictures of that one. [Laughs] Oh, yeah! One picture in particular is one of my favorites because you can see these huge droplets of water sliding down his back and his ass. Fit for framing.
What about your best kiss? A really, really hot kiss?
The first man who ever kissed me. He had a big, burly moustache. Who was that actor who said, “I’m gonna kiss you like you need to be kissed?” That’s how he kissed me. I didn’t know I wanted to be kissed. He knew before I did, and as soon as those whiskers brushed my nose and my upper lip I almost blew my load. [Laughs] So, that was the hottest kiss. The first one.
Where did it happen?
It was in his hotel room where I grew up--in Canada. I was dancing in a show at a theme park. He was one of the producers. I was 19; he was 30. We went for an opening night party at a bar that was pretty much straight. I didn’t know anything about being gay and all that. As I was leaving, he said he’d walk me to my car. When I got to the parking lot he invited me in for a couple beers. I said sure.
Were you aware he was attempting to seduce you, or were you basically clueless?
I wouldn’t say clueless. I’d say clueless by design. Playing naive, but at the same time wanting, I think subconsciously, for something to happen. Like I said, he knew I wanted to be kissed before I even knew.
What makes a really good kiss?
What makes a really good kiss? The anticipation. You can’t just jump in there, you gotta anticipate the kiss. The tease. Soft lips. A little bit of tongue at first. It’s like reading each other. It’s almost like a dance. It’s about the smells of the kiss, you know? The breathing. Breath control during a kiss. Sealing your mouths together, and one person exhaling while the other inhales. And you exchange back and forth to the point where you get so dizzy you feel high. [Laughs] And it’s sort of fun because there are some people that I’ve done that with where you can tell you’re both seeing who’s gonna hold out the longest, which is sort of playful as well as sensual and hot. And then, you know, when you’re done, just going “Woof!” And knowing you’ve been kissed. [Smiles] That’s a good kiss.
That reminds me of this guy I kissed for the first time. I was kind of new to the whole thing, and we both had stubble like yours. And when we kissed our stubble rubbed together, all bristly, but God almighty--
Yes! The stubble, but still, that anticipation and approaching each other and knowing you’re gonna kiss. Like in the movies, where you see them getting closer and closer and closer, to the point where you’re just like, “Kiss him already!”
Isn’t it better when it’s spontaneous? Can you just sort of create that?
Oh, it’s always better spontaneously. You can recreate it, but for me it’s better when it’s spontaneous. The tease, that flirtation thing. What’s really hot is sometimes you don’t know if the other guy wants to kiss. You’re hoping he wants to kiss, and you approach him that way. Sometimes you approach him to kiss and he pulls back, and you think, “OK, he’s one of those guys who has a thing about kissing another guy.” And when I believe that about another guy and then he turns out not to be [that way] that’s a major turn-on.
I remember a guy I was dating just grabbed me and kissed me when we were walking down the street. I was caught totally off-guard.
Those are good too. When they grab you aggressively enough that you know you’re gonna get kissed. But they still have that brief pause, that hesitation when you’re just waiting for it to happen…
And then you’re useless for a week afterward.
“When is he gonna do it again?” [Laughs] Exactly.
And it turns out this guy wasn’t really being romantic. It was part of his seduction technique, just a trick he’d picked up, but you know what?
It worked! [Both laugh]
What makes for good foreplay?
I have--I don’t know how many--certain spots on my body that, when they are touched just right, or even just breathed on just right, I’ll get goose bumps. The hairs on the top of my head will stand up.
Where are they?
[Laughs] You gotta find ‘em! That’s what I always tell a man. That doesn’t come easy. You’ve got to find those hot spots. You gotta earn that one. When you find ‘em, you’ll know.
Good answer.
What I will do with some men is I will hit the hot spots on them that would work on me. And generally the ones that react the way that I would react, I know that’s gonna be a great sexual experience.
Foreplay is a lost art.
I agree completely. I would compare it to dancing. You have to feel like you’re not in a hurry. When I’m turning somebody else on, there is no bigger turn-on for me than knowing that the other person is enjoying what I’m doing to them. It’s communication. Telling somebody what will work, if their hand needs to go a little bit to the right or if they need to kiss a little bit lower. Don’t be afraid to tell them. We’re not mind readers. You have to be able to ask for what you want.
Has someone ever done something to you that you didn’t realize was a real hot button?
Yes. I didn’t realize how sensitive my nipples were, and how connected to my dick they were. Jason helped me realize that. Good old trial and error. [Pause] You know another one? Bondage. I recently discovered that I like bondage, that it can be very erotic. It has to be done right. The biggest turn-off for me is anything humiliating or violent. It won’t do a thing for me. I’m not into the duct tape over the mouth. I like the lighter bondage. It’s feeling like I’ve given up control and surrendered. And when I feel comfortable enough with someone and trust them enough to surrender to them I feel a stronger connection. So not being able to, for example, move my hands, and then to have that person start foreplay and start touching my hot spots, it’s just so fucking hot because normally I’d put my hands on their head and move them away because it tickles too much or something. They have to know when to pull back, know just how long to lick that certain spot… [Chuckles]
What makes a man sexy?
Depends on what mood I’m in. [Laughs] But overall, somebody who has got--this is gonna sound corny--a beautiful soul. Somebody who is compassionate and has the ability to be vulnerable. A man who is in touch with his feelings enough to allow himself to cry. Those things always make me feel a little bit more connected to somebody. And when I feel that connected, the sex is just one part of the whole picture.
What makes you feel sheer carnal lust?
A nice physique.
What does that mean to you?
[Pause] Somebody who is proud of their body no matter what it looks like.
That’s interesting. I think some guys might feel like if they don’t have a six-pack, what chance do they have to compete for someone like you?
Yeah, I hear that. But I’ve had sex with six-pack abs guys and have been completely bored out of my head. And I’ve been with some men who are overweight, but they’ve hit every single spot on my body, and they look into my eyes when they kiss me or when they fuck me. That is so much more of a turn-on for me than a really buffed out guy who doesn’t know what to do and doesn’t talk to me and looks around the room or stops to answer the phone. Please!
What about somebody that could have you overcome with lust? A guy you wanted to fuck right there?
That would be somebody who is a little bit cocky but not to an offensive point. They’re not taking themselves seriously about being cocky.
That’s good. Rare, but good.
Yes, it is rare, but that’s very sexy to me. Hmmm… [Pause] Somebody versatile. Somebody who can fuck like a baboon but can flip over and be just as receiving and gentle.
That’s rare too.
[Laughs] Yeah, but I’ve come across it. There are men out there like that. [Pause] I like body hair. Chest hair that is real furry. I like belly hair, a little treasure trail. I like balls that are lightly hairy, not too overgrown because then I get too much hair in my mouth. [Laughs] I like cannonball asses, asses that are really round. That always gets me going.
Has there been a guy you found unexpectedly attractive? Somebody who wasn’t necessarily your type, but who just got you going?
Yeah. He was in his late thirties. I’ve always liked older, more mature men, and now that I’m in my thirties I’m finding the men who are my own age attractive. But this man was a little bit overweight and he had kind of a ’70s hairdo, parted in the middle and feathered. Facially, I tend to be drawn more to European and ethnic looks, but he wasn’t like that. He was fair-skinned, about 5 foot 10. But the way he kissed, the way he looked into my eyes when we would talk, the way he just… knew. It was at a bathhouse. He knew foreplay very well. He knew how to fuck. I like to be fucked slowly in the beginning. I tell most men this: If you just give me five minutes to get used to your cock, you can have at it. But you need to give me five minutes. And some men honor that and some don’t. And the ones who don’t are usually on their way, and the ones who do, we usually end up having a really, really good time. We were talking, and he was naked. He wasn’t terribly endowed, he wasn’t very big soft, but as we got into it it kept growing and growing, and it was a very pleasant surprise. He also knew how to use it. That was someone I wouldn’t normally have been drawn towards, but he just did it for me.
About how many men have you been with?
[Sheepishly] A couple thousand? And this is just since my mid-to-late twenties.
When was your first time?
I was 17 with a woman and 19 with a man.
This covers, porn, escorting--what else?
I don’t escort so much anymore. The number of men I’ve had sex with as an escort is negligible compared to bathhouses and public sex and bathroom sex and stuff like that.
The reason I’m asking is I wonder if you’ve been able to draw any conclusions from all of your experiences.
I’ve learned to enjoy physical pleasure as a top, as a bottom, in many different roles. To be open to suggestions and not to wrinkle my nose if somebody suggests something I may not be into. Since most of my adult life has been about having sex with gay men and living in communities with gay men, I’m amazed that so many of us are brought together by so much negativity from our families or society. We have a lot to overcome to be successful, but it does amaze me even more how much we’ve accomplished and how far we’ve come.
Words by Ben Scuglia
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