Porn Star Sasha Grey talks about her first 'legit' film

April 30, 2009 by Lance Carter

Porn star Sasha Grey is starring in her first feature film role in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Girlfriend Experience.’

Soderbergh has said that he became interested in Grey after reading about her in Los Angeles Magazine. (Really, Steven? You’d never seen any of her 150 adult films? I haven’t – seriously!) Anyway, he says the article showed how different she was from her industry colleagues.

From Yahoo:

Such a casting decision is automatic publicity for a small film like “The Girlfriend Experience” — a benefit Soderbergh doesn’t dispute.

“I’m counting on it,” he says. “This girl has a huge following. Most of whatever discussion that’s going on is totally based on her. … She’s kind of a new breed. There hasn’t been anyone exactly like her in that business yet. She’s not the normal adult film star.”