“We needed to find someone who not only had the look, the vibe, the acting ability, but also would be willing to play a gay porn star,” said Kelly. (The real Corrigan has spoken out against the film, saying it makes a mockery of gay porn.) As in real life, Clayton’s Corrigan gets embroiled in a legal battle with his producer Stephen (Christian Slater) over the rights to his porn name, and the film ends with rival porn producers (Franco and Keegan Allen) killing Stephen in order to work with Brent - who promptly turns them in to the police. Clayton plays real-life twink porn star Brent Corrigan, and as director Justin Kelly told Vulture in a recent interview, his sparse résumé was a boon for the film: “I definitely thought that would really help for the role, if it could feel like we’re discovering someone at the same time that is.”įor those unfamiliar with the story of Brent Corrigan, the film follows the broad outline of his early career: As 17-year-old Sean Paul Lockhart, he moves to Los Angeles with a fake ID, gets his start in the porn industry, and becomes an overnight - and underage - sensation. King Cobra might be best known as the gay porn–murder movie starring James Franco, but the film’s actual star is Garrett Clayton, a unknown whose previous credits include the Disney Channel original movie Teen Beach Movie and a short stint on ABC Family’s The Fosters. Brent Corrigan (left) and Garrett Clayton (right).
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