Marco Banderas: Latino Porn King

When it comes to Latin
men in the adult industry there is only one man that stands out prominently and
that is Marco Banderas. Many of the women that  I have spoken to
about  Marco  speak  very  well of  him and his 
natural talent to  arouse  them sexually and sensually... Marco has
what it takes to make the ladies gush and them some! I had the pleasure of
meeting with  Marco and his  wife Lisa  during their  trip
to  New York this  past  January where  they  rang in
the  New Year.

Over lunch we
spoke  about his  films and  what  he has in 
store  for  2008 as both  director and performer. He showed me a
few post production pictures from "The Four" which you can see in the XCritic
Gallery as well as a few from Marco's Crazy Dream #2. Marco expressed his concerns
about how Latinos are represented in the industry. His wife Lisa helped with
some of the translation since my Spanish wasn't that great. Lisa and Marco two
very beautiful people make a wonderful couple and have no trouble at all with
both of them working in porn.

Marco Banderas is one of
adult's most sought-after men. He has appeared in over 2,000 scenes, from gonzo
to feature titles, and has a  realistic looking  dildo made by Topco
Toys that should be out  sometime  next month. Marco Banderas has expanded
into directing for his lines produced by Mercenary Pictures -- Culos Gigantes
and The Dark Side of Marco Banderas. He has also shot for TightFit Productions
and Sunset Media. Marco's newest  venture   Hot Zone  which
is  operated by  his vice president of production, Lisa DeMarco,
formed in April 2007, Hot Zone features  his  skills in front of the
camera and behind it, with finest females  the adult industry has to offer
and is exclusively distributed by American Xcess.

 His own personal
website, marcobanderasxxx.com and MySpace pages,
http://www.myspace.com/marcobanderasxxx   and
http://www.myspace.com/marcobanderascd   officially brings his
international recognition and over the top performances to the Internet. Marco
in person is a very  sweet and  humble  person. He was a
professional singer in Spainfor 10 years and is considered to be one the best male performers in the world.
He has done a few interview in Spanish for Aqui y Ahora ( Here and Now) 
for his  Spanish  speaking  fans. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28149623. I can honestly say that I am a huge fan of his
work as well of his singing. Two of his song can be heard on his MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/marcobanderascd . Meeting  him and his 
beautiful and  equally talent wife Lisa was a welcomed  pleasure and
I look forward  to  keeping in touch with them  both to 
see what they have  in store  for us all. Below are just a
few  questions that  I  asked  Marco and  they are in
both English and  Spanish  for his fans in the Latin American
Countries. Thank You   Marco and Lisa for taking time to  do
this  interview. It was a great pleasure!

1-   1. How does being married and  both  being in the
industry help or  hinder  your marriage?

In my case in particular I don't believe that being in porn has
hindered my marriage at all. It's very clear in my mind that work is only sex
with other women and so cannot and does not interfere with my personal feelings
at all. It may even be a help to my marriage, as when I come home from work
after being with so many other women I realize even more how much I love my
wife.

2.  2. How did you and Lisa meet? Was she
working in the  industry when you both  met?

When I met Lisa I was a professional singer and she was a
fashion designer. It had never crossed our minds to work in porn. We got into
it together after talking long and hard about all the implications to our
relationship, but started doing live sex shows only with each other at the
beginning. As time went by and we became comfortable with the situation we
added another girl to our live show, and later did our first porn film together
for a Spanish company. After a while we began to work with other people in
films while still doing the live shows at night. This lasted about 2 years
until we decided to come to LA and work full time in porn. Two and a half years
have past since then and I have done over 2000 scenes.

3-   3.  What are  your  future goals  for 
2008?

I will carry on working hard as usual, and directing for
Mercenary Pictures. A also intend to all I can to make my production company
Hot Zone a success and add more lines to it. I also want to keep trying to
become successful with my music, writing more songs doing some more music
videos. The biggest prize I have received for my work is that I see in the
press that people love what I do as much as I love doing it.

Marco in New York City

4. Which of the many ladies that you
have worked with do you have an outgoing chemistry with?

That's a difficult question to answer as it would have
to be a very long list, and even then I'm sure I'd be forgetting about someone.
There is always a different chemistry with each girl, and when you work with
someone many times you get to know each other better and your scenes together
get better too. Even as I try to adapt myself to what the girl likes and
doesn't like to do in order to make our time together as enjoyable as possible.
As a man, do you find that it's harder to perform if the girl
you are paired up with isn't into you? When I feel like the girl isn't into me
it does make things more complicated, but I just try to concentrate on what the
director wants from me, and also try not to bother the girl in the process in
order that we can get it over as quickly and easily as possible.

5-    5. What is it that you enjoy
about working in porn?

What I like most, apart from the paycheck, is when I work with 2
or 3 girls at a time. They're made as sexy as possible for me, and then put
into any position I want to have sex with them. I think that it is the dream of
most men to do this at any time but more when I do it for a living. It's
something that a "normal" guy could never do.

6-   6. Do you see yourself as a
"sex symbol"?

I have never considered myself a sex
symbol. I believe that that role in the industry belongs to the girls. The only
time I felt like that is when I work for Playgirl where the guy is the most
important part of the film, although rather than feeling like a sex symbol I
just feel like the center of attention.

7-  7. Recently you had a mold made of your penis
for Topco, when will that be out on the market and how do you 
feel  about it?

The Topco toy will be out around
April. It was a lot of fun doing it and I was honored to be selected for their
Wildfire line of signature porn star dildos. I can't wait to see the product on
sale.

8. Is it  easy  for you to
"pop" on queue and what is the maximum you  have "popped"
per  shoot?

For me it's very easy to reach an
orgasm at any time. This is a result of 2 years of "training" doing live sex
shows 3 times a night. I had to ejaculate in the exact moment that the music
finished, and this gave me the mental control that I have today. I am able to
"pop" 3 times in 2 minutes if I want to. This made it easy to do six cum shots
in one day while filming Marco's Crazy Dreams #1 for my company gaining me the
nickname 'porn superman'. In Barcelona during the erotic festival I would do 7 live shows every day for the whole week
of events, and I think this may be my record to date.

9. How hard is it for you to stay
erect and what is your secret?

As I explained before, it's just a
matter of practice. The most important part is the mental control you have over
yourself. Obviously the girl has an effect in me too, and I always try to
concentrate on the part of her that attracts me most.

10. Who is your favorite female
performer to work with and why?

I don't have a favorite actress. I
could name many, but I'm sure I would miss someone out, so out of respect for
them I'd rather not mention anyone specific. It also depends on the moment and
the mood in which the actress finds herself on the day of filming. There are
times in which I've done a mediocre scene with a girl one day, but on another
day with the same girl the scene has turned out great. A lot depends on the
director also. If he demands impossible positions or hours upon hours of
non-stop sex the performers usually don't like it and everything goes badly.

11. As a Director,
what qualities do you look for in the ladies when casting them for any
role?

I cast girls to fit the theme of the
movie that I am doing for example, Culos Gigantes requires girls with big
butts, and Ebony XXX requires black girls. I still don't direct a Latin themed
line, although I think that it would be a good theme for me to do. In general Latin
girls are more passionate, and that is what I always look for in an actress,
passion and realism.

12. Do other male
performers feel intimidated  by you on set?

I don't think I intimidate anyone,
although I also think you should ask them not me. Anyway, I hope I don't.

13. Can you tell me about
your  upcoming role  in Michael Ninn's  " The Four"?

When Michael offered me the role of
male lead in the film I was overwhelmed and very flattered that such an
important and gifted director had such faith in me. I studied the script for
weeks to learn my lines and interpret my role the best I could. It was a long
shoot but probably one of the most enjoyable I've ever done. My role was one of
a King, and the whole Ninnworx team really made me feel like one. Michael is a
wonderful person who puts all his passion into his work - in this aspect we are
very similar. I hope that all his hard work and enormous talent bring him many
awards for this beautiful film. He deserves it.

Alexis Texas with Marco the lucky mauler

14. When did you decide that you
wanted to do both perform and direct?

After doing many scenes as a
performer I realized that I could use my experience behind the camera. As an
actor you see things from a different perspective - you know what the
performers can and can't do. I believe that it is most important to make the
talent feel comfortable in order for them to do a good job. If they feel
uncomfortable or you ask them to do the impossible it will show on film.

15. Do you
face any challenges daily as both  Director or performer
because of the  language  barrier?

When I started to work here in the US I didn't
understand or speak a word of English and that was a big problem. Not being able
to understand what the director wanted meant I lost concentration in the
scenes. Now I understand 80%, and speak 50%. Unfortunately this limits the
dialogue and the roles that I am usually given to play, and people probably
think I am not very intelligent because of it even though I actually speak 4
languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian & Catalan. I'm always given the
role of gardener, English student, Spanish teacher etc. I hope to speak English
fluently one of these days to be able to show my acting talent even though I
will always have an accent (the girls say it's sexy!!). 

16. In Lady Scarface why was your
role so  small?

At that point in time my English was
very basic so I suppose the director didn't want to take a chance on me to have
a larger role. Sometimes I think that not being fluent in English is a benefit,
because it forces me to act more with gestures and movements which in turn
allows me to better my acting skills.

Marco and Lexington both like big butts!

17. Who is Marco Banderas/ Duarte?

You're asking me about my name change
from "DUARTE",
and this is precisely the reason why I changed my stage name. No-one knew
how to spell it or say it ( it wasn't Duarte it was Duato).  I got fed up of seeing my name spelt incorrectly on
boxcovers and that no-one remembered it. I decided to change it to Banderas, as
everyone has learnt how to spell and say that one. Also the fact that Antonio
Banderas is from Spain and
has had great success here in the US made it the ideal selection.

18. In your opinion what is the most
sensual part on a woman's  body?

Since I was very young I have always
been attracted to big butts. I think it is a common Latin trait.

19. In your opinion  do you feel
that male in the industry should be paid at the  same rate as  the
women?

Although the male performer has the
added difficulty of having to achieve an erection and can't fake an orgasm like
an actress can, I think that it is fair for them to earn more. They are many
more hours on set for makeup, hair, pretty girls photos and a solo/
masturbation scene before the guy arrives.

Marco playing multiple roles.

20. Where do you see yourself 
five  years  down the line?

I suppose that I'll be doing the same
as now but just at a slower pace. I hope to have made a name as a director, and
be filming in Europe and South America. I also
hope that my company will have become stable and successful, and that I will be
earning more money as a businessman rather than just an actor. I haven't lost
hope, and never will, that I may have some sort of success with my music career
and be able to record something that becomes a hit.

21. Have you done 
many  scenes with your wife Lisa and how  different is that?

I have done many scenes with my wife
and it is very different. It's more difficult because at home we 'make love',
but in front of the cameras we 'have sex'. Also it's difficult to talk in
English together as at home we speak in Spanish. I prefer not to work with her
so that I can separate work from our love in private.

22. What is an "average"
day  for you?

I don't have an average day, because
my scenes are always at different times. Some days I get up very early to go to
a scene and afterwards I go to the gym, and other days it's the other way
around. I like to eat out with my wife and go shopping with her or stay in and
watch a film together. From time to time I schedule days off and we go on
holiday, although this doesn't happen very often as I am a workaholic an don't
like to take a rest. I'll have plenty of time to rest when I buy my house in Barcelona and spend my
time filming and traveling all over the world.

23. How many scenes have you done
to  date?

I'm not sure of the exact number, but
I guess it's about 2000. Most of them I did here in LA, but I have also worked
in Prague, Budapest, London, Barcelona, Santo Domingo, Cannes, Tenerife, Palma
de Mallorca and other places that I can't remember the names of right now.

Marco and Lexi!

24. Why  do you think that 
male and females  performers suffer from  burn out  after a few
years?

I think it's because they start in
the industry too young. It can't be good for an 18 year old 'girl' to be doing
double penetrations, anal, and gangbangs - it's too much hard sex for someone
so young and impressionable. They earn lots of money and spend it even faster
on things they probably shouldn't so that by the time they reach 25 it's all gone.
As directors want more and more young girls the age for actress "retirement" is
mid to late twenties, at which point they start doing mainly MILF films and so
don't work much. I guess that all of this combined would burn anyone out.
Fortunately this doesn't happen to the guys as we tend to start later in life
and can carry on working until we drop. Guys don't have the same mentality as
girls - we are more like animals by nature and impervious to the bad aspects of
the industry, so I don't think we burn out for those reasons. This is a
generalization of course - there's always the exception the breaks the rule.

En Espanol:

Marco;  fue  un placer hablar  contigo 
y  su  esposa Lisa. Les  deseo muchismas suerte!

1. Siendo casado y
haciendo porno comoes que eso se puede ayudar o perjudicar a tu matrimonio?

En mi caso en particular
el hacer porno no afecta a mi matrimonio para nada, porque tengo muy claro que
para mi es un trabajo y simplemente sexo. No se interpone en mis sentimientos.

Quizás podría ser algo
positivo porque al estar con tantas mujeres me ayuda mas a valorar a mi mujer.

2. Como conocisites a Lisa? Ella trabajaba en la
industria?

Conocía a Lisa cuando yo
me dedicaba a cantar, y en ningún momento se nos había pasado por la cabeza
dedicarnos al porno. Fue algo paulatino, al principio y después de hablarlo y
tenerlo muy claro, entre los 2 decidimos hacer porno en vivo solo entre
nosotros. Con el tiempo añadimos otra chica a nuestro show, y después de un ano
mas o menos hicimos nuestra primera escena juntos para una película española.
Después, con el tiempo empezamos a trabajar por separado sin dejar de hacer
nuestro show en vivo durante 2 anos hasta que decidimos venir a LA y dedicarnos
de lleno al porno. Desde entonces hasta ahora han pasado unos 2 anos y medio ,
superando las 2000 escenas.

3. Cuales son tus
aspiraciones para el 2008?

Quiero seguir trabajando
duro como hasta
ahora, y continua dirigiendo para Mercenary Pictures e intentar que mi compañía
Hot Zone termina de consolidarse y poder añadir mas líneas. También me gustaría
seguir intentándolo con mi música y hacer canciones nuevas y grabar un par mas
de music videos.

La recompensa mas grande
que tengo a todo mi trabajo es cuando veo que toda la prensa saca artículos
sobre mi diciendo cosas buenas. Espero que este 2008 continua así.

4. Con que mujeres
todavía tienes química?

Es una pregunta difícil
de contestarla que la lista seria muy larga y seguro que me olvidaría de alguna
porque siempre hay una química diferente con cada una de ellas.

Cuanto mas veces
trabajas mas te conocen y las cosas salen mas rodadas y la escena se vea mucho
mejor. Quizás sea porque me adapto fácilmente a cada chica e intento hacerles
pasar un rato de lo mas agradable posible.

5. Como hombre crees que es mas difícil trabajar
con una mujer que no esta interesada en ti?

Cuando siento que a una
chica no le gusta algo de mi a veces se hace mas difícil, pero yo intento
concentrarme en hacer una buena escena al director, y no molestar demasiado a
la chica para que el mal momento pase rápido y que todos estemos contentos.

6. Que es que mas te
gusta delporno?

Lo que mas me gusta del porno, aparte d
ganar mucho dinero, es cuando trabajo con 2 o 3 chicas al mismo tiempo. Las
maquillan, las vistan con ropas sexys, y se ponen en sus mejores posiciones
solo para mi.

Pienso que cualquier
hombre soñaría con eso, y es algo que no puedes tener en una vida "normal", o
fuera delporno.

7. En tu opinión te ves como un símbolo sexual?

Nunca me he considerado
un símbolo sexual. Creo que ese papel en este negocio se corresponde a las
chicas, aunque quizás me sentía un poco así cuando he hecho escenas para
Playgirl. Mas que sentirme un símbolo sexual era algo divertido al ser el centro de atención.

8. Hicieron un molde de
tu pene para Topco. Cuando estará a la venta? Que piensas sobre ello?

El juguete saldrá sobre
Abril, fue muy divertido hacerlo, y estoy muy contento hacer firmado con Topco.
Estoy muy ansioso de ver el resultado final en la caja con mis fotos.

9. Es fácil llegar al
orgasmo cuando te lo piden?

Para mi es muy fácil llegar al orgasmo en cualquier
momento. Esto se debe durante 2 anos en shows en vivo, haciendo 3 shows por
noche. Tenia que eyacular justo en el mismo momento en que terminaba la música.
Eso me dio mucho control mental y ahora tener hasta 3 orgasmos en menos que 2
minutos. Fue muy fácil hacer 6 cumshots en un día cuando hice Marco's Crazy
Dreams #1 para mi compañía. Después de eso me catalogaron como el porn superman.

En Barcelonadurante el convención delporno yo hacia 7 shows por día durante una semana seguida, y esto si creo que
fue un record de popshots.

10. Cual es tu secreto
para mantenerte duro?

Como ya te dije en la pregunta anterior, todo es
cuestión de costumbre. Lo mas importante es el control mental. Por supuesto la
chica influye. Siempre le encuentro algo bonito en que concentrarme y enfocarme
en ello.

11. Quien es tu actriz
favorito cuando estas trabajando y porque?

No tengo una actriz
favorita. Hay muchas que te podría nombrar, pero seguro que alguna me olvida, y
por respeto a ellas prefiero no decir nombres. También todo depende del momento y el humor
en que se encuentre la actriz ese día. Hay días en que he tenido una mala
escena con una de ellas y después con la misma chica otro día hacemos una
escena fantástica. Influye mucho lo que te pide el director, porque te piden
posturas imposibles y por mas que te guste la actriz todo sale mal.

12. Siendo director, que
es lo que buscas en las mujeres para tus películas?

Contrato las chicas
según la líneaque estoy dirigiendo, por ejemplo para Culos Gigantes tengo que tener chicas
con grandes culos,y para Ebony XXX tengo que buscar chicas negras.

Todavía no he dirigido
una línea de latinas, pero creo que seria con la que me sentiría mas cómodo y a
gusto.

En general las latinas
son mas ardiente y pasionales y eso es lo que busco en una escena, pasión y
realismo.

13. Creas que intimides
a los hombres?

No creo intimidar a
nadie, pro en cualquier caso creo que tendrías que preguntárselos a ellos.
Espero que no sea así.

14. Cuéntame sobre tu
papel en The Four.

Cuando Michael Ninn me
ofrecía el papel de protagonista masculino en The Four me sentí muy halagado y
muy feliz de que un director tan famoso e importante pensara en mi. Rápidamente
me puse a estudiar el guión durante horas, tratando de dominar el papel el
mejor posible. Fueron muchísimas horas d rodaje al día pero muy agradables.
Todo el equipo me hicieron sentir un verdadero rey.

Michael es una persona
encantadora, y es una de las mejores experiencias que he tenido en el porno. El
pone todo su pasión en su trabajo comodirector - en eso nos parecemos mucho. Espero que sea recompensado por su
trabajo en esta película con muchos premios. Se lo merece.

15. Cuando decidistes
que querías dirigir?

Después de haber hecho
muchísimas escenas comoactor me di cuenta que podía usar esa experiencia detrás de las cameras. Siendo
actor veas las cosas desde otra perspectiva. Habiendo sido actor sabes lo que
quieran y necesitan los performers. Pienso que es muy importante hacerles
sentir bien para que te hagan una buena escena. Si los haces sentir incómodos y
les pides cosas imposibles comoalgunos directores, las malas caras se reflejan en la escena. Siempre los
mejores directores han sido actores. Creo que eso pasa en todos los sectores.
Por ejemplo, un buen entrenador de fútbol siempre ha sido jugador.

16. Tienes problemas con
el idioma en tu trabajo?

Al principio era muy
duro porque hace 2 anos no entendía ni una sola palabra y eso era una problema
añadido. No solo no entendía lo que me pedían sino que también me hacia perder
concentración en la escena.

Ahora ya entiendo una
80% al ingles, y hablo un 50%. Eso limita mucho a la hora de hacer personajes.
Siempre hago de jardinero, estudiante de ingles, profesor de español, etc.
Espero un día dominar el ingles para mostrar mi talento como actor., aunque claro, siempre tendré
acento a pesar de que hablo 4 idiomas ( español, catalán, portugués y
italiano).

17. Porque tu papel en
Lady Scarface era tan corto?

En ese momento mi ingles
era muy básico y supongo que el director no confió en que yo me podría aprender
ningún tipo de guión.

El no hablar ingles a
veces pienso que es una ventaja, porque tengo que interpretar mas con gestos y
movimientos, y eso me hace desarrollar mas mi faceta interpretativa.

18. Quien es Marco
Banderas/Duarte?

Me preguntas por "DUARTE" y precisamente me cambie de nombre, porque aquí
nadie sabia pronunciar ni escribir bien ( no era Duarte, era DUATO). Me canse de ver mi nombre
mal escrito en los boxcovers y de que nadie lo recordara. Entonces aprovechando
a que todos aquí aprendieron a decir Banderas, y que también viene de España como yo, pensé que era
una buena idea ponerme el nombre d un compatriota que ha triunfado aquí.

19. Que parte del cuerpo te parece mas
sensual en una mujer?

Normalmente, y desde
pequeño siempre me he sentido atraído por los culos grandes. Creo que es algo
que tenemos en común todos los latinos.

20. Deberían cobrar lo
mismo los actores y actrices?

A pesar de que el hombre
tiene el trabajo añadido de tener una erección y que no puede fingir el 
orgasmo comolas chicas, creo que es justo que ellas cobran mas ya que tienen que estar mas
horas en el set, maquillándolas, peinándolas, haciendo las pretty girls y un
solo o una masturbación. Creo que es justo que cobran mas.

21. Donde crees que
estarás en 5 anos?

Pienso que seguiré
haciendo de actor aunque al menor ritmo. Espero estar mas consolidado como director y poder dirigir mas películas en Europa y
sud america.
Espero también que mi compañía haya cobrado una buena reputación, y estar
ganando mas dinero comoempresario.

No pierdo esperanza
quizás también de tener suerte con la música y grabar algo a nivel mas
profesional.

22. Hiciste alguna
escena con tu esposa? Cual es la diferencia?

Hice varias y la
diferencia es muy grande. Es muy difícil porque en casa no lo hacemos en la
forma que se hace delante de las cameras. Además, me resulta muy difícil
hablarle en ingles porque entre nosotros hablamos en español.

Prefiero no trabajar con
ella y dejar nuestro sexo y amor para la intimidad.

23. Como es un día normal en tu vida?

Todos mis días son
diferentes porque las escenas siempre son en diferentes horarios. A veces me
levanto muy pronto para ir a una escena y voy al gimnasio por la noche. Otras
veces es al revés.

Normalmente me gusta
mucho salir a cenar con mi mujer o irnos de shopping juntos, o simplemente ver
una película juntos en casa. También nos gusta irnos los domingos a pasear en
moto. De vez en cuando tomo unos días libres y nos vamos de vacaciones, aunque
no es muy menudo porque me gusta mucho trabajar sin tener descansos. Ya tendré
tiempo para descansar cuando compro mi casa en Barcelona y nos dediquemos a rodar y viajar por
todo el mundo.

24. En cuantas escenas
crees que estuvistes?

No tengo un numero
exacto, pero ya supere las 2000 escenas. La mayoría aquí en LA. También he
hecho algunas en Praga, Budapest, Londres, Barcelona, Santo
Domingo,

Cannes, Tenerife, Palma
De Mallorca, y otros lugares que ahora mismo no me acuerdo.

25. Porque crees que las
artistas se queman tan rápido?

Creo que es porque
empiezan muy jóvenes. Con 18 anos no creo que sea muy bueno para una Nina estar
todos los día haciendo doble penetraciones, anales y gangbangs. Demasiado sexo
duro para alguien tan joven quien recién empieza. Psicológicamente es un shock.
Ganan mucho dinero y empiezan a gastarlo desenfrenadamente en ropas coches
fiestas ....etc. Claro, los directores cada vez las quieran mas jovencitas. Su
carrera es bastante corta y a los 25 anos ya están haciendo películas MILFS y
ya no trabajan tanto, encima se ha gastado todo su dinero. Por supuesto eso es
en general, siempre hay la excepción que rompe la regla.