Varese is home to the first 3-D porn star

“I do porn, because I like it, and because I’ve chosen to do it.” Fiamma Monti is 19 years old, and she is from Varese; she refuses to say what her real name is, she prefers to use her stage name, for the time being. “This is an interview for a film, my private life is something else, it involves other people too.” The film in question is Casino 45, it is her first test as an actress; it is a hardcore porn film, the first 3-D porn film in Italy. Her performance has led to her being expelled from the convent school, where she was studying.

But let’s start at the beginning. The film is being produced by Pink’o, a well-established production company, one of the biggest in Europe in the porn sector, which supplies most of the specialised satellite channels. Casino 45 is a porn film with a historical setting, it is expensive, particularly because of the 3-D filming, like Avatar, for which a film camera that can cost as much as €20,000 an hour to hire. And Fiamma Monti, the new recent infatuation of Vittorio Sgarbi, is the leading actress, alongside Vittoria Risi.

Fiamma came to the editorial office for the interview, dressed entirely in dark colours, nothing exposed. “I always go around like this, there’s no need to show off,” she says, determined, but also somewhat bewildered. “I’m doing lots of interviews, everything has changed since the summer. This film has turned my life upside down.”

How did you get the leading role in Casino 45?

“I was talking to my boyfriend, last June, and we decided that I would have a go in this business. I produced a book, and then I sent it to a number of Internet sites, until one of them put me in contact with Pink’o. The filming was done in the summer. It’s now in the preparation stage, and should be ready in the winter.”

Did you expect to end up immediately in a large porn production?

“I didn’t want to make any front-room, amateur films. I was lucky. But no one told me what would happen, if I would be good. We were all surprised by the reaction; we didn’t think this film would be the atomic bomb it’s turning out to be. They’re talking about it everywhere, and the 6-minute trailer we presented in Berlin was a success.”

 

Because of this choice, you’ve been expelled from school …

“They didn’t expel me. The headmistress received an anonymous phone call, and then she called me into her office. She asked me if I was Fiamma Monti, and I said I was. They sent me away because of the ‘school’s moral ethics’. There was no fight over it, I respect the rules. If going around dressed in green is forbidden, so be it. I knew it would happen, it was a Catholic school, after all.”

Have you put an end to your studies?

“No, I’m studying privately. I want to get my high school diploma and then go to university.”

In which field?

“I don’t know yet. But maybe I’ll go after a break. I also want to work.”

In porn?

“Yes, this is my business now. I’ve already got an exclusive contract with Pink’o.”

But why does a 19-year-old girl choose to be a porn actress?

“The question is not why, but what I wanted to do. A lot of people my age have got no idea. But I had, I’d thought about it. I wanted to do this because it’s an area in which I can really be myself. Everyone’s got their talent, I wanted to be a porn actress. I didn’t try something else and then not succeed; I didn’t want to be a model or a cinema actress. This isn’t my second choice. I repeat, it’s what I wanted.”

Since when?

“Not since I was a little girl, I’m not crazy. I was curious. I now feel good in this role.”

What does it take to be a porn actress?

“You don’t have to be a size 38, or have a D cup. You need character. What you have to look forward to out there is a world of doubts. They want to see you break down at any time. If you’re convinced of what you’re doing and you like it, go ahead; that’s what I’m doing.”

Have you had any criticisms?

“Lots, but I’m not interested.”

Do your parents know about this work?

“There’ve been problems at home, they think this is a world of prostitutes, drugs and alcohol, but it’s not. And I’m proving it to them; I don’t take drugs, and I don’t have orgies. There’s that too, but just as there is in lots of other areas of work. What’s important is being able to separate, knowing where to stop.”

How does this situation make you feel?

“I don’t like it. My parents are the same as all the others. They let themselves be influenced. But I’ll always keep up a dialogue with them, I’ve got nothing to hide. I’ll wait for them, that’s all. I hope they’ll understand.”

And what about your friends?

“My real friends are still around. There are to girls and one boy who are really close friends; they don’t say, they do. They help me in everything and they support me without any fuss. And I’m very grateful to them for this.”

Was Casino 45 the first time you had sex in front of a film camera?

“Yes. But it was my first time in front of a film camera.”

What was it like?

“I didn’t have any experience of life on the set. There was a lot of anxiety; they explained to me that it was also because of the 3-D, no one had ever done it before. Then, when you do a sex scene, you don’t think about the camera or about the people around you.”

Were you embarrassed?

“I’m usually more embarrassed talking about the scene than doing it.”

Have you seen yourself again since the filming?

“I still haven’t seen the film, I only saw the trailer in Berlin. I was very embarrassed before seeing it, but when I did, I thought I was very beautiful. It’s not vulgar; even though it’s fiction, it looks very natural.”

What do you expect now?

“I didn’t even expect what’s happened over these months. I haven’t got any particular dreams, I just wanted to be a porn star. Now I’ve got hundreds of invitations to evening events, but I still haven’t answered any, I don’t want to burn out.”

Before leaving, Fiamma asks when the article will be published, she is curious. And she is determined to put her profile on Facebook again. “They’ve already closed it down twice because they received reports. But I’m hardly going to put porn pictures up. There’s just me in a bra and pants, like so many other girls on Facebook.”