Sex Week 2012: An Interview With Nikki Benz

Written by: Tony Lazlo, CC2K Staff Writer

Tonly Lazlo interviews adult star Nikki Benz.

2011 Penthouse Pet of the Year Nikki Benz came to the adult industry from Toronto back in 2003, and since then, she’s established and maintained a thriving career in a business that has an extremely high turnover rate. She’s stayed as busy in Porn Valley as she is on the dance circuit, all while finding time to appear in the occasional mainstream project over the hill in Hollywood. She was good enough to answer a few questions for our 2012 Sex Week.

Let commence the interview!

You’ve been in the adult industry since 2003. What’s the secret to longevity in the industry — besides being incredibly hot, of course?

I’m not sure if there is that perfect secret recipe for longevity in the adult industry. It definitely helps having a bit of luck on your side and making smart decisions. I’m pretty business savvy, however I have made some mistakes on the way to where I am now but that just made me want to go after my career goals that much harder. One of the things that I can say is that I didn’t make myself too available at the beginning of my career, meaning I didn’t start off doing scenes where I’d be required to do everything and anything. I started out filming girl/girl scenes, then moved to boy/girl, and I have always recognized the importance of making appearances at trade shows and feature dancing. I didn’t put all my eggs in the same basket, so to speak.

It’s a small part. I play a stripper. Talk about typecasting! Totally kidding. It was a really fun experience.

Not at the moment. I’m always open to new projects.

My appearance on Cubed has definitely gotten me a lot of positive feedback. I’m pretty sure I am the only adult star to ever be contracted by Fox. It’s an amazing feeling. It also gained me new fans and cross over recognition from the adult industry. I worked for Fox Sports from 2009 to 2011. It feels great to put that on my resume.

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Comparing Star Trek and Star Wars is like comparing apples to oranges. Both take place in outer space, but I find Star Wars to be more ground breaking and appealing than Star Trek. It’s a personal preference. Just a side note, currently the overall box office revenue generated by the Star Wars films has totaled approximately $4.41 billion,[1] making it the third-highest-grossing film series,[2] behind only the Harry Potter and James Bond films. That speaks for itself.

I was at Comic-Con last year promoting Saints Row: The Third video game. It was an amazing experience. I was hired by THQ (video game developer) along with five other Penthouse Pets to be part of their quality assurance team. 

A lot of Hip Hop, some house and some rock.

Dexter is my favorite show. I also like 60 Minutes, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, South Park, Family Guy, CSI.

What are your all-time favorite movies?

Scarface, Goodfellaws, Devil’s Advocate, Dark Knight, Avatar, Blow, Casino

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In addition, she’ll be relaunching her website this year while she tours around the country. Here’s her upcoming schedule.