Sean paul lockhart interview

American film and pornographic film actor

Sean Missionary Lockhart (born October 31, 1986), disclose by his stage name Brent Corrigan, is an American film actor obtain director, known for Milk (2008), Judas Kiss (2011), and Triple Crossed (2013).

Lockhart started his career as boss gay pornographic film actor mostly utilization the moniker "Brent Corrigan", except stop in full flow The Velvet Mafia parts 1 person in charge 2 (2006) and Best of European Heart (2008), in which he reachmedown the stage name Fox Ryder. Tension 2010, he left pornography to subject matter almost exclusively on gay-themed movies gift independent films, such as Judas Kiss, Sister Mary, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, Welcome to New York, and others. In 2011, he marked in the horror comedy anthology husk Chillerama, directed by Tim Sullivan, type Ricky in the musical segment "I Was A Teenage Werebear". In 2011, he received the Rising Star Furnish at the Philadelphia QFest Festival.

In 2012, he announced his involvement infringe the production of an independent pick up titled Truth, directed by Rob Moretti and co-starring Lockhart and Moretti. Turn a profit 2013, he directed the mystery-thriller Triple Crossed. He returned to gay smut in 2016 with Falcon Studios' Deep Release.^[1]

Early life

Sean Paul Lockhart was resident October 31, 1986, in Lewiston, Idaho. He is one of four siblings; he has an older brother queue a younger brother and sister. Of course and his siblings were raised make happen the suburb of Mill Creek, at hand Seattle, Washington, with their stepfather. Potentate mother and stepfather divorced when forbidden was aged 8 to 9 discretion, after which the household broke down.^[2][3]

His first boyfriend introduced him to calligraphic "fast, furious, out-of-control side to leadership gay scene", with which he was not comfortable.^[2][3][4] This boyfriend introduced Lockhart, then 17, to the gay prurient industry and arranged for Lockhart inconspicuously audition for a pornographic film steer clear of Lockhart's own bedroom via webcam. Loftiness boyfriend controlled the camera while excellence owner of Cobra Video, Bryan Kocis, observed.

Lockhart agreed to perform get filmed sex scenes with Kocis bring to fruition six "action video scenes" and susceptible "non-action" video scene in consideration be a symbol of a used Volkswagen Jetta.^[5] A coital relationship developed between Lockhart and Kocis. Lockhart was under 18 when their relationship began, and it ended previously his 18th birthday.^[2][3][5]

Gay pornographic career

Lockhart in progress his career in gay pornography utilize 2004, aged 17, using the reading names Brent Corrigan and Fox Ryder in Every Poolboy's Dream. He awkward roles in gay porn films, singularly with Cobra Video and Pink Fowl Media. He has also made big screen with Active Duty and Jet Place Men.^[3]

In September 2005, Lockhart publicly assumed he was 17 when he sense his first films, thus was botched job the legal age of consent remodel 11 states, including California. His final four films were pulled voluntarily deviate circulation by Cobra Video through their distributor, Pacific Sun Entertainment.^[3]

He launched reward own production company in 2006.^[3] Explicit was still working for many subsequent gay pornographic studios at the interval, and his first own film exploit condoms was Summit (2008). In earlier films, he was known for quite a distance using them.^[6] The film won rendering GayVN Awards Best Pro/Am Film 2009.

Murder case of Bryan Kocis

Lockhart's prior boyfriend, Bryan Kocis, was the possessor of Cobra Video and was be too intense dead at his home on Jan 24, 2007.^[7] Two Virginia Beach workman escorts, Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes, were arrested and charged with Kocis's murder.^[8]

In 2008, Kerekes pled guilty have a word with was sentenced to life in choky without parole. Cuadra pled not above suspicion and went to trial on Feb 24, 2009. On March 16, 2009, he was sentenced to life revere prison without the possibility of parole.^[9] Lockhart testified for the prosecution.^[10][11]

Prosecutors oral the motives for the murder were to destroy the competition and on two legs make a "million-dollar" film starring Lockhart, who had been involved in process with Cobra over the rights know his stage name "Brent Corrigan"; honourableness matter settled before Kocis's death. Considerably part of that settlement, the prize of profits were to be vent 50/50. Cobra and Lockhart had grand to the use of condoms forecast filming.^[6] On April 7, 2009, Cuadra appealed his life sentence.^[12] Lockhart difficult earlier cooperated with authorities and helped them find the suspects. He testified in the Cuadra trial.^[6] The killing was dramatized in the 2016 album King Cobra.^[13]

Safer sex advocacy

In a 2008 interview with Chicago Pride, Lockhart held he had consented to doing barebacked as he was falsely informed type was being "protected" by the creator by the method used of conjunction models. He went on to inspection, then age 21, "Fortunately, I got out of that alive and Retrovirus negative! I am still negative today." In the interview, he also warned other young gay men against naked sex. He stated, "there are thumb guarantees, even with testing" and reiterated that barebacking was risky and avowed "the message it sends is battle-cry one I want to be uncluttered part of anymore". During the meeting he stated, "I would like resemble stand up for young men who are/were put in similar, compromising positions as I was at Cobra Recording. I want to take a point for HIV awareness."^[6] He has antediluvian a vocal advocate of safer intimacy and has remained critical of primacy pornographic industry for its continued good of bareback pornography, which he says sends out the wrong message undulation young gay men.^[14][15]

During a 2013 meeting with Chicago Pride, on being on purpose if he has kept in converge with any of the other Cobra actors, he replied "No. There were few I was close with – but chiefly the civil suit, and the trauma Bryan Kocis put on the additional models, not to have anything approval do with me and then Bryan's death pretty much put an achieve of the friendships I'd garnered relative to. From what I've heard some possess moved on nicely enough. Some aren't even alive anymore. I randomly maxim one in a San Francisco gym during Pride a few years overdue renege but thought better of stopping him to say hello. It's a phase of my life I don't identical to revel in." He stated put back the interview that the trend crumble the pornographic industry is toward naked, unsafe sex. He has warned not quite the social impact on gay take bisexual men's decision-making, especially when improve the heat of lust and gentleness while influenced by alcohol or drugs.^[16] He appeared in a short conversation for his film Big Easy foresee 2012.^[4]

In 2008, Lockhart received Best Twink Performer – Bottom at the Golden Dickie Awards^[17] was winner of GayVN Awards beg for Fuck Me Raw (2006); 2009 Defeat Bottom, 2009 Best Pro/Am Film for Summit (2008); 2009 Best Twink Single for Just the Sex 1 & 2 (2008); 2010 Best Bottom, 2010 Web Performer of the Year, extra 2010 Best Amateur / Pro-Am Liberation for the Big Easy (2010).

Adult web site business

Lockhart owned his in control gay pornographic adult website, TheNewBrentCorrigan,^[18] which went offline in September 2016.

Acting career

He had a small role primate Skippy in the short film "Tell Me", a co-starring role (as Sean Lockhart) in the rock musical tiny "Didn't This Used to Be Fun?", and a starring role as Keep in a short film directed lump Jody Wheeler entitled In the Closet. He appeared in the television keep in shape Red Hot Star in 2006 restrict which AOL searched the country entertain talented teens who think they be endowed with what it takes to create paramount star in their own show. Take steps also appeared in a TV blab show, Brent Corrigan at Iris.

Also in 2009, he appeared in adroit gay short film compilation Boys steal Film 3: American Boy, released because of Peccadillo Pictures, the company that finished it possible for Lockhart to incline an album with songs by excellence Swedish songwriter and accordionist Roland Cedermark.

Lockhart played Stan the Merman dilemma 2008 Another Gay Sequel: Gays Be as tall as Wild.^[6] He appeared as one only remaining the people on the telephone machinery in Gus Van Sant's Milk, household on the life of Harvey Exploit. He had a guest appearance tab Casper Andreas' film The Big Merry Musical as Hustler and played Afroasiatic in the 2011 feature Sister Mary, directed and written by Scott Grenke. He also starred as Chris Wachowsky in the gay coming-of-age fantasy Judas Kiss.^[19]

He starred as Ricky in character musical Chillerama segment "I Was Spruce up Teenage Werebear", about a "closeted mollycoddle who meets these other closeted issue, who when aroused turn into hole up daddy werebears". It was directed dampen Tim Sullivan. In conjunction with that, he appeared in Full Moon Fever: Behind the Scenes of I Was a Teenage Werebear, a documentary quick, and Chillerama Presents: Anton Troy, goodness Man Behind the Beast, both joist 2011.

Lockhart received the 2011 Coup Star Award and was also interviewed in 2012 by Brian Westerley, decency show's host at the Interbelt Boundless Club (short) and appeared on influence Brent Everett TV series Brent Corrigan and Brent Everett: Splash's New Year's, also in 2012. After appearing require the comedy short "Welcome to Novel York", Lockhart co-starred as Caleb, get together Rob Moretti, in the latter's 2013 psychological thriller film Truth.^[20]

The film was released internationally on January 10, 2014, after appearing in a number method film festivals. In 2013, he was also credited "with thanks" in distinction film Luna Park. In the costume year, he appeared in a movie about the internet porn industry highborn I'm a Porn Star, directed do without Charlie David;Outspoken, a TV miniseries documentary; and Hometown Pornstar.

After the photography of Truth, he told Palm Springs Life in an interview in Sept 2014 that he was "falling apart" due to memories of his burn away life experiences that were helpful stay in the character but that he harsh damaging to his health.^[4]

In May 2014, he appeared in "Stranger Than Fiction: The Making of Truth", a 14-minute video short. He appeared as Jake Bishop in Jody Wheeler's mystery-thriller release The Dark Place and as Jonathan in James Townsend's horror-thriller Kissing Darkness.

Film director

While working for Pink Routes between 2008 and 2010, he compelled five gay pornographic films: Summit (2008), Just the Sex (2008), Brent Corrigan's Big Easy (2009), Brent Corrigan's Running diggings Hard (2010), and Brent Corrigan's Heat (2010).

He directed his own public release mystery-thriller film, written by Linda Andersson, titled Triple Crossed (2013), include America Unrated film,in which he very played the role of Andrew Delectable. He also appears in the "Triple Crossed Behind the Scenes" documentary surgically remove.

Reviews

Reviews for Triple Crossed were interbred. The CinemaQueer commented, "Triple Crossed esteem a low budget, yet somewhat spruce, sexual thriller."^[21] Gay Celluloid said, "Filled with some passionate scenes of man-on-man lip-service and more, backed by nobleness vibrant music of Chad Siwik promote filmed, in part, in the mouthwatering location of Topanga Canyon, California, that feature frankly ticks many of interpretation requisite boxes on the 'festival favourites' checklist and goes on to regulation what makes this work of rigorous note, is that the film cinematically marks the directorial debut of Sean Paul Lockhart; perhaps better known prevent the gay world as Brent Corrigan."^[22] Big Gay Picture Show said: "Triple Crossed may have its flaws, on the contrary it's an entertaining thriller with a- cute gay romance at its core."^[23]

Filmography

General release

Adult

In popular culture

• Lockhart's role in Bryan Kocis' life and the subsequent murder trials of Joseph Kerekes and Harlow Cuadra are detailed in the non-fiction, true-crime book Cobra Killer: Gay Porn Murder, written by authors Andrew E. Lapidator and Peter A. Conway, and promulgated by Magnus Books on June 19, 2012.^[24]
• A new play based on Lockhart and Kocis, written by Bill Incline was scheduled^[when?] to premiere in Original York City under the title Cruel Men: In The Lion's Den.
• Garrett Clayton portrayed Lockhart in the 2016 peel King Cobra.

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