found herself in the bizarre position of being one of the most ostensibly powerful, yet simultaneously vulnerable, women in America. The formerstar found herself in a nationwide tabloid maelstrom when it was reported that she had had a very brief sexual relationship with then-in 2006, after the two had met at a golf-pro tournament in Lake Tahoe. It was later revealed that his attorney,, had paid Daniels $130,000 to stay quiet after a tabloid magazine threatened to publish the story.
Erin, you seem to have this theme in your work of profiling misunderstood women. How does she compare to other misunderstood women you have interviewed?Stormy is somebody who was reduced to her occupation. People say she’s a porn star, I like to say she’s a porn director because she has made some of the top amazing adult films of all time, and she was the second highest paid director in all of porn.
You guys have all this great footage from this previous attempt at a documentary made by Denver Nicks, who wrote about her forpiece to come in and start filming with her. And when we were making this film about Stormy reinventing herself after Trump, the indictment happened. And I said, “Is there any footage from 2018, or 2019, when all this was going on?” And she said yes, there was four filmmakers that had footage — Denver being one, one that we cannot name and two others.
I wanted to ask about Judd, because most people when they see Judd’s name listed in the producer credits, would be like, “Why is Judd Apatow a producer for amovie? Why is Seth Rogen interviewed? Why is Jimmy Kimmel interviewed?” Can you talk about that and his involvement and Stormy’s intersection with with that world?. we kept in touch.
No one talks about how Glen was going on the road with his band, and barely making any money. But Stormy goes on the road stripping to pay for his life. And she’s the villain. Like, what is this double standard? It’s just so demeaning to her, and there’s such a double standard in this story. I’m pretty sure that if this movie was about, and he was sleeping with the camera woman, people would be like, “hey, high five, bro.” We show that, and we as women filmmakers are irresponsible and unethical.
I wanted to ask about Michael Avenatti. It seems like they had this really weird relationship that sort of started out tender and supportive. And then, as he got more exposure, it kind of morphed into something harder, where she became more suspicious of him. Is that perception accurate? What does she think about him now?Michael Avenatti is so close to Icarus. He started off on Earth, and then flew very close to the sun.