Porn stars of suburbia
Sacked panto star and wife who love making blue movies
MOST married couples would be horrified at the thought of each other getting down and dirty with another person.
But not Craig and Jennifer Chalmers. For them it’s all in a day’s work.
The pair, who wed three years ago, are porn stars.
And they took the decision to get into the adult film industry after becoming fed up with their day jobs.
Stunning Jennifer admits her family were shocked by her drastic career change — especially as she has a first-class degree in business management and marketing. But she insists she has no regrets.
Jennifer explains: “I had done my job for seven years and worked my way up.
But I was stuck in the office 9-5 every day and I was bored to tears.
“Plus, I barely saw Craig as he was travelling all over the country with his theatre work.
“But after we discussed the idea I took to doing porn films straight away and just felt really comfortable.
“Obviously this isn’t the career my parents would have chosen for me and they were surprised when we told them. But the truth is I’m really happy now.”
It was a chance meeting on a holiday in Mexico a year ago that introduced the couple to the world of porn.
Jennifer says: “We got chatting to a guy we met, an American, who was in the industry already.
“We were both intrigued by it and asked loads of questions. He said we looked good and if we wanted to have a go he could set us up with some of his contacts.
“So we set up our first scenes through him and we haven’t really looked back.”
For musical theatre star Craig, who found fame on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s TV talent show Any Dream Will Do, the change of career caused a scandal.
At the time, he had just finished a three-year run as the star of the touring production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and was about to start a run as Prince Charming in Cinderella at the Alhambra Theatre in Dunfermline.
When producers found out he was working as an X-rated performer, they sacked him from their child-friendly show.
Edinburgh-born Craig said: “I’ve still not retired from singing and acting but at the moment we are really busy with our porn roles.
“I’m not ashamed of what I’m doing now — Jen and I are both really happy and we are making a success of it.”
The couple, who live in Birmingham, perform separately and together — under their screen names Jasmine Jae and Ryan Ryder.
And as a woman, Jennifer is able to make more money than Craig, who laughs that the male stars in porn films are “performing props”.
But he is one of only about 15 male adult stars in the UK — because many men are unable to keep up with the physical demands.
Craig, 32, explains: “Producers want a guy who is reliable and will get the job done.
“There is a big difference between thinking you can do it and physically going through with it. I like performing with Jen because she’s my wife so she knows what buttons to press to make sure it is as easy as possible for me.
“Even when I’m performing with another girl, Jen is so supportive that I never have anything on my mind that could cause my downstairs parts a problem.”
The couple are cagey about exactly how much money they earn — but clearly live comfortably.
Craig says: “Joseph was a well-paid role and Jen’s was a high-paid job, but we are better off now. And we don’t have to work such long hours, so we get to spend much more time together.”
Among their wacky roles, Craig has starred as an army captain and a 007-style spy, while Jennifer has been lady of the manor, an assassin and even a one-eyed gangster.
They have already made names for themselves in the industry — and have been nominated for Male and Female Performer Of The Year at the Paul Raymond Awards for porn.
But their range of screen roles has not put them off sex at home.
Jennifer said: “We’re still having just as much sex — and it has actually made our ‘husband and wife’ sex even more special.
“When you are filming you have to position yourself for the camera, opening
your body up so they can get the right angle. You don’t need to worry about that at home or think about bending into mad positions.
“Sex is lovely when we are just snuggled up in bed together — because that’s just for us.”
Craig adds: “If anything, doing porn has made me lazy — it’s just five minutes and job done! But that’s what you want when your day job makes it last all day.”
After being together for five and a half years, Craig and Jennifer are clearly still very much in love.
Craig proposed in February 2009 and they got married in Edinburgh in 2010.
They have no plans for kids — and instead hope to keep working in the porn industry for as long as possible.
Craig says: “Jen is really popular and has loads of male fans.
“I don’t mind — she’s gorgeous and guys can fancy her as much as they like because she’s still mine.
“She’ll be able to work for years yet because there is a big market for older women.
“As for me, I’d like to go into the script-writing and directing side, as well as carrying on performing for as long as I can.”
They both insist that jealousy is not a problem for them.
Craig explains: “It doesn’t bother me when Jen is having sex with another guy.
“The relationship that we have is so good — we love each other, never let each other down and we are very secure in ourselves.
“Our attitude to sex is a bit different. We don’t see it as emotional — to us it is just sex.
“For us there’s a difference between sex and love. We show love for each other every day in millions of different ways, but sex is just sex.”
Jennifer adds: “It’s very different when you are on set, it’s not emotional or intimate in any way.
“At the end of the day you are performers and you are playing a role. It’s about providing the viewer with what they want, it is not for your own pleasure.
“That’s not to say it’s not good fun but it’s just not intimate!”
Craig and Jennifer lead a quiet domestic life in a cosy home — and on the day
The Sun visits, they are excited about the arrival of their new electric bin that has a sensor-activated lid.
Jennifer laughs as she says: “Yes, we are very ordinary — that’s just who we are. We get in from work and we don’t sit around talking about sex.
“Porn is just a career for us and one we love. We are very happy with each other and our careers — and that’s all that matters.”