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March 06, 2015

Meet X Agency: The New Talent Agency on the Block

CHATSWORTH, Calif.—What do you get when you put together an ace cameraman with 31 years' experience in adult film, who often doubles as a hardcore actor, and a guy who's been producing and directing adult since the late '80s, and even scored an AVN nomination for one of the first all-girl series, Girl's Affair? You get XXX's newest talent agency, The X Agency. "We're going to do it the old-fashioned way," Ben Fisher, who holds the new agency's license, told AVN. "We're not going to charge the girls any agency fees, so we're going to go the old-fashioned way like World Modeling and Pretty Girl International; we are a fee-free agency for the girls. We will only charge the companies. Also, we're going to focus on training the girls, due to our 50 years of experience between Jake and I, on how to be prepared and show up on the shoot ready to go, from A to Z; again, like it used to be back in the day." "I've found that too many new talent are ill-informed on what's expected of them, how to conduct themselves," said Jake Jacobs, who acts under several names, including Jay Crew. "Just the other day, I saw a girl walk onto the set, and I asked her, 'How long have you been in?' 'I've only done four scenes.' 'You're here doing a softcore scene; do you know how to do that?' 'No.' I mean, who sends people out into the workforce without training them first, instructing them, even coaching them, if you will? "I've been in this business for 31 years," he continued, "and one of the constants has been the lack of good information for talent on how to be prepared and successful, and I've never been in a position to be able to say something about that. So when Ben presented this partnership to me, it was an opportunity for me to make a difference. I finally said, 'Now I have a voice to be able to do this and do what I feel is the most appropriate way of doing it,' which is how I was brought up in this industry, going old school, just to see if there could be a way of making a change for the better." Jacobs and Fisher have even set out several rules for themselves, some of which, besides not charging performers a booking fee, include not soliciting talent from other agencies, providing a driver to get the ladies to and from the set, plus plans to set up a "model house" where the X Agency gals can both live and even webcam when they aren't shooting video or internet content for someone else. The new agency is actually a revamping of Fisher's old agency, The 877X Agency, and the new partners are already working to update Fisher's 877X website, as well as establishing offices in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Part of the reason The X Agency won't be charging booking fees to the talent is because they're also partners in a new production company, Wild Image Pictures, and to charge the girls to appear in that company's own productions would be, in their minds, a conflict of interest. "We're shooting on the 4K camera; both Jake and I will be directing, and he'll handle most of the camera work," Fisher advised. "But the main focus, again, is the agency. We have a full staff at the office. Besides Jake and I, we have Marlene, Jake's wife, as the office manager, and we have Eden, a MILF who's done somewhere in the neighborhood of 15, 20 scenes, as our talent coordinator, and we also have Sam, who's our in-house driver, so the girls don't need to worry any time about ordering a driver; we have in-house driver. He's not driving anybody else but our girls, to make sure they're safe, secure and comfortable and ready to go." The X Agency is gearing up for a major media push, to let the adult industry know that they've got their house fully in order and are ready to service clients, so for more information about the company, click here or email Jake Jacobs here or Ben Fisher here. Talent wishing representation can reach the partners by calling (818) 860-2957 in Los Angeles or (702) 203-4840 in Las Vegas.

 
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