Ultra-Glam Studio Brand Luxeplayhouse Opens Doors

This feature appears in the July issue of AVN magazine. LOS ANGELES—In development for roughly two years, the highly stylized and ambitious adult pay-site Luxeplayhouse has officially rolled out the red carpet and opened for business. Created by husband-and-wife team Anthony and Sarah Realm, Luxeplayhouse enters the triple-X stage offering an impressive portfolio of more than a dozen richly cinematic erotic showpieces, with many more in the pipeline, starring some of the biggest names in adult, both U.S. and internationally based—including reigning AVN Best New Starlet and Female Performer of the Year (respectively) Gal Ritchie and Anna Claire Clouds, 2024 AVN Female Performer of the Year Vanna Bardot, 2024 AVN International Female Performer of the Year Cherry Kiss, and likewise celebrated male heavyweights Seth Gamble, Isiah Maxwell and Vince Karter. But those aren’t the only stars of this Playhouse; no, each and every one of the escapades offered up here prominently incorporates one or more extravagantly high-end automobiles—we’re talking Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, Maseratis, you name it. So how did Luxeplayhouse get built? It all started, believe it or not, with a personal ... predilection of the Realms’. As Anthony tells it, trading impish glances with Sarah, “We love having sex in cars. Our friends’ cars, our own cars, rental cars were the best. We would be in sports cars, Mini Coopers.” “We don’t discriminate,” Sarah interjects. “If you think about it, even our grandparents had sex in cars,” Anthony continues. “Our parents had sex in cars in the ‘50s, ‘60s, whatever, and it’s always been that challenge of how we’re going to do it.” “And not getting caught,” Sarah adds. “And all the mishaps that happen—like, you hit the horn, or you hit a pedal, it’s just awful. But fun.” Beyond that innate thrill element, however, Anthony muses, “If you think about it, most guys, what do they talk about? Cars. Sports. Real estate. Business. But guys love cars. If you remember as a kid, even I myself, always wanted a Testarossa. It was always on my wall with a bikini girl from the ‘80s. I loved Miami Vice. “I ended up owning one,” he recollects. “Now, was it a piece of crap? Yes. I sold it, ‘cause it hurt my knee, no power steering, nothing.” “And it was difficult to have sex in,” Sarah notes. “Very, very,” Anthony agrees. “But that’s how the fantasy started, and I think sometimes, you know, ideas come from reality.” Of course, having an idea and bringing it to fruition are two things often worlds apart. “I have no experience with the film industry,” Anthony concedes. “I just, I’ve always been that person that had vision. Even when I used to build humongous homes—I’ve built a lot of commercial properties, bars, that’s my background—I always had a vision, and one thing I’ve learned in life is that you can have all the money in the world ... if you don’t have taste, you’re not going to be able to execute it. “I call it ‘equity sweat,’” he goes on. “I love challenges. It’s never been about money for me, I love challenges, and this business has been so challenging.” Another distinctive element of Luxeplayhouse productions is that rather than taking the fixed narrative route, each one is an interactive experience. Once the principal players have been introduced, “we have a decision point,” Anthony explains. “The talent—most of the time it’s the girl—she’ll come to the camera, look at you eye-to-eye, and they’ll say, ‘Hey, what do you think, now that we’re here? You see this amazing car, what do you want us to do? Should we fuck on the hood? Should we go have a surprise by the pool? And we’ve done different kinds, usually we’ll have pool this-and-that, we’ll have different positions that they choose on a car.” “It’s a choose-your-own adventure,” Sarah encapsulates. As to how he and Sarah hope to position Luxeplayhouse, Anthony offers, “Our goal is by no means trying to change the industry, but we want to bring a little bit of class into this space. Look, you have two successful people, entrepreneurs in a whole different business, that came into this business with all these negative...” Sarah jumps in: “There’s a lot of taboo around this industry, obviously, and he came in with a clear vision that he had in mind, and he was set on it, that he’s going to get the most expensive, unique cars, and he’s going to execute what he has in his mind, his vision. I’m just the worker here.” Anthony quickly objects: “No, no, she is the brain. She just doesn’t like to be in the front seat. But she’s the brain. I’m actually in the passenger seat when we have sex in cars.” For more, visit Luxeplayhouse.com and follow the brand on X, @luxeplayhouse and @AnthonyRealmLA; and Instagram @luxeplayhouse_official. Photography courtesy of Luxeplayhouse For a photo gallery, click here.