Julia Grandi, Erotic Model Agency Owner, Adult Movie Producer

  • 1 Feb 2022 6:25 AM
Julia Grandi, Erotic Model Agency Owner, Adult Movie Producer
Erotic model agency owner, adult movie producer and director for VIXEN, TUSHY, BLACKED and more.

1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?

I first came here fourteen years ago when I organised a trip to Hungary for Russian models. A couple of years after that I started coming here more often for the same reason, then nine years ago I started living here due to my work since Budapest was and is the European capital of the porn industry.

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?

No, this is the first country I have lived outside St Petersburg, where my family moved to when I was three or four years old, I was born in Tashkent.

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?

The very very strange language!

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do? 

Walk around Budapest, have a great at Hungarian meal, at Náncsi Néni for example, which is one of my favourite local restaurants.

5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?

I like simple food like Gulyás and chicken paprikás.

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?

Kolbász.

7. What is your favourite Hungarian word?

Puszi, puszi - when I first heard this on the phone I was quite surprised!

8. What do you miss most from home? 

Good service, particularly in restaurants and bars and so on.

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?

I wanted to be a flight attendant when I was younger. I gave up on that by no, so maybe playing the drums.

10. What's a job you would definitely never want?

Sitting in an office all day, I respect those people who do that as I couldn’t, that’s not for me.

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?

Well as a ‘vacation’, since I travel a lot for work, it was Mexico, I went with friends and we had a very good time…

12. Where do you hope to spend your next holiday?

I am going to go back to Mexico, this time with my family.

13. Apart of temptation what can't you resist?

I think I am pretty good at resisting things, but let’s say I cannot resist spending time with friends.

14. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?

I was into hip-hop and rap, later I switched to house music. I watched so may films that naming just one would not be possible! As a teen I played basketball and tennis.

15. Red wine or white?

Sparkling!

16. Book or movie?

Movie. I last saw the ‘Last Duel’.

17. Morning person or night person?

Night.

18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?

Racism.

19. Buda or Pest side?

Buda.

20. What would you say is your personal motto?

Live life like a rockstar!

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