The Nob Hill Theater does not play around when it comes to their featured porn stars. When it comes to San Francisco's leather fetish holidays, they hire the big guns! Aleks Buldocek is the rare combination of brains, beef and beast. He's an exceptional man who will take leather fetish into a modern direction that will separate the men from the boys this Folsom Festival weekend. So, when you go to see him perform, bring your money and your manhood, because Aleks Buldocek means business.
Cornelius Washington: Is this your first time performing at the Nob Hill Theater, and what's it like for you?
Aleks Buldocek: This will be my first performance at Nob Hill. I'm super excited, and I don't really know what to expect. I'll be with my brother Nick Sterling though, so I know we'll make it fun.
How did you create your porn name?
Aleksander is a pretty common yet strong Eastern European name. Buldocek is the Czech word for bulldog puppy. Since I'm a pup in the leather community and mostly Czech by heritage, it worked well for me as a model name. When I started doing porn, I decided against doing a more simple last name since I had already built a following in the gay community.
What do you do onscreen that you don't do off, and vice versa?
Onscreen I tend to be much more brutal and cold to my scene partners than in real life. I typically kiss and check in more with my partners off-screen. I know I give them a lot to handle, so I try to make sure they are taking it well.
How do you prepare yourself (mentally, physically, etc.) to perform onscreen?
I'm a top, so I don't have to do as much to prepare for a scene. I like to meet my partner before and check out our chemistry and go through some likes and dislikes before we start rolling. I also make sure I've eaten and am hydrated, as porn shoots can take several hours to complete.
Is porn art?
No. It can be artfully done, but it isn't inherently art. There's rarely anything moving or inspiring about porn except for your boner.
What is the first porn film you ever saw?
I can't remember the name or where I found it online, but it was with a couple of hugely muscled guys with leather jackets and cigars in a dark alley. It was before I really knew I was gay, but I knew that I wanted to be one of those huge guys and that I had to delete the browsing history after I watched the whole thing.
What turns you on when you watch porn?
I actually don't watch much porn anymore, since I have several friends in the business, too. I often read erotic fiction with elements of dominance and submission and role play in them.
What is your favorite body part on a man?
That's a harder one. A thick pair of legs is pretty hot to match a well-rounded ass much more so than a big chest or arms. I'm also partial to well-kept beard.
What is your favorite body part on yourself?
My favorite body part is my shoulders. I'm really into bodybuilding and working out, and they are one of my stronger groups in my physique.
What inspired you to begin working out?
I've been into bodybuilding since I was really young. I remember being really into Bane and the transformation sequence he has in Batman and Robin. It wasn't until I was out of college that I could afford the time and money to start pursuing my own growth goals.
On your fitness blog, you've posted many images of your own physical development. What fitness mistakes did you make early on and what are the biggest mistakes you see others make in the gym?
It took me a long time to figure out how much to eat in order to see results, and I wasn't always doing the exercises best for my body type. That's something pretty typical though, in the gym, as different bodies respond to different rep ranges and motions.
In popular media, CrossFit has become a cult. What is your opinion?
CrossFit is great for overall fitness, but if you have a certain sport or goal you are training for, then you won't get it from CrossFit. It's also annoying when someone takes up three different machines with their CrossFit circuit during peak hours at the gym, especially when their form is all over the place and somewhat dangerous.
You photograph beautifully in clothes. What have you not worn that you'd kill to wear?
Thank you! I'm really into fitness and fashion modeling, and I was doing that before I got into porn for different gay lifestyle and kink brands. I'd love to wear a full suit sometime; something very clean and tailored. It would be a very dramatic shift for my portfolio of work.
As a well-built man, do you have any trouble finding well-fitting fashionable clothes? What brands have you seen that makes clothes that work for your body type?
I've been having more and more trouble finding clothes off the rack that fit well. I actually don't own much expensive formal wear because it's such a hassle to find something decent and then tailor it and then outgrow it. I tend to stick to street wear for now like Cellblock 13, Adidas, and Nasty Pig.
Do you have any fetishes (sex, clothing, food, etc.)?
I have a bunch of fetishes, but my main three are muscle, puppy play, and leather. It's easy to incorporate all three into a sex scene as an aspiring bodybuilder who identifies as a pup in the leather community. Leather gloves are also a big turn on for me.
Whom, in the adult industry, do you admire?
I admire everyone who can stay well-grounded and have fun with what they're doing in the adult industry. There are a lot of big egos, and it just doesn't work so well anymore. It's also really unattractive.
If you could be any superhero, who would it be, and with what super power?
I'd have to say Colossus from the X-Men since he's family-oriented and caring while also being super strong, and he can turn his skin into metal. I was a big comic book fan when I was younger.
What stereotypes about the industry have you found to be true and false?
A big stereotype I've found false is the "damaged goods" one. People in the adult industry aren't all victims who fell haphazardly into selling sex. A lot of them have regular jobs, relationships, and hobbies outside of filming. I'm not really sure about which ones would be true. We do enjoy sex a lot, but don't most gay men? We're just fortunate enough to get paid to do it.
What stereotypes do people have about you, as a porn star?
Most of the assumptions about me are more around my size, my tattoos and the big metal collar around my neck. They all read together as cold, hard and dominant, which I find hot and enjoyable, but I warm up pretty well.
Barebacking, pro or con?
I have a lot of close friends in the industry who do bareback porn, and that's their choice. It's something I won't do because it's too intimate and personal for worklife, and there's no other way aside from using condoms to convey safer sex on camera. Until we can find a way to have a hot opening conversation about status and risk and treatment adherence can I support bareback porn ethically. I get that porn is supposed to convey hot fantasies, but the realities of HIV and other STIs are not sexy or fun.
What do you see as the next big gay porn trend?
Currently, it's all about the amateur quality, low production stuff that feels more authentic to its viewers. Barebacking is also really picking up more steam. I'm hoping that after all of that rides out we see more highly produced, almost cinematic gay porn. Actual camera-ready gay actors that don't sound cheesy and have hot chemistry-driven sex.
In your opinion, who has the hottest celebrity body, male and female?
I'm not much for following celebs, but I guess if I had to pick two it would be Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the new Hercules movie and Scarlet Johansson as a redhead.
Who is your fantasy celebrity sex partner?
Hahaha... maybe Channing Tatum. He'd probably whine a lot, though.
Aleks Buldocek will be at the Nob Hill Theatre Thursday, Sept. 18 for the very interactive Circle Jerk in the male strip club's arcade playroom ($10, 9pm); and with Nick Sterling in live sex shows Sept 19 & 20 ($25, 8pm & 10pm). 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com
Follow Aleks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABuldocek