HBO Gives Good Porn

It’s not the first time, nor will it be the last, where a porn star has snuck into a mainstream streaming series, TV show or movie.

Smokey-eyed Sasha Grey earned praise for playing the lead in The Girlfriend Experience movie, as well as a few-show arc in HBO’s “Entourage,” playing herself. We caught Ginger Lynn yucking-it-up starring in the direct-to-video cop Vice Academy comedies, as well as manning small parts in Bachelor Party, and Young Guns II …not to mention appearing in music videos. Traci Lords, arguably one of the first porn stars to make a transition to mainstream, not without lots of attendant controversy when her age was outed, has been seen in the movies Not of This Earth, and Cry-Baby, and Zac and Miri Make a Porno, to name a few, and on T.V. on such shows as “Roseanne,” “Melrose Place,” and “Will & Grace.” And lest we forget that Marilyn Chambers worked as a cover model for the Ivory detergent brand before starring in the seminal XXX flick, Behind the Green Door.

And it’s not just the ladies. male adult star James Deen appeared in the movie The Canyons, directed by Paul Schrader and co-starring Lindsay Lohan and

On the last episode of HBO’s new satire “The Chair Company,” adult star and director Maestro Claudio and performer Ashley Lane can be seen playing Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Future, respectively. They are performing on what is obviously a porn version of the classic holiday tale one of the show’s main characters is watching at the tail end of the half-hour episode, called “I Won. Zoom In." Lane removes her hood, takes to her knees, and Claudio presents her a holiday flesh candy cane she can’t soon resist.

Known as much for ground-breaking must-watch TV as for having brought adult themes and scenes to the cable universe, Lane performing fellatio on Claudio on HBO is not as shocking as it once would have been.

Claudio said of the appearance: “It was surreal and hilarious to show up as Scrooge in the final moments of The Chair Company. The parody twist was absurd in the best way, and Ashley made the whole thing pop. I love that our scene ends the episode—it’s weird, it’s memorable, and it fits the show’s spirit perfectly.”

Maestro Claudio is an iconic adult film performer, producer, and director with nearly 30 years of on-set experience under his belt. Originally from Trieste, Italy, Claudio started his career as a freelance engineer after graduating with a degree in Mining Engineering at the University of Trieste in 1984. After obtaining his private pilot license, Claudio decided to move to the US to continue his pilot training. In 1993, he moved to Los Angeles and obtained his commercial, multiengine, and instrument pilot licenses, but aviation wasn’t his only interest in LA.

From a young age, Claudio had long dreamed of pursuing a career in the porn industry.

In 1995, Claudio’s dream came true when he began working in the adult entertainment industry as a performer. He soon expanded his professional repertoire to include cameraman, photographer, director, and producer. Flying eventually became just a hobby.

Claudio now owns and runs his award-winning studios, PervCity.com and DPdiva.com, and, in partnership with Mick Blue, BAMvisions.com. He’s earned the XRCO Award for ‘Best Director – Web’ in 2018 and was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2019.

Episodes of The Chair Company are currently available on the HBO Max and Hulu streaming platforms. Follow Maestro Claudio on Instagram, on OnlyFans, and Bluesky.