Studio: William Higgins Productions
Directed by: William Higgins
Year of Production / Release: 2002
Country of Production: Czech Republic
Carlo Festa
Lukas Festa [Lukas Kovarik]
Rico / Ricco [Ruslan Peterko]
Tomas / Almost A Fiasco
Carlo and Lukas have their first taste of male-male sex.
Helping Hands was shot shortly after Carlo Festa’s 18th birthday. I remember that he had recently won second place for under 18 body builders in the Czech Republic. He looked absolutely fantastic.
It must be said that Carlo is one of the more narcissistic models that I have ever worked with – whenever there is a mirror he becomes entranced with posing and worshipping his own image. Unfortunately, like most body builders, Carlo’s body can go from absolutely great looking to overly bulky. However, when we did both this episode and the film Carlo & Friends, Carlo looked absolutely fantastic.
Also, when we filmed this, I thought that Carlo would become one of the most valued members of our ensemble. Alas, it has been a much more rocky road that I thought during these halcyon days. Carlo is much more interested in his career as a body builder than performing in front of a camera. He can also be very moody with mood swings from bright and cheery to extremely somber. But in these early days, Carlo was a dream to work with, and this episode was a delight for me to participate in and is really one of my favorite Helping Hand episodes.
When we filmed Lukas’ Helping Hand, he had just been drafted into the Army. We had to wait for Lukas to get a day off from the Army to do his ‘break in’. His base was far from Prague, so we picked him up at the train station. We went to my favorite restaurant for lunch. Lukas is quite a cooperative model. Very even tempered. It was a pleasure breaking him in. Nowadays, his body can frequently look better than Carlo’s. And there aren’t too many mood swings with Lukas.
Talk about a rosy personality, that is Rico. He is always cheerful all of the time. I have to say that Rico had absolutely no idea what I had in store for him during this shoot. I loved those white underwear. So, I got some warm water and made them translucent. Not satisfied with that I pulled out a pair of scissors to remove them. Rico’s eyes got quite wide when I produced the scissors. I know that he was thinking: “What’s he going to cut with those things.” But he tolerated it as a good sport, and I think that the experience even turned him on more. I know that after the Helping Hand was over, Rico looked at me and said, “Thank you.” I rarely hear those words from a Helping Hands model.
We call the final episode of this tape “Almost a Fiasco”. I remember that this guy was a soldier; he was very uncooperative. “Surprise” is not exactly the word for how he felt when the Helping Hand came into the frame. Then after ordeal was over for him, and us, he made many, many requests for more work. It must also be said, that one of my colleagues, who is sometimes more than a little rough, provided the Helping Hand here.
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