Danny Mountain was once a promising English footballer, playing in the youth teams at Southampton before attracting interest from Chelsea, West Ham and Tottenham, yet he is now the highest paid porn actor in Britain.
Mountain saw his football career end at 16 years old when he suffered a knee injury, and he immediately turned to carpentry training as a new career path.
Yet, according to the Daily Star, he then fell into adult arts, where he has starred in nearly 600 films over the course of his new career.
“I was dating a Page Three girl. Her agent wanted her to get into porn. She wasn’t keen but he gave her the details of an audition in London and I went along. I didn’t know what to expect but I was full of confidence,” Mountain detailed to the Daily Star.
I wasn’t at all nervous about the sexual part. I was worried about talking on camera – I couldn’t control my face I was so nervous.
“When I told my mum she was a bit shocked, she was worried that I was OK because I was only 19 but I was having a great time and flying all round the world and she realised how happy I was. My dad’s a big kid. When I told him he was like ‘go on my son.”
It wasn’t always his dream to be in the adult film industry, but Mountain believes that his success makes clear the value of daring to try something.
“As a child, I dreamed of becoming a famous footballer,” he continued
“Unfortunately, I will never score for England, but it did not stop me from being successful.
Today I have a big house, I eat at restaurants, and play football with Jones, Statham and other celebrities at the weekends. Would I like my daughter to be a porn actress? Of course not, but, if I have a son, I will tell him the same way as my father used to: “Dare, son.”
According to Scorum, Mountain has amassed over one million dollars in payment for his film work.
