MTV and others are reporting today that porn star and mainstream crossover sensation Sasha Grey will star in the music video for 'Space Bound,' the next single from Eminem's Recovery (the record won Best Rap Album at last week's Grammy Awards). The video, directed by Joseph Kahn, is the fourth from the album.
Sasha Grey -- my pick for Porn Star of the Year in 2009 -- has been making moves away from the adult entertainment industry over the last year. She starred in Steven Soderbergh's film The Girlfriend Experience and played herself last season on HBO's Entourage, starring as Vincent Chase's new love interest (Eminem had a cameo in the season finale). And she'll appear in at least three Hollywood films in 2011, including Skinny Dip, The Girl From the Naked Eye, and I Melt With You.
This isn't her first music video, either: She's previously starred in videos for The Roots' "Birthday Girl" and Lee Scratch Perry's "Pum Pum." And, among other things, she's a musician herself, as part of the experimental ambient post-punk band A Telecine. She's also a photographer: Vice Books will release her new book, Neu Sex, on March 29.
Em and Grey — who appeared on HBO's "Entourage" last season as the love interest of lead character Chase (portrayed by Adrian Grenier) — play a pair of star-crossed lovers, which relates to the lyrics of the Jim Jonsin-produced song.
"We touch, I feel a rush," Em raps on the track. "We clutch, it isn't much/ But it's enough to make me wonder what's in store for us/ It's lust/ It's torturous/ You must be a sorceress/ 'Cause you just did the impossible/ Gained my trust/ Don't play games, it'll be dangerous/ If you f--- me over/ 'Cause if I get burnt/ I'ma show ya what it's like to hurt/ 'Cause I've been treated like dirt before ya/ And love is 'evol,' spell it backwards, I'll show ya."
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