MySkin

By Dorian Von Schliddlehoff

The world conquest of MySpace.com has swept up citizens from every walk of life. This includes, as all things should, naked movie starlets.

The most popular networking tool in the history of the universe has enabled its members to become friends, fall in love, stumble into or even initiate groups of like-minded people (no matter how obscure the connection), and, for creative types, MySpace.com supplies instant access to an audience that is unprecedented in both its globe-spanning size and multimedia enthusiasm.

The very nature of the B-movie actress makes MySpace.com an ideal launch-pad/hang-out for touting new film projects, live appearances, or other points of skinterest to devotees of straight-to-DVD divas.

Extraordinarily beautiful, endlessly inventive, and bountifully up-front Scream Queens Debbie Rochon (Picture: 1), Tiffany Shepis (Picture: 1), Brandy Little (Picture: 1), and Ashlie Rhey (Picture: 1) checked in with MrSkin.com to reveal how MySpace.com has boosted their careers both on and off camera.

How often do you check your MySpace account?

Debbie Rochon: Daily if in town. When I'm not I have someone do it for me, so people aren't being kept hanging to be added.

Tiffany Shepis: I was very much an addict a few months ago. I mean, on this thing like five times a day. I wasn't working on anything, so I had lots of free time and not enough booze, I guess. Now I check it like every other day, but I'm only able to stay on for a few minutes.

Ashlie Rhey: I check it once a week.

Brandy Little: I check whenever I get the chance. My computer has been down, so I can only do it when I have access to someone else's.

Do you use the site for personal or vocational purposes?

Debbie Rochon: Both. I post info on my new ventures but I also write personal blogs. I have added things that interest me, so it's more than a "look at me and what I'm doing" site. I think I have added enough non "me" stuff so people can get a handle on my likes and dislikes.

Tiffany Shepis: My brother signed me up for it awhile back as a way for us to keep in touch without calling each other. It took me a year to figure out how to use it. I now use it for a bit of everything: work promotion, friends, checking out what everyone else has going on, blah blah blah.

Ashlie Rhey: Mostly vocational. Then again, I like to stay connected to my friends and fans.

Brandy Little: My use is mostly personal. Writer/director Jon Keeyes is really the only professional I have dealt with, but he is also a great friend. So you figure out how to categorize that.

Do you know all of your MySpace friends? How many do you have?

Debbie Rochon: I don't personally know all my friends. I think it's a great way to touch base with folks you don't know, though. You'll have to look at the site to see how many I have, as it's always changing!

Tiffany Shepis: I totally don't know all my friends. I think I have around 5,000 or something. I would have more but I've had to stop accepting bands, because they always post some stupid big-ass comment that takes up my whole page. I have made some new friends from this thing, though. I've talked to horror kids on here a few times. Then I see them at a convention, and it's, like, "Hey, you. Let's go have a drink."

Ashlie Rhey: I have nine friends but know only eight of them. I haven't met Jamie Deadly yet.

Brandy Little: I would say I know about ninety-five percent of my friends.

Does it help your page to post sexier pics of yourself? Is that a marketing ploy to get new fans, or is it expected among your already established fan club?

Debbie Rochon: I think if you post sex images you would probably get more friends, but I don't really care about that. I like to post pics that mean something to me, pics that are interesting. I post what I like.

Tiffany Shepis: I suppose it helps, but I think it's more fun to post hot-crazy pics as opposed to some boring-ass headshot.

Ashlie Rhey: I just posted a few sexy pictures. I really don't know what anyone "expects," although I have had more mainstream agents that always thought I pushed my portfolio too far on the sexy side. I always shoot what I want, and I'm glad my fans like me for being me.

Brandy Little: The one sexy pic on my page I actually didn't put on there. My girlfriend uploaded all my photos. I certainly don't think it hurts anything, and it has probably drawn in some friend requests from the people I don't know.

How often do you get a creepy comment posted or email?

Debbie Rochon: Nothing really to tell. Very few bad comments. I just delete them--no big deal. I don't answer weird messages, either. Even those I want to answer I don't get to them very quickly, so I think I'd be a boring person to bother. I just report psychos and move on.

Tiffany Shepis: I wish I had something cool to share with you, but I most often get stuff like "Saw The Hazing the other night. Nice ass!" I did get some crazy bitch once telling me to stop posting comments on her man's page. She went on to tell me that it's sad that I have to show my body, stay away from her man, and shit like that. My reply: "Who's your man?" Stupid bitch never wrote back.

Ashlie Rhey: On occasion I have had the wacko who thinks that, because I'm online with sexy photos, that the page is some kind of dating service I have set up for myself. Is it me, or are some people completely clueless?

Brandy Little: I did get a request from a 16-year-old boy once. I thought that was just weird, and I said no. I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea.

Does MySpace help you directly with getting work? Have you met filmmakers and producers through the site?

Debbie Rochon: I have reunited with people I knew from years ago, and that's very cool. It's weird that folks will search you out on MySpace and not just find you through your website, which is equally as easy to search for.

Tiffany Shepis: Yes, only because I get a lot of young filmmakers who would prefer to contact me directly rather than my manager. Sometimes casting directors will see me in someone's "Top Eight" and go, "Oh, yeah. What about Tiffany Shepis?" You know, out of sight out of mind. On MySpace, it's easy to come across the same people on different pages over and over again.

Ashlie Rhey: I'm pretty new on MySpace and haven't met any producers through it... yet.

Brandy Little: None so far.

Would you post nude pics of yourself on MySpace if you could? That is to say, don't you wish there was a restricted area on the site for ages 18 and up?

Debbie Rochon: No. If you look at my website, I have designed it with images I want to use. Certainly I could use nude pictures if I wanted. I'm glad there is no nudity allowed on the site. It would make for very weird and awkward moments if you were at the site in a public place or work situation and all these graphic images came up.

Tiffany Shepis: Why would I do that when I can charge you to see them on my site? Also, I want the 16- and 17-year-olds to stop by on MySpace.com. You can get the same message across with super-sexy almost-nude photos. Don't really need to show the hoo-hoos.

Ashlie Rhey: There are probably enough nude photos of me on the net--easily searchable, I might add. If someone wants to see them, they can find them.

Brandy Little: I think that's a bit much. Besides, people can just Google me if they want to see those things, you silly hornball!

What's been the greatest benefit from this site for you, career-wise?

Debbie Rochon: Really, it would be getting in touch with people that I have lost touch with over the years. That's the biggest benefit for me. Hey, I met you, didn't I?

Tiffany Shepis: I'm lazy when it comes to sending out emails and stuff, so being able to mass invite people has helped. Where else can you send 5,000 emails at a time and not be considered spam?

Ashlie Rhey: Um, again, I'm brand new to it. Damn, I sound like a broken record, and it's not even entertaining!