Grabbys Spotlight: Tommy Cray
Targeting trophies in Torremolinos.
As we count down towards the Grabby Awards in Torremolinos, we caught up with Tommy Cray.
Tommy is nominated in five categories:
- Best Top
- Best Bottom
- Best Versatile
- Daddy of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
You've said that winning a Grabby Award would validate the work you’ve put in and motivate you to keep pushing yourself to build a career in the adult entertainment industry - how did you discover and start to explore that performing on camera and content creation was something that you're passionate about?
It was a gradual thing.
I’ve always been a bit of an exhibitionist - when I was in my early 20s, I would love to do camera shows for random strangers in chats.
Then, a few years ago, I started uploading short videos of me working out in underwear - things began escalating from there.
A photographer contacted me. After a photo-shoot, he gave me the contact of another porn actor and told me it would be a good idea to start with him.
Since then, it’s been more or less finding out what I enjoy and how to do it.
Do you consider yourself an exhibitionist?
At first, I was pretty camera-shy and a bit insecure, but with time I have managed to get better and more confident.
I love seeing the attention it gets.
What was your relationship with your body like when you were growing up?
It's a complicated thing.
I have always been more on the slim side - I used to be really self-conscious about it. I have a hard time growing muscle, and it’s all I wanted when I was younger.
With time, I have managed to improve and also validate myself without needing external validation from others as much.
Now, I love my body. I still want to improve on it, but from a place of love and not shame.
How has your work in the adult entertainment industry changed your relationship with your body and the way that you experience intimacy?
I've realised that before working in the industry, I had a lot of preconceptions and bias about sex - about how a top should act or how a bottom should act.
Having been able to overcome those preconceptions has made everything much easier for me.
What makes a good collab?
A good collab is when you realise you have great chemistry with the other person, and things just flow from there.
You barely need to plan or interrupt anything, and it all works effortlessly - plus it also looks amazing on camera!
Gareth Johnson
Beyond the Grabby Awards, what else is on your vision-board for the months ahead?
I'm mainly trying to explore and see what I enjoy doing, trying to do what I want to do and not what other others expect of me, or what I believe others expect of me.
I’m also an artist - I'm wanting to find a way to merge together my homoerotic art with adult content creation.
Gareth Johnson