BIO

ALEXXUS YOUNG'S BIO:

Born on April 18, 1982, Alexxus Young was transplanted from her L.A. birthplace to an Arkansas horse ranch. I'm Native American, a Cherokee,relates Young. It's in my blood to blend within an animal environment. I sheltered dogs, frogs, ducks, birds and cats. Not to mentioned the horses! I love them all. As a juvenile, Young adhered to a fantasy world for escape. Medieval fantasy, to be specific. My friends and I were into the pageantry, witches and mythology. And seances! We scared the hell out of one another. All of this segued into my choices of film-I don't know how many time that I've screened LEGEND and LABYRINTH (David Bowie was such a hotty)!

A self-professed sci-fi nerd, Alexxus admits that her photo shoots explores her genre fantasies. My favorite films include LEGEND, BLADE RUNNER, THE MATRIX and CONAN THE BARBARIAN. Another fave is PRINCESS MONONOKE: the title character's amazing determination and spirit qualifies her as a role model.

The 20-year-old actress/model grieves that the the engine behind sci-fi is male-territorial. Can you recall a woman who is inflexibly associated with sci-fi as a writer, sex symbol or contributor? Even iconic female characters are limited, in movies, to Princess Leia [STAR WARS series], Lt. Ellen Ripley [ALIEN series], Barbarella and, my personal fave, Major Anya Amasova [THE SPY WHO LOVED ME]. Anya was Bond's equal, she could kick his butt."
Anyway, sci-fi is one Boy's Club that I'm going to crack. Women are too damn smart, sexy and complicated. We'll soon rule the world-though I'm not sure which world. Until movies shape up, I'll have to be content with comic books because the illustrated femmes are hot, beautiful and assertive. There's more substance than stereotype.

hotel rooms BirminghamAttendance at a couple of STAR TREK conventions prompted Young's subsequent alliance with science fiction. But she observed, even as a juvenile, that the genre was handicapped with its lack of female role models. Her favorite heroines were She-Ra (the distaff He-Man), Sailor Moon and the computer-synergized Jem. They were all quite animated--literally, recalls Young. There were no human embodiments of significant female roles. It's my goal to translate myself into that icon.

And she's delivering the goods: the youthful beauty has posed for esteemed artists David Nestler, Robin Evans, Monte Moore, et al. Daniel Horne, who developed the LORD OF THE RINGS toy franchise, is sculpting his steamy Eternal Lovers resin kit into Young's likeness.

The 20-year-old actress/model recently made her film debut in ARACHNIA, a hybrid of TARANTULA and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I play "Kelly", a party girl who is afraid of the dark and spiders. Oops--hope that's not too much foreshadowing. The thriller is directed by Brett Piper, who has earned cult adulation with the likes of DRAINIAC and THEY BITE.

Young subsequently signed for the "the Blue Fairy" role in Mark Redfield's STONEHENGE. "The character is no Tinkerbell, she's literally the battery that fuels a school. My ulterior motive to make the film was so that my godchild, Ryan, could see me in some HARRY POTTER homage." The actress is currently discussing a project with Emmy-award winner Charles Roggero, a veteran of John Waters classics. Also "in development" is a "haunted house" confection produced by PA entrepreneur Joseph Vaniccola (It's about a condemned bordello that is polluted with malevolent influences).

The sci-fi soveriegn journalistic aptitude is evinced on her weekly column, tailored specifically for www.ReallyScary.com: Young reviews conventions, interviews film brass and apprizes video recreation (in regard to the latter, her admiration of Diablo II is without constraint. It's one of the few role-playing games that is female friendly, she gushes. Oscillating between the Sorceress and the Amazon, I kick ass. Sometimes I slip into a 6-hour playing zone).

She's been burning the midnight oil on TANtalizer, a screenplay pitched to horror mogul Stuart Gordon ( RE-ANIMATOR, DAGON, et al). Young applied her talent for story construction (...which evolved through my comic book apprenticeship) to a dark area that the genre has never broached. My co-writer, Bill George, and I deflected generic, Jason-type platitudes and wrote 99% of the plum roles for women. We must have rewritten the critical Third Act at least 25 times. We may turn the whole foundation into a franchise.

Other activity includes a shoot with Denice Duff, a former horror hotty [SUBSPECIES II-IV] who has been transplanted to soaps [THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS]. Let's just say that Denice's photography she's something of a visionary and is on par with her acting flair. Women aren't objectified, they're rendered into sensuous images.

During her leisure time, Young is expanding the frontiers of her own comic book, Amera Galpha: Intergalactic Superheroes.. It's genesis will be very likely in ashcan form, relates Young. I've created threee galaxies that are inhabited by seven to ten different races. The premise is more about theology than technology, and augmenting one's personal psyche into superpowers.

One footnote: Young admits an addiction to comic books, comic trading cards and collectibles; Breyer horses; Final Fantasy X toys..don't get me started.

VICTIM? VINDICATOR? VALIANT?

Okay, I'm prepping some pix for the Slide Show chronicle (that's where I wear little more than a steely expression or a sunburn). But I need your input on which (sci-fi) character to play. Maybe the damsel-in-distress? You know, the drive-in diva who loses her bikini to lecherous squids and mad scientists. Picture me as the Queen of Captivity
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Another option: the Queen of Cool! Pose me as a sword wielding, bawdy barbarian. Or maybe a juicy jungle babe!
Bottom line: We'llphotograph the three sauciest submissions.
Bonus: We'll furnish each award winner with a prop from the shoot that they pitched.

Address your fantasy to Alexxus' e-mail and it will be considered.
Winners will be choosen every 6 weeks!