A racy star says a once mistook him for John Legend and he ended up singing the All of Me singer's hits to her back at his . Despite his similarity to the pop star's appearance, John Legendary has definitely chosen a different career path. But when it came to drawing inspiration for his industry name, Legendary, real name Daniel, opted for a variant of his double's name.
He said comparisons had constantly been made even before he really got started shooting his saucy flicks fulltime, so it was a no brainer. Speaking to the , the actor about one time when a date was convinced he was the real deal. Legendary said the date took place around eight years ago, well before his 2021 switch from aerospace engineer to adult performer.
John, who originally started life in , said when he first signed up his agent said he had to come up with a stage name. One name he came up was already the name of a star working in the gay porn industry. He said: "My agent then said 'you do look like John Legend', and I thought 'oh yeah, I get that a lot, and we can twist it by adding Legendary'.
" And with that new moniker a star was born, aged 37, with a name he says just runs deep with him and went on to explain why. "I remember one time I was in Medellin Colombia for Thanksgiving," he said. "I took a solo trip, this was probably one of my first international solo trips.
"And I was using the dating apps to meet a girl. Met this girl, took her out to dinner. And I get a sense of so much emotion, of bein.
