Pilar Lastra Nude
Miss August considered a variety of careers before committing to acting. “One day I wanted to be a brain surgeon, the next a bus driver, then a teacher, then an undercover agent,” she says. “I decided to pursue acting because I can pretend to do all those things.” Pilar’s first role was in a SeaWorld commercial. “I had to ride a roller coaster 25 times in a row and still look excited after take 25,” she says. After moving to Los Angeles she shot more commercials and appeared on Days of Our Lives. “I would like a big-box-office movie in my future, but more than that I want a role that requires me to be extremely brave,” she says. To build her fortitude Pilar has racked up a few fearless adventures: “When I was 19 I packed my car and took off across the country. I’d also like to go to Spain. I’ve never been there, but I hear the partying is out of control. I would rather fall on my face a thousand times than live my life thinking, What if?” While Pilar says she used to be anti-nudity, she changed her mind when Playboy made her an offer. “I figured I should do nudity the right way, not in some cheesy, raunchy film,” she says. Next up? Roles in Hollywood P.I. and opposite Gary Busey in the cage-fighting flick No Rules. “I have a bitch-fighting scene in No Rules,” she says. “In real life I talk trash, but I never bite. I wouldn’t know how. I’d probably start crying.”
Photography by Arny Freytag