Ron Howard finally confirmed the longtime rumor that he once considered directing porn movies to jumpstart his filmmaking career. When asked recently by a journalist whether there was any truth to the “Happy Days” alum crossing over to the adult film industry, Ron laughed but admitted, “Well, it’s true that it went through my mind.” In the 1970s, Howard entertained directing a cheekily-titled skin flick, “Opie Gets Laid,” in which the main character’s first name would mirror the one from Ron’s more innocent days on the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show.”
“Yeah, ‘Opie Gets Laid’ would have probably made Ron a million dollars and he could have gone off and made a movie, but I’m glad he steered away from that because I don’t think anyone really wanted to see Opie get laid,” quipped his brother, actor Clint Howard. His daughter added, “A lot of times in life, I’ll think about the fact that my dad has a public profile that isn’t embarrassing. It’s massive, and if he had done ‘Opie Gets Laid,’ I just … I wouldn’t be in this business,” she said with a laugh. Unfortunately for the world of adult entertainment, Ron Howard never joined the industry—he instead found great success directing movies and winning two Oscars.
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