‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams Sparks TIFF Chaos, Teases Season 2
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First seen17 Sept, 21:06‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams Sparks TIFF Chaos, Teases Season 2
It’s been a whirlwind year for Hudson Williams. Ever since “Heated Rivalry,” Jacob Tierney’s sensuous decade-long romantic saga between closeted hockey stars Shane Hollander (Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), premiered in November 2025 on Crave and HBO Max, Williams has been thrust into the spotlight. Adapted from Rachel Reid’s “Game Changers” series of novels […]
Variety•Marlow Stern
Follow-up17 Sept, 23:33Hudson Williams Teases ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2, Worrying He’s “Doing An Impression” Of Shane: “It Was Surreal”
With Shane and Ilya back together, it took a couple of days for the Heated Rivalry stars to get fully back into character. As he discussed Season 2 of the Crave/HBO Max series, currently filming in Toronto, Hudson Williams recounted the “surreal” experience of returning to play Shane Hollander after the wild success of Season […]
Deadline•Glenn Garner
Latest12h agoHudson Williams Shares How “Surreal” It Was for Him and Connor Storrie to Return to ‘Heated Rivalry’ Set
The 26-year-old actor also teased what fans can expect in season two of the hit hockey romance drama: "If season one/book one is the yearning season, book two is external adversity and [relationship] communication problems."
The Hollywood Reporter•Nicole Fell