Due to Heated Rivalry, followers have a brand-new crew of actors to fawn over. Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie lead Crave and HBO Max’s fiery romance sequence, based mostly on the books by creator Rachel Reid. And although the present is just midway by way of its debut season, the celebrities have already made an enduring impression.
Get to know every of the primary solid of Heated Rivalry beneath!
Hudson Williams — Shane Hollander
The breakout star, who performs Canadian hockey participant Shane Hollander within the sequence, is a contemporary face to the massive leagues of Hollywood — however that doesn’t imply he’s model new to the movie trade. The 24-year-old actor has additionally written, directed and acted in brief movies.
In accordance with his IMDb profile, Hudson co-wrote, co-directed and starred within the 2024 brief Rancid. His on-screen work started in 2024 with brief movies and in numerous TV reveals, showing within the shorts Brim Reaper, Teresa’s Selection, Peace of Thoughts, Mrs. Changs Excellent Enamel, Chad GPT, The Courting Recreation and Snow Angel.
Hudson was born in 2001, based on a number of retailers.
Connor Storrie — Ilya Rozanov
Imagine it or not, Connor isn’t really Russian, regardless of how convincing his accent sounds in character as Ilya. He’s really a Texas native. The 25-year-old actor, who can be a director and author, per his IMDb profile, has appeared in a handful of movie tasks over time, together with Joker: Folie à Deux as a younger inmate.
Throughout a 2025 interview with Etalk, Connor defined why he was drawn to perfecting his dialect abilities, particularly for a Russian accent.
“Actually, I’ve all the time simply thought Russian language and Russian tradition was actually cool,” Connor mentioned. “It’s so completely different from American tradition, so it feels actually unique and on the market. … Attending to play something that’s as far-off from me as attainable, I really feel like is admittedly enlightening. It’s additionally simply enjoyable to placed on that form of posture. It enables you to uncover issues about your self and concerning the world. It’s simpler to play that means too as a result of I’m not so involved about being Connor.”
François Arnaud — Scott Hunter
François is a Canadian actor finest identified for taking part in Cesare Borgia in The Borgias, Manfred Bernardo in Midnight, Texas, and Tommy Castelli in UnReal. The 40-year-old Montreal native has been performing in movie since not less than 2009.
Amongst his different notable movie and TV credit are roles in Permission, Marlowe, Schitt’s Creek, The Moodys, Yellowjackets and Quantum Leap.
François has opened up about his private life. He’s bisexual and has been relationship fellow actor Marc Bendavid since 2023.
As the general public’s curiosity within the Heated Rivalry solid’s private lives has soared, François famous that it’s “absurd” to imagine that any actor ought to really feel pressured to share data like that.
“It’s absurd to assume that you need to be allowed to ask about somebody’s sexuality after they’re attempting to get employed for a job,” the actor informed Selection in late 2025. “It’s loopy, like we’re solely going to rent you in the event you’re homosexual? After which it’s, like, how homosexual are you? It’s a spectrum.”
Robbie G.Ok. — Kip Grady
As the one non-hockey participant love curiosity within the present to this point, Robbie shortly made an impression amongst followers after episode 3 premiered. The 29-year-old Ontario native performs the candy barista and soon-to-be grad scholar Kip, Scott’s boyfriend.
Robbie has appeared in numerous movie and TV roles over time, together with Utopia Falls, Overcompensating, Marry F*** Kill, The Group Gamers, The Stanley Dynamic, Full Out, Delinquent and extra.
What followers may not know from the get-go about Robbie is that he’s a musical theatre child! Per his IMDb profile, the actor fell in love with performing when he was 13, taking part in Kurt Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.
