an IMDb synopsis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d stars Connor Storrie (left) and and Hudson Williams recently talked about their off-screen chemistry. Instagram\/Hudson Williams<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got comfortable just being inches from each other\u2019s face and invading each other\u2019s personal space,\u201d Williams joked. Getty Images<\/p>\n
The series premiered on Nov. 28 and has quickly catapulted its stars Williams and Storrie into the spotlight as fans can\u2019t seem to get enough of their steamy fictional romance but seemingly very real chemistry. <\/p>\n
Intermingled with the show\u2019s sex scenes, are moments of close intimacy and added to the actor\u2019s relationship. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo much of their story is them not being 100% authentic with one another,\u201d Williams told the outlet. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo when we actually had scenes that we got to sit down and genuinely act, and not have any of the gimmicks of these two people flirting, it was fun and so easy. When we had scenes that had to be emotional like that, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s ever been easier in my life to feed into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He quipped it was a \u201cnightmare for HR.\u201d Instagram\/Hudson Williams<\/p>\n
\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d follows rival hockey stars, Williams stars as Shane Hollander and Storrie stars as Ilya Rozanov, who develop feelings for one another. Instagram\/Hudson Williams<\/p>\n
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Williams added that his \u201cpretty close bond\u201d with his on-screen partner \u201cmade it comfortable going into territories where you\u2019re closer with a person than any other coworkers are with their coworker.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless they\u2019re sleeping together.\u201d he joked. <\/p>\n
Though many fans have taken an interest in Williams and Storrie\u2019s offscreen love lives, the two actors haven\u2019t been paying attention to the online chatter. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been really busy since the show has come out, so I haven\u2019t been able to really dive too far into the online thing,\u201d Storrie shared. <\/p>\n
Williams explained that his bond with Storrie \u201cmade it comfortable going into territories where you\u2019re closer with a person than any other coworkers are with their coworker.\u201d HBO Max<\/p>\n
\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d was officially picked up for a second season by Crave and HBO Max on Friday. HBO Max<\/p>\n
\u201cI try to be involved and take in as much as I should, but it\u2019s so easy to get lost in the sauce. You can\u2019t help but want to dive into opinions about yourself,\u201d Storrie said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like being in middle school when a friend who\u2019s not really your friend is like, \u2018Josh said this thing about you.\u2019 I can\u2019t help but be like, \u2018What did Josh say about me?\u2019 But I try to stay off of it,\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams, on the other hand, claimed he occasionally tunes into the online discussion. <\/p>\n
\u201cThankfully, everything\u2019s been overwhelmingly positive,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd at the end of the day, I do care what people think. I can\u2019t lie and say, \u2018Oh, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u2019 No: I wanted to give something that\u2019s well-received, and selfishly, I want people to like it. But it becomes a very fragile line of how far you can tip in either direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d was officially picked up for a second season by Crave and HBO Max on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie are almost as close in real life as their on-screen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,19806,7998,2110,18,117,9540,7948,19,17,123037,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-230195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-dating","10":"tag-celebrity-interviews","11":"tag-celebrity-news","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-hbo","15":"tag-hbo-max","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-lgbtqia","19":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}