{"id":497131,"date":"2026-01-06T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497131\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:02:13","slug":"heated-rivalry-star-connor-storrie-signs-with-caa-for-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497131\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 Star Connor Storrie Signs With CAA for Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s game on for Connor Storrie<\/a> at CAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Heated Rivalry<\/a> breakout has signed with the powerhouse agency for representation<\/a>. The move comes as Storrie\u2019s star is on fire thanks to the meteoric rise of Jacob Tierney\u2019s hockey drama Heated Rivalry and his portrayal of the magnetic Russian Ilya Rozanov.<\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by the second installment of Rachel Reid\u2019s beloved Game Changers book series and made by Canadian streamer Crave (acquired by HBO Max for the U.S. and Australia), Heated Rivalry casts Storrie as Rozanov opposite Hudson Williams\u2019 Shane Hollander in the steamy yet heartfelt story of professional hockey phenoms and arch rivals whose lust turns to love over the course of a decade. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe six-episode series debuted Nov. 28, and by the time the finale aired on Christmas Day, it had become a certified smash buoyed by critical raves, a \u201ctruly joyful\u201d<\/a> press tour, frenzied online followings and eagle-eyed fans who analyzed every detail, line of dialogue, camera angle and song choice for inevitably viral clips on TikTok and Instagram not to mention loving reactions on Threads, X and more, which only seemed to reinforce what lovers of the book series had already known.<\/p>\n

\n\tGlowing reviews, like one in the Seattle Times, praised Storrie\u2019s Rozanov as a \u201cpool of nuance, deeply vulnerable one moment and obnoxiously charming the next. (And you would never know Storrie was born in Texas instead of Russia \u2014 his accent is that good.) Williams\u2019 Shane feels like he was lifted perfectly from the book, down to his neurotic need to fold his clothes before sex. Together, they\u2019re a tour de force, completely mesmerizing in their dazzling chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThen came a slew of interviews, podcast recordings and photo shoots that pushed both Storrie and Williams to north of one million Instagram followers. Storrie teamed with Williams for a GQ Hype cover and features in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Vulture, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly and more. (A digital The Hollywood Reporter investigated the show\u2019s fandom<\/a>.) Storrie went solo for widely shared outings with Interview, The Cut, Cultured and Behind the Blinds Magazine and more that displayed his versatile modeling talents in highly-styled spreads.<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough it all, Storrie and Williams have boasted about being best friends, and that bond continues with representation as they both signed with CAA. (Deadline first reported Williams signing in what can now be seen as a coup for CAA to rep both.) There\u2019s been a fever online as fans speculate on how both actors will ride the wave of surprise superstardom to new projects beyond the rink of Heated Rivalry. It was recently reported that the show has already been picked up for a second season and that they\u2019re both under contract for a total of three seasons. <\/p>\n

\n\tThey\u2019re not completely new to this. Storrie\u2019s first major role came via Todd Phillips\u2019 Joker: Folie \u00e1 Deux in a chilling climatic scene opposite Joaquin Phoenix, and he\u2019s been seen in April X and Tiny Beautiful Things. He\u2019s got more work up his sleeve, too, as he recently wrote and directed a self-financed directorial debut called Transaction Planet. The film, which he\u2019s called \u201csuper absurdist and bizarre\u201d in the vein of John Waters meets Darren Aronofsky meets Sean Baker, follows an alien spirit that incarnates into a human body.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut if you ask him, he\u2019s \u201cvery much in the beginning\u201d stages of a white-hot career. \u201cWhen I auditioned for Heated Rivalry, I was working at a restaurant. I was working at a restaurant 40 hours a week, getting off at 1 a.m. I did that on and off ever since I was in high school,\u201d he recently<\/a> told THR. \u201cReally, honest to God, all I want going forward is to keep having opportunities to work and be on set and enjoy the people and the experiences along the way. It sounds so cheesy, and I was not of that mindset up until eight months ago, but it really is just about being inspired and being with cool people. I just feel so blessed to be doing the thing that I\u2019ve always wanted to do with my life. How long that lasts, what that looks like, who I get to work with, the ups and the downs, I don\u2019t know, but all I can do is be thankful for right now and hope that those fruits continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThose fruits will be growing with CAA and a team that includes management at Atlas Artists, the law firm Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman and Shelter PR for personal publicity. He\u2019ll next be seen opposite Janelle James announcing SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Actor Awards nominees on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s game on for Connor Storrie at CAA. The Heated Rivalry breakout has signed with the powerhouse agency…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":497132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56905,191740,171,191743,7171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-497131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-caa","9":"tag-connor-storrie","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-heated-rivalry","12":"tag-representation","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115849707536402720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}