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\nConnor Storrie opened up to GQ about the lack of clothing he wore to film Heated Rivalry The American actor, who stars as Ilya Rozanov, reflected on the intimate scenes he staged with costar Hudson Williams Storrie joked about his friends sending him screenshots of his shower scenes <\/p>\n
The show is set on ice, but its episodes are sizzling hot.\n<\/p>\n
Connor Storrie<\/a> didn’t hold back in his interview with GQ<\/a> when reflecting on his performance in Heated Rivalry<\/a>, the new hockey-centric romance series that brings a fair share of stripping, sex and sports to the screen.\n<\/p>\n The American actor, 25, stars as Ilya Rozanov, a cocky Russian hockey player for the fictional Boston Raiders, throughout HBO Max’s six-episode show based on\u00a0Rachel Reid’s book of the same name that drops weekly.\n<\/p>\n Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in “Heated Rivalry.”.<\/p>\n Sabrina Lantos\/HBO Max<\/p>\n Storrie’s Rozanov develops a secret romance with his rival Shane Hollander, a Canadian-Asian hockey player brought to life by actor Hudson Williams. He is captain of the Montreal Metros, which makes the relationship dynamic even more complex.\n<\/p>\n Storrie and Williams, 24, chatted with GQ about their illicit, on-camera sex in the show as their characters navigate fame, careers and heavy pressures of being closeted athletes in a traditionally masculine sport.\n<\/p>\n “We\u2019re definitely objectified,” Storrie told the outlet. “I signed up knowing that would be a part of it. I really did not think my butt would be such a topic of conversation. I thought it would be more of a general, like,\u00a0‘Oh, these guys really get into it on the show’.”\n<\/p>\n