{"id":856884,"date":"2026-08-13T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856884\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:46:12","slug":"heated-rivalry-adds-5-to-cast-reveals-who-will-play-wyatt-hayes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856884\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Heated Rivalry’ Adds 5 To Cast & Reveals Who Will Play Wyatt Hayes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The massively popular Crave<\/a> Original series Heated Rivalry<\/a> is expanding its Season 2 cast, adding five. Emily Hampshire<\/a> (Schitt\u2019s Creek, Marvel\u2019s VisionQuest), Edvin Ryding (The Young Royals, 28 Years Later), Robert Naylor (Mile End Kicks, Cardinal), Sabrina Jalees\u00a0(I Used to Be Funny, Black Mirror) and Priyanka (Drag Brunch Saved My Life, Meet Me Next Christmas) will join Hudson Williams<\/a>, Connor Storrie<\/a>, Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie in the second season, which is confirmed to premiere in spring 2027.<\/p>\n

A key question also has been answered in the casting announcement. There\u2019s been much online speculation about who will play Wyatt Hayes in Season 2, a popular character in Rachel Reid\u2019s Game Changers series, and we\u2019ve learned Robert Naylor has been tapped for the role. Hayes, a prominent side character in the books, is the starting goaltender for the Ottawa Centaurs.<\/p>\n

Hampshire will play Vanessa, Ryding is Luca Haas, Jalees is Farah Jalali, and Priyanka portrays Tarek.<\/p>\n

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As previously announced, <\/a>Smith and Gillespie will play Harris Drover and Troy Barrett, respectively, the couple at the center of\u00a0Role Model, the fifth book in Rachel Reid\u2019s bestselling\u00a0Game Changers\u00a0series, on which\u00a0Heated Rivalry\u00a0is based.<\/p>\n

After Season 1 adapted Book 2,\u00a0Heated Rivalry \u2014 which chronicles the budding romance between rival hockey players Shane Hollander (Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Storrie) \u2014 while also incorporating elements from Book 1,\u00a0Game Changer\u00a0(featuring Scott and Kip),\u00a0Heated Rivalry\u00a0creator Jacob Tierney had said that Season 2 will continue Shane and Ilya\u2019s story by tackling Book 6,\u00a0The Long Game, while also introducing a new couple by taking on\u00a0Role Model.<\/p>\n

Season 1 told the story of Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, who are bound by ambition,\u00a0rivalry and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understood. <\/a>What began as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolved into a years-long journey of love, denial and self-discovery, per the logline.<\/p>\n

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Season 2 is set to premiere on HBO Max in the spring in the U.S., Australia, Europe (excluding the UK, Ireland, Spain, and Turkey), Latin America, and Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka)<\/p>\n

Produced by Accent Aigu Entertainment in association with Bell Media\u2019s Crave, Heated Rivalry is commissioned by Bell Media\u2019s Crave, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund. Tierney is writer, director and executive producer. Brady and Jayme Alter Wilson serve as executive producers. Lori Fischburg and Liane Cunje are producers, with Reid as consulting producer. Mike Goldbach serves as co-writer on Season 2.<\/p>\n

Hampshire is repped by Atlas Artists, Paradigm, Creative Drive Artists and Felker, McGinnis & Ryan. Ryding is repped by CAA, Agentfirman Planthaber\/Kild\u00e9n\/Mandic\/Bostr\u00f6m and Independent Talent Group. Naylor is repped by Agence M\u2019s Marie-Pierre Tremblay and M\u00e9lanie Belzile. Jalees is repped by WME and OPE Partners. Priyanka is repped by Daniel Birnbaum at The Talent House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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