Famously, “Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie is great at accents. His Russian is especially popular, which the actor pulled off to play a convincingly Slavic Ilya Rozanov in the hit series.
Now, ahead of Storrie’s gig as “Saturday Night Live” host on Feb. 28, the actor put his language chops to the test in a hilarious accent duel against cast member James Austin Johnson.
“And by the way, the Russian accent was awesome,” Marcello Hernández says to Storrie, who responds, “Thanks, I actually do all kinds of accents!” The mere mention of the subject summons Johnson, who rolls up ready to defend his honor as the accent authority at “SNL.”
The two face off, putting on their best German (Storrie sips a beer while quipping about the ease at which he can slip into the pronunciation), Cajun, French, Italian and even Shakespearean accents. (After hearing Storrie’s Shakespeare, his next…