{"id":544927,"date":"2026-07-26T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/544927\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:59:36","slug":"the-matrix-star-58-is-unrecognizable-as-she-seduces-heated-rivalrys-hudson-williams-in-new-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/544927\/","title":{"rendered":"The Matrix star, 58, is unrecognizable as she seduces Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams in new trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Matrix<\/a> star\u00a0<\/a>Carrie-Anne Moss is back on our screens \u2013 and looking better than ever<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old stars in the new AMC+ series Yaga, along with Schitt’s Creek’s Noah Reid, newcomer Clark Backo, and Heated Rivalry<\/a> breakout Hudson Williams,<\/a> and it’s her intimate scenes with 25-year-old Hudson that drive the terrifying new trailer. Watch it above.<\/p>\n

Carrie stars as Katherine, a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, whose voiceover leads the first-look scenes as she describes the many facets of Baba Yaga, the witch-like figure from Slavic folklore on which the show, and original play, are based.<\/p>\n

\"Carrie-Anne<\/p>\n

Carrie-Anne Moss will play a mysterious university professor (Crave)<\/p>\n

“There’s versions of her all over the world, sometimes she’s an ugly old witch\u2026\u00a0sometimes she’s a wise woman,” she says, as the trailer begins to introduce viewers to this small coastal town, where a body washes up on shore.<\/p>\n

Katherine continues: “Sometimes she kills him, sometimes she eats him, sometimes she f***s him,” as the video then cuts to a montage of clips from the show, including Hudson as Henry Park, the young heir to a powerful fishery, in a sexual embrace with Katherine, as well as demonic activity and rituals taking place.<\/p>\n

You may also like\"Hudson<\/p>\n

Hudson Williams and Carrie Anne will play lovers in the series (Crave)<\/p>\n

The clips also show Noah as Radd, a private investigator who arrives in the small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of Henry, and finds himself unwillingly teaming up with apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo).<\/p>\n

Carrie-Anne is most known to audiences for her work in The Matrix\u00a0franchise as Trinity, but inYaga, the actress reveals a far different look. Gone is the slicked-back black hair and leather outfits, with Yaga\u00a0showing off a more mythical look with soft, long brunette hair, and a haunting voice.<\/p>\n

\"Carrie-Anne<\/p>\n

Carrie-Anne, pictured in promo image for Yaga, found fame in The Matrix (Crave)<\/p>\n

Noah and Clark both attended San Diego Comic Con\u00a0along with showrunner Kat Sandler, where they unveiled the first look.<\/p>\n

Hudson was not in attendance, but he recorded a video message for the packed room. “I wish I could be there with you today, and that beautiful cast and crew that I love so much,” he said. “I’ve also never been to Comic-Con so I’d really love to be there!”<\/p>\n

“The show was a blast,” he continued. “It was a wild one to film, and I just hope you guys love it as much as I had fun filming it.”<\/p>\n

\"Hudson<\/p>\n

Hudson Williams will play Henry, the heir to a fishing empire (Crave)<\/p>\n

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“I am the smartest showrunner in the world,” Kat said of hiring Hudson in early\u00a02026 amid the success of <\/a>Heated Rivalry<\/a>.\u00a0“We’re very lucky that he wanted to come play.”<\/p>\n

“You’ll get to see another side of Hudson’s acting capabilities,” Noah said, on stage during the panel moderated by Damien Holbrook. “It’s a wild performance. He’s got blue eyes, which everyone’s been commenting on. It’s like ‘Oh that’s kind of scary hot.'”<\/p>\n

\"Noah<\/p>\n

Noah Reid, Kat Sandler and Clark Backo at 2026 Comic-Con International (Variety via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Canadian actress Carrie-Anne rose to fame in the early 2000s with The Matrix in 1999 and\u00a0Memento, Red Planet\u00a0and\u00a0Chocolat all in 2000.<\/p>\n

She made an appearance in the Netflix<\/a> series Jessica Jones, and has continued to work with the \u00a0Wachowski sisters as they expanded The Matrix universe.<\/p>\n

\"Carrie-Anne<\/p>\n

Carrie-Anne Moss in phone booth in a scene from The Matrix, 1999. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

She moved her family \u2013 she has two sons and a daughter with husband Steven \u2013 to New Hampshire, but has mostly turned her back on Hollywood, focusing on mindfulness and\u00a0meditation practices.<\/a><\/p>\n

Carrie-Anne launched a lifestyle brand, Annapurna Living, teaching “online courses designed to help women and mothers find their voice and to step into their grace.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Matrix star\u00a0Carrie-Anne Moss is back on our screens \u2013 and looking better than ever The 58-year-old stars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[267817,267818,82800,213289,156,267819,114961,409,111,139,213290,69,58412,3576],"class_list":["post-544927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-baba-yaga","tag-carrie-anne","tag-carrie-anne-moss","tag-clark-backo","tag-entertainment","tag-henry-park","tag-hudson-williams","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-noah-reid","tag-nz","tag-the-matrix","tag-toronto-international-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}