{"id":490412,"date":"2026-02-25T22:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490412\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:42:12","slug":"heated-rivalrys-connor-storrie-faces-off-in-accent-duel-for-snl-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490412\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heated Rivalry&#8217;s Connor Storrie Faces Off In Accent Duel For &#8216;SNL&#8217; Promo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/connor-storrie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_connor-storrie\" data-tag=\"connor-storrie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Storrie<\/a> has one of the best Russian accents around, as we\u2019ve seen via his character Ilya Rozanov in Heated Rivalry, and he\u2019s ready to show it off in a promo ahead of his <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/connor-storrie-heated-rivalry-accent-duel-snl-promo-1236735986\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236735986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guest-hosting stint on SNL<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe clip starts with Storrie, and cast members <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ashley-padilla\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ashley-padilla\" data-tag=\"ashley-padilla\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Padilla<\/a> and Marcelo Hernandez dishing on Heated Rivalry. \u201cBy the finale, I was completely dehydrated,\u201d shares Padilla to which a pleased Storrie replies \u201cYou\u2019re welcome.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHernandez then brings up Storrie\u2019s convincing Russian accent on the show and Storrie reveals he \u201cdoes all kinds of accents.\u201d Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-austin-johnson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-austin-johnson\" data-tag=\"james-austin-johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Austin Johnson<\/a> who\u2019s up for a challenge and the two engage in an accent duel in a Western-style showdown. Padilla and Hernandez toss out different accents \u2013 German (in which Storrie slugs a beer), Cajun, French, Shrek, Na\u2019vi \u2014 even Shakespeare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen asked to do their best Jamaican accent, both think no. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s a good idea,\u201d says a hesitant Storrie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAt one point, when challenged to do a Russian accent,\u00a0Storrie declares: \u201cWhen you get to Hell, tell them Rozanov sent you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/snl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL<\/a>\u00a0spoofed\u00a0Heated Rivalry\u00a0upon its midseason return, in a sketch that featured host Finn Wolfhard and cast member Ben Marshall as Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, respectively, in a sendup called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/snl-heated-rivalry-spoof-harry-potter-jason-momoa-1236686170\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHeated Wizardry\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis will be Storrie\u2019s first time hosting SNL, with Mumford &amp; Sons as musical guest. They\u2019ll be promoting their upcoming album Prizefighter, which is set to be released on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSNL is produced in association with creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels\u2019 Broadway Video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCheck out the clip above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connor Storrie has one of the best Russian accents around, as we\u2019ve seen via his character Ilya Rozanov&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[124067,162091,88,76416,76961,12015,12016,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-490412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ashley-padilla","9":"tag-connor-storrie","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-james-austin-johnson","12":"tag-marcello-hernandez","13":"tag-saturday-night-live","14":"tag-snl","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}