When Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney told media that he wanted to “traffic in queer joy”, he probably didn’t expect his two leads to go full method during press week. From the moment Hudson Williams (Shane Hollander) and Connor Storrie (Ilya Rozanov) hit their first junket sofa, fans clocked something special: that elusive mix of genuine affection, chaos energy and unfiltered sincerity that usually only survives for about five seconds before a publicist kills it.
