Connor Storrie (left) as Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams (right) as Shane Hollander in episode four of 'Heated Rivalry.' Crave/Bell Media Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains major spoilers from episode four of Heated Rivalry. ] As streams of t.A.T.u.'s "All The Things She Said" likely jump after Heated Rivalry's fourth episode, fans of the series are anxiously waiting to see just where the show's protagonists Shane (Hudson Williams) and Ilya (Connor Storrie) stand. After years of casual hookups whenever the other hockey player is in town or the All Star weekend finds them together, Shane and Ilya are confronted with the reality that things just might be getting real. When the pair spend what feels more like a domesticated day at Ilya's house rather than the quick affairs they're used to, Shane bolts. Related Stories Business David Ellison's Netflix Scare Tactic Runs Into European Reality TV HBO Max Teases 'Lanterns,' New Seasons of 'The Pitt' and 'Industry' in 2026 Preview The Canadian hockey player finds himself in a relationship with actress Rose Landry (Sophie Nélisse), and Shane and Ilya's not-quite-relationship becomes even more complicated. The show's big moment takes place at a Montreal night club, set to "All The Things She Said," where the pair leave without saying a word. Below, Williams and Storrie speak with The Hollywood Reporter about the reaction of the series, why their characters needed that devastating ending and what they hope viewers take away from the show. I'm not sure if either of you saw the reaction to the show coming, but how are you setting boundaries for yourself in this new reality? STORRIE Personally, I just limit my amount of time online. Luckily, we've been super busy with press and all sorts of meetings and talks and this and that, so I haven't had too much time to really delve into the online response. It's super enticing and super easy to fall into a trap of wanting to know what everyone's saying about you. WILLIAMS I used to tell people when it was sort of addicting and I would want to kind of scroll, that it's like people are having a conversation about you in the living room. Someone tells you that, and you're in your bedroom. You can go listen, but you don't have to. Most people are going to be like, "What the hell are they saying?" And go around the corner. STORRIE I want to know what situation this is where someone's, like, talking about you in the living room. (Laughs.) WILLIAMS (Laughs.) It's a very hypothetical situation, but then again [it's] that situation [but] they don't even know you. If you turn your phone off, it all disappears and then you're just home alone drinking a coffee, tired, bad hair, acne. STORRIE Not in the living room where they are. WILLIAMS None of it really exists unless you're on it. In terms of where the show is at in episode four, it's a big turning point in the story. One thing Jacob [Tierney, showrunner] has emphasized is that sex is how these two people communicate. But I think this is where they're starting to realize they have to learn how to communicate outside of that. Where do you see that shift in them, and how did you tackle that? STORRIE The shift I think happens between them and then we see the ricochet effect of how that fragments and affects them both differently. I don't know about you [Hudson], but I didn't pre-plan a lot of stuff. I just remember doing the tuna melt scene after that. All I have to do is look at him and feed into his reality and what happens after the tuna melt scene. Be present and affected by that and then it just kind of leads into everything else. WILLIAMS You can read an arc, but you can't really play one, so you can't really manipulate one too much. We read the script, I read the book, I reread the script multiple times. I just had to trust that sort of imbued in the performance. Being in that moment, I remember the tuna melt scene and where that goes. I do remember that it was a disgusting feeling every time I'd leave, I just felt gross in my stomach. I just want to cry. STORRIE You can't plan for it. You just have to be so prepped in your person and the story as a whole that when it's at go time for that, you're ready for it. It seems you guys have gotten quite close with each other, how do you then shift out of that when you're leaving the day? STORRIE You don't. I feel heartbroken forever. WILLIAMS Then we don't speak. STORRIE We're always heartbroken. WILLIAMS I think we had a bit of levity. [Connor] had the accent that [he] could kind of drop, and then I'm like, oh, I'm with Connor now. Shane feels like quite a departure even though it's not an accent. It feels like I can kind of leave that. But then when you revisit it, it feels like it's all there. It's almost like a chi