Hudson Williams Revelation: Connor Storrie Co-Star Vows 'S-x' as Heated Rivalry Season 2 Filming Date Confirmed

Hudson Williams will join Julia Garner in the upcoming Netflix drama The Altruists while also preparing to return opposite Connor Storrie in Season 2 of the breakout series Heated Rivalry, with filming on the hockey romance due to start in August 2026. The 25-year-old actor's new role was confirmed after he wrapped work on the fantasy project Yaga, adding another high-profile credit to a year in which his on-screen chemistry with Storrie has already dominated awards chatter and social media alike.

The news came after Oscars 2026 turned into an unofficial victory lap for Heated Rivalry, which has quietly shifted from niche sports drama to global streaming obsession. Based on Rachel Reid's novels and centred on rival hockey stars who fall for each other, the show propelled Williams and Storrie from relative unknowns into the eye of a very modern kind of fandom, where every red-carpet glance and off-hand remark is parsed for clues about what comes next on screen.

Williams Joins The Altruists Cast on Netflix

Williams has been cast in a recurring role in The Altruists, a Netflix Original inspired by New York Magazine's reporting on the rise and fall of FTX. The project, first reported to be in development in May 2025, is led by Julia Garner, already tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe through The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Anthony Boyle, known to many from Game of Thrones.

They are joined by an ensemble that looks designed to cut through the noise of yet another 'tech scandal' drama. Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing fame, Terry Chen from House of Cards, Elizabeth Adams from Wayward, Hannah Galway from The Institute, and Lost alumnus William Mapother round out the main cast, according to announcements reported by Variety.

The series logline is unflinching. As reported by Variety, The Altruists tells 'the story of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye before they were accused of stealing $8 billion and became Gen Z's own Bonnie & Clyde.' Bankman-Fried, once dubbed the 'Poster Boy of Crypto,' is the convicted founder of FTX, while Ellison, his former business partner, is also a convicted fraudster.

Williams will portray Duncan Rheingans-Yoo, co-founder of Modulo Capital, a crypto trading fund that, according to the show's setup, received a $400 million investment from Bankman-Fried shortly before FTX collapsed. It is a long way from hockey pads and locker-room banter, and there is a clear sense that Williams is leaning into more morally murky territory just as his fanbase reaches critical mass.

Production on The Altruists has already taken place, with filming running from summer to autumn last year. The series is planned as an eight-episode run, reflecting Netflix's preference for tight, bingeable seasons rather than sprawling multi-year sagas. No official release date has been confirmed, so any speculation about when audiences will see Williams in the role should be treated cautiously.

Heated Rivalry Season 2: Hudson Williams Promises 'Sex'

If awards season suggested that Heated Rivalry was a one-off lightning strike, the renewal promptly shut that idea down. Season 2 was quickly greenlit after the show's performance, not only in Canada, where its hockey roots might have guaranteed a base level of interest, but across global markets where viewers simply latched on to the unapologetically romantic core.

Williams and Storrie will return as Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, this time following the events of Rachel Reid's The Long Game. That matters, because book fans already know the emotional terrain the characters are heading into, and expectations are high that the adaptation will push further into their relationship rather than retreat to safer ground.

On the Oscars 2026 red carpet, speaking to Variety, Williams summed up the tone of Heated Rivalry Season 2 in one word. Asked what fans could expect, he replied, 'Sex.' The comment was a quip, but also a signal that the show will not shy away from the physical dimension of its central relationship, despite the prudish instincts that can still linger over queer love stories on screen.

Series creator Jacob Tierney has been more measured but no less revealing. He recently confirmed that Heated Rivalry Season 2 is in the scripting phase, with filming scheduled for August and an April 2027 release targeted. The timeline is long enough to test fan patience in the era of instant streaming gratification, yet short enough to indicate the production is mindful of the risk of losing momentum.

For Williams, the overlap is striking. While The Altruists offers a shot at prestige drama in a real-world scandal, Heated Rivalry is the project that has attached his name to a wave of intensely invested viewers. The interplay between those two roles one grounded in alleged financial crimes, the other in fictionalised sporting passion will shape how he is seen in the next phase of his career.