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#HeatedRivalry creator Jacob Tierney shuts down an interviewer for asking about the sexuality of lead actors Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. “I don’t think there’s any reason to get into that stuff. I’ll tell you something about the casting of both of these roles. You can’t ask questions like that when you’re casting, right? It’s actually against the law. So what you have to gauge is somebody’s enthusiasm and willingness to do the work. And that’s what’s so impressive about both of these guys is they came into this being like, ‘Yeah, we’re here to do this, and we are here to make this story feel authentic and to be as real as possible.’ And they f*cking hit it out of the park,” Tierney told Xtra. Read more here: variety.com/2025/tv/news/h…