๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ. โ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐โ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ
๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ. โ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐โ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ Connor Storrieโs meteoric rise has left endless possibilities open for the Texas-born star of โHeated Rivalry,โ whose name is surely being uttered in many a Hollywood casting room these days.
A sign of whatโs next for the actor could come this weekend, as Storrie makes his hosting debut on โSaturday Night Live.โ
Itโs far from the first time โSNLโ has put a newly buzzy star in the hosting seat โ Sabrina Carpenter and Josh OโConnor are two recent examples.
And judging from the promos released on Instagram this week, Storrie is bringing a lot to the table at the famed NBC sketch show, including his ability to deliver a good accent. Fans of โRivalryโ โ the romantic hockey-set series that has turned Storrie and costar Hudson Williams into the hottest male screen sirens of the moment โ already know this about him, of course. The actor, who portrays surly Russian hockey captain Ilya Rozanov in the show, is in no way, shape or form Russian, and learned to speak the language rather flawlessly in just three weeks before filming. (This tweet sums up just how much of a quick study he is.)
โSelfishly, I just love Russian language. I love any opportunity to do an accent, learn a new skill, and this had all of it,โ he told Out in November of the role.
Storrieโs appearance on โSNLโ might be akin to a decisive slap shot on the ice. The star is hosting days after the US menโs hockey team won gold at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games and then went on to draw ire for partying with FBI director Kash Patel and laughing at a joke made by President Trump at the expense of the womenโs Olympic hockey team (also gold medalists this year). Itโs fair to say the likelihood is high that this chain of events, coupled with Storrieโs hockey player role on โRivalry,โ could come up this weekend. A mere nine months ago, Storrie was working as a server at a Culver City, Los Angeles restaurant, and almost got fired the day he found out he landed one of the leads in โHeated Rivalry.โ
Weeks later, the actor started filming the sleeper hit series, which aired on Crave in Canada before becoming a bona fide hit on HBO Max. Now it looks like his star is far from fading anytime soon. (HBO Max, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.) Aside from blowing the lid off of what was previously thought of as permissible with what can be shown onscreen when it comes to gay sex, โRivalryโ has changed the cultural conversation in relation to portrayals of masculinity, consent and the potential for the romance genre in the streaming age.
Before โHeated Rivalry,โ which (of course) has been renewed for a second season, Storrie was probably best known for a small but pivotal role in 2024โs โJoker: Folie a Deux.โ
Along with Williams and their โHeatedโ costar Franรงois Arnaud, he has been just about everywhere recently, from the Grammys to announcing the Actor Award nominations to Paris Fashion Week to hobnobbing with acclaimed Hollywood directors. And no one is tired yet.
Mumford & Sons are the musical guest on host Storrieโs episode of โSNLโ this weekend.