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Justice Smith, Charlie Gillespie join Heated Rivalry season 2
Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie have been cast as Harris Drover and Troy Barrett in the upcoming second season of the queer hockey romance series Heated Rivalry. The show, based on Rachel…
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Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie have been cast as Harris Drover and Troy Barrett in the upcoming second season of the queer hockey romance series Heated Rivalry. The show, based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels, is currently in production, reports the Times of India.
The new season adapts the sixth book, The Long Game, and continues the story of Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) and Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams), who will reprise their roles. Smith’s character is a social media manager for the Ottawa Centaurs, while Gillespie plays a recently transferred hockey player. Showrunner Jacob Tierney praised the duo’s immediate on-screen connection.
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Fans of queer romance series are quick to crown any new casting as a breakthrough, often ignoring that chemistry, not star power, carries such stories. The makers say Gillespie and Smith connected instantly during auditions, a claim that will be tested only when episodes air. The real question: can they match the layered vulnerability that the books demand, or will the hype outrun the performance?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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