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00:00I pulled it off baby
00:02What's up much music? It's Georgia and I'm here joined today in the studio with the stars of heated rivalry
00:07You're an awesome player to watch
00:09Yes
00:11Very good at hockey the best probably
00:14We've seen each other a lot
00:16Yeah, Boston and Montreal play against each other often
00:20Ross you gotta see this. He's like a huge movie star. Are there any gay hockey players?
00:27None that have said it publicly
00:32The new crave hockey romance drama based on best-selling book series game changers by Rachel Reed Connor story Hudson
00:39-Williams welcome
00:39How's it going good?
00:42We're just gonna talk at the same time
00:44It's so nice to be here. Wow, you guys are in such sync. I love it
00:50I would love to get to know you guys a little bit more obviously the audience knows you guys as
00:53Shane Hollander and Ilya Rosanoff
00:55But for you two
00:57Let's do a little icebreaker, you know break the ice
01:01Break the ice with the puck and the stick
01:03Exactly
01:04Okay, love it. Well between the two of you I would love to
01:08This is good
01:09So between the two of you who is the most likely to start a fight on the ice if you
01:13were actually a hockey player Hudson
01:14Yeah, that's how I would play. I don't think I'd be focused on the puck
01:17I'll just punch people hit people and just kind of
01:21And he's an actual athlete too like basketball is it MMA or UFC like what do you use?
01:26UFC is is the is the is the is the NBA
01:29Okay, got MMA is basketball
01:31So he did
01:32But you're an MMA fighter?
01:33Yeah, I grew up MMA fighting and boxing
01:35That's crazy
01:36And then I got too many concussions
01:37So he's dangerous
01:37But how about yourself? You're not so dangerous
01:40No, I cry a lot
01:41So I'm less dangerous
01:42A dangerous artist
01:43I was a gymnast growing up
01:45So was I
01:46Oh, no way
01:46Stop
01:47Yeah, I was I'm from West Texas
01:48So that was a big thing where I grew up
01:50Obviously, it's not connection to the show
01:51But like the Russian
01:53Yeah, right?
01:53I'm like that's a very gymnast thing
01:55Totally, and I think that's kind of where maybe I'm able to access that is kind of that like stoic,
02:00you know, execute execute control thing
02:03Absolutely
02:03It's very much gymnastics
02:05Okay, I love it
02:06Well, I like that it's kind of opposite because you know, obviously from the show you would think you're the
02:10one who's more scrappy, but
02:11Shane wouldn't do that. Shane wouldn't punch
02:13Yeah
02:13Yeah, the more you learn about us, the more you realize that I'm actually probably more Shane in real life
02:18and you're actually more Ilya in real life
02:20To some degrees, yeah
02:21To some degree, I love it
02:22Well, we'll chat about that later
02:24But between you guys, who's the most likely to forget a line?
02:27We were both pretty good
02:28Like I was surprised by this show at the lack of anyone, you know, usually on a show it's line,
02:33line
02:34And every actor's doing that on this show, it was like people are dialed in
02:37Yeah, I feel like you're more word perfect than I am
02:39But also like for depending on the timeline, Ilya's English is kind of not always the best
02:45Yeah, so it's a little bit easier to remember like I want I want you here now
02:50Rather than, I wish you were here now with me
02:53Yeah, the exact wording, you kind of wing it a little bit
02:56Yeah, so I think I had a little bit more freedom with how word perfect I could be
02:59But then when it came to the Russian, definitely not
03:01Like that was, that was crazy
03:03Are you, are you Russian though?
03:04I'm not, no
03:05What?
03:06Yeah
03:06You like look Russian
03:07Yeah, that's what everyone says
03:09That's what everyone says
03:10But when I see Russians, I'm like
03:11I'm like anyone who's heard me talk about this knows that when I read this, I was like
03:14It's not going to be me
03:15Your execution's amazing
03:16Cool, I love it
03:17I love it
03:18I pulled it off, babe
03:19You did
03:21Who's most likely to break character laughing?
03:24Did you guys know about any of those moments?
03:25Yeah
03:26Because you make me laugh
03:27You would go off script
03:28That's the not word perfect thing
03:30Yeah
03:31That you do
03:31But it would be
03:32Because Ilya is such a charming character
03:34And you played him so well
03:35When he takes his liberties
03:36He was always slapping me
03:38Was a choice you always sort of
03:39Like roughhousing
03:40Utilized
03:41But also I think that that also comes down to our characters
03:43Like since I am a little bit more free
03:45And make a little bit more jokes
03:46Like you have to
03:48It makes more sense that you would break character
03:50Because you had more of that character that would break
03:52Who's most likely to initiate a secret crush?
03:55What do you mean initiate?
03:56If you're falling for someone, you would just go for it
03:59Hudson's more of a romantic than I am
04:01Like more forward
04:01Yeah
04:01I might just shoot it
04:03Yeah, like shoot your shot
04:04Yeah, yeah
04:04Yeah, not me
04:05No
04:05I'm like
04:06Like you'd wait for the other person to make a move
04:08I'm like
04:08Well, I don't even know if I'd wait for the other
04:10I kind of just don't even
04:12Just kind of like
04:12You'd be like
04:13They don't like me
04:13They don't like me
04:14Like they said I love you, Connor
04:15I'm like
04:16No, no
04:17Who's that?
04:19Don't
04:19Don't know
04:20But you're shooting your shot
04:22Yeah, I guess
04:23Just shoot from the hip
04:23And just
04:24Shoot from the hip
04:27That's the headline
04:29Who's most likely to arrive late on set
04:31I feel like we would swap pickup times
04:33Like we would always get picked up
04:34Usually at the same time
04:35Sometimes I would be the last one to the car
04:37And sometimes you would be the last one
04:39But also it's kind of like
04:40It's really hard because you have people telling you
04:42Where you have to go
04:43When you have to go
04:44So I mean we can't
04:45Neither of us can really
04:46Show up late
04:48You have to really
04:49You have to really go through some hoops
04:51To mess up the schedule
04:53You have to be like a purposeful little bit of a
04:55Yeah
04:55Who takes the most time to get ready?
04:58Longest
04:58Hudson
04:58Yeah
04:59That was quick
05:00Hudson has like a 10 piece
05:01I like my Korean skincare
05:03Every Christmas my auntie gives me a whole
05:06Two Ziploc bags full of very expensive skincare
05:09Drop the skincare routine
05:11It's obnoxious
05:12Is it lengthy?
05:13No, it's like five steps
05:15Five steps
05:16We were at the airport the other day
05:17And he got stopped in security
05:19And he was like
05:20There's something in your bag
05:21I hated that guy
05:22And then he was like
05:23There's something in your bag
05:24And then he pulls out
05:24Two gallon Ziploc bags
05:26Full of skincare
05:27And they like opened it
05:29And were like looking
05:30And they were shaking
05:31A piece of condescending garbage
05:33Was just looking at me
05:35Kind of like
05:35They're all in their 100 milliliters
05:37He's just holding it
05:38And my jojoba
05:39And he's holding my Cossacks
05:40And he's holding my goddamn
05:41And I was like
05:43Yeah
05:43He kept looking at me
05:44As he's looking at this
05:45He's got great skin
05:47I should have
05:47I should have said
05:48You should take that
05:49And he still had the audacity
05:50To judge me
05:51So that man is
05:52If I see him again
05:53He was taking notes
05:54It was admiration
05:54And lastly
05:55Who's the most competitive
05:56Out of you two
05:57For real
05:57You're competitive in your own way
05:58Yeah, I'm competitive
05:59The thing is
06:00Is I'm not a good sport
06:01Which is really sad
06:02So if I don't win
06:04I'm a bad sport
06:05I just kind of shut down
06:06I want really, really badly
06:08To do really well
06:09And if I don't
06:10I get really embarrassed
06:11Yeah
06:12This was a really good exercise
06:13Because there's no way
06:14You can be perfect at
06:15You know, Olympic level
06:17Hockey
06:18And be a fluent Russian speaker
06:20And
06:20Well, you fooled me
06:22Because I thought you were Russian
06:23There we go
06:24And you're skating
06:24That's all I needed to hear
06:26And what drew you both
06:27To this romance rivalry story
06:29What made you want to
06:30Bring it to life
06:31Considering it was like
06:32It's a book adaptation
06:33For me it was
06:34Jacob's writing
06:35And then later
06:36Finding out about
06:37Rachel's book
06:38And the heart of it all
06:39It was
06:40Very alluring
06:41And
06:42Yeah
06:43But Jacob
06:43Is just
06:44Such a brilliant
06:45Writer and director
06:46And I just wanted
06:47To work with him
06:48And I wanted to play this character
06:49Because I thought he was
06:49Really beautiful
06:51Yeah
06:51For me I think that
06:52The characters are just
06:53Really cool
06:53I mean
06:54Russian bisexual
06:56Professional
06:56Hockey player
06:58And if you read the books
06:59Or watch the show
07:00His family dynamics
07:01Are really crazy
07:01There's just a lot there
07:03To play with
07:04You know
07:04And it's really easy
07:05To make that
07:06Like a real person
07:07Rather than
07:07Just this idea
07:08Of a character
07:09For sure
07:10So I was like
07:10I love it
07:11And also like
07:12Hockey is so
07:13Culturally out of
07:14Of course
07:14What I've ever known
07:15Yeah
07:16And so it's so fun
07:17To go to a new place
07:18Also coming to Canada
07:19Was really cool
07:20Yeah
07:20I had never been to Canada
07:21Before this
07:21How do you find it
07:22I love it
07:22I actually kind of
07:23Want to spend
07:24A solid amount of time
07:24In Toronto
07:25Especially you know
07:26You gotta experience
07:27A winter here
07:28I know
07:28It's brutal
07:28But it's
07:29We were just in Quebec
07:30And that was like
07:31Way colder
07:32It was so good
07:33We were just in Quebec
07:34Yeah
07:37You could fool me
07:38For any
07:40He's a linguist
07:41Love it
07:41And what do you
07:43What would you guys say
07:43To those who are fans
07:44Of the book
07:44Like what are the main
07:45Differences between the show
07:46And the book
07:48I was just talking
07:49To Jacob about this
07:50But I feel like
07:51He has made
07:52Some of the elements
07:54In a way
07:55Kind of
07:55Or the story
07:56A little bit
07:57Uglier
07:57In a way
07:58But like in a good way
07:59It's just a little bit more
08:00It's a good description
08:00They're not as justified
08:02Or you know
08:03You kind of have to
08:04Read into it
08:04Yeah
08:05It's
08:05They're not as like
08:06Spoon fed as these
08:07As much
08:08I mean there's like
08:09Really small
08:10Aesthetic things
08:11That are different
08:11But those don't really
08:12Affect the story at all
08:13Yeah
08:13I think that they dive
08:14A little bit deeper
08:15Into our characters
08:17Individually
08:18In their
08:18Their personal life
08:20You know
08:20Like we understand
08:21We see a lot of Yuna
08:22Yeah
08:23With Shane's
08:23Yuna is Shane's mom
08:25More Svetlana
08:25And Rose
08:26Yeah
08:27We get a lot more
08:28We get a lot more
08:29Interaction between
08:30The people outside
08:31Of their dynamics
08:32Cool
08:32And I think
08:33That kind of justifies
08:34Why they show up
08:35In the way that they do
08:35Yeah
08:36Like context
08:37And everything
08:37Yeah totally
08:38Totally
08:38And did you guys
08:39In what ways
08:40Did you guys relate
08:40To your characters
08:43I don't relate much
08:44With Shane
08:45I wish
08:45I like
08:46I'm attracted
08:47To his sort of
08:48Earnesty
08:48Yeah
08:49That he has
08:49And we're both
08:50Half Asian
08:51And he deals with that
08:53In the hockey world
08:54And that becomes
08:55Quite a thing
08:56He has to wrestle with
08:56And I had to deal
08:58With it a little bit
08:58In the acting world
09:00And so that one
09:01That was one of
09:02The tethers
09:02I could kind of
09:03See myself
09:04Yeah
09:04I think that
09:05Both of these characters
09:06Kind of live
09:08Outside of the box
09:09And feel like
09:09I think this is something
09:10That I think a lot of people
09:12No matter what community
09:13You're a part of
09:14Can relate to
09:15And I think why
09:16This is so special
09:17Among so many
09:18Different groups
09:20Feeling like
09:20I am one thing
09:22And I need to
09:23Be seen as one thing
09:26I think a lot of people
09:27Can just understand
09:28The idea of like
09:29I should be this way
09:31Totally
09:31People want me to
09:31Show up this way
09:32Totally
09:32But that's not natural to me
09:33Yeah
09:34And that's kind of
09:34What they grapple with
09:35The entire time
09:35Is what's expected of me
09:37And what do I actually
09:38Want and see for myself
09:39Absolutely
09:40And based
09:41Just based on the book
09:42As well
09:42Rachel Reed's book
09:43Meant a lot to like
09:44The queer romance fans
09:45As well
09:46So why do you guys
09:46Feel like that
09:47Representation is so important
09:48Especially in the sports world
09:49And a sport like hockey
09:50Totally
09:51I feel like
09:51Not just even
09:52The society's view
09:55But we were talking
09:55About this
09:57It's crazy to think
09:58That this show
09:58Will come out
09:59And more shows
10:01Like this hopefully
10:01And not just
10:03The social stigma
10:04Around queerness
10:06But also like
10:07The individual
10:08Person to person
10:09Relations
10:09You know
10:10Because it's one thing
10:11To look at sports
10:12And how they deal
10:13With queerness
10:14And some of these
10:15Toxic masculinity
10:16Totally
10:16But it's
10:17It's even more
10:18Interesting for me
10:18To think about
10:19You know
10:20Friends on a team
10:21Maybe hearing
10:23Or seeing
10:23Stories like this
10:25And thinking
10:25On a more personal
10:26Level of like
10:27What do I say
10:28In the locker room
10:29You know
10:30When I'm next to my friend
10:31What kind of words
10:31Do I use to describe
10:32Other people
10:33I mean it really
10:33Just opens up
10:34These people
10:35On an individual basis
10:36To what other people
10:38Are going through
10:39Yeah hopefully
10:40It can make just
10:40Empathy more accessible
10:42And increase the sort of
10:43Language and aptitude
10:45People are able
10:45To sort of
10:47Interrelate with these people
10:48That maybe on paper
10:49They don't feel like
10:50They have too many similarities
10:52And at the end of the day
10:53It's just
10:53They can be your friend
10:54You can talk with them
10:55And joke with them
10:56It's not like
10:58They're a werewolf
10:59They're just
10:59Yeah yeah
11:00It's just a consciousness
11:01Exactly
11:02Oh beautiful guys
11:03And the story spans
11:04Eight years
11:05So how are you guys
11:06Able to make that relationship
11:07Feel real across that
11:08Like timeline
11:09That was hard
11:10That was super hard
11:11Because we bounced
11:11Back and forth
11:12During the shooting so much
11:13In one day
11:14We would play
11:14Possibly eight years
11:16Stop
11:16Yeah
11:17So
11:17Wow mentally that's
11:19Yeah
11:19It was just trying to
11:20Really keep track of it
11:21And also not get too
11:22Lost into it
11:22Because as a viewer
11:23I think the context
11:24Really drives that home
11:25Yeah
11:26You know
11:26But it's so weird
11:27To one moment
11:28Be 19
11:29And then the next scene
11:31Be you know
11:3124
11:32Hair down
11:32Take away your eye bags
11:33Put eye bags back
11:35Yeah
11:35And how we kind of
11:36Tracked it was
11:37With the hair
11:37You know
11:38Like through the years
11:39We kind of change
11:40Hair a little bit
11:41That's crazy
11:42To being like
11:42Oh this is more
11:43Of a push back day
11:45Like this is what
11:46I'm going through
11:46I had a different walk
11:47I was trying to
11:48Kind of change my shoulders
11:49Throughout the years
11:50Wow
11:50It was my little thing
11:51We grew
11:52So we had these
11:53Huge insoles
11:54And shoes
11:55You know
11:56That went up by 7 inches
11:58Not actually
11:58I was like
11:59Wait actually
11:59By the end of the
12:01Shooting schedule
12:02We had 7 inch platforms
12:03Yeah
12:04Okay well how would you
12:04Tap immensely
12:05To like the different ages
12:06Because it is
12:07Like it's a big contrast
12:08I think you just think
12:09About contextually
12:10What is going on
12:11In my life
12:12Yeah
12:12Because there's some
12:12Big moments
12:13For both of us
12:14With girlfriends
12:15That we have in the show
12:16With weird family dynamics
12:18That I have
12:20You know
12:20Anyone who's read the books
12:21Like Ilya personally
12:22Goes through a lot
12:23And so it's pretty easy
12:24To be like
12:24Oh this episode
12:25This just happened
12:26To my dad
12:27Or this just happened
12:28With my brother
12:29You know
12:30So that
12:31It was a little easier
12:31For me
12:32Yeah
12:32I had my key
12:33Sort of like
12:34Timeline points
12:35And then I
12:36Tried to have
12:37Sort of like
12:37Almost like
12:39What's that
12:39Like Neanderthal
12:41Becoming
12:42Evolution
12:42Yeah
12:43Yeah
12:43The evolution
12:44Yeah
12:44Man
12:45I felt like
12:45I kind of wanted
12:46That with like
12:47Shane's ease
12:48And like
12:48Physically
12:49De-stressing
12:50So like
12:50I was trying
12:51In the earlier episodes
12:52To hold it
12:53A little bit more
12:54In that posture
12:55And then like
12:56As he
12:57Gets more accepted
12:58Of himself
12:59And he grows
12:59Some more assurance
13:00Outside of
13:01The hockey world
13:02He kind of
13:02Gets a little bit
13:03More pulled back
13:05Yeah
13:05Guys
13:06Thank you so much
13:06For joining
13:07Congrats on everything
13:08And yeah
13:09Thank you guys
13:09For watching
13:10Be sure to
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13:14Bye
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