Hudson Williams Reveals His Favorite 'Heated Rivalry' Scenes & Another Moment That Was Improv
Hudson Williams is opening up about the first season of Heated Rivalry.
A new interview with the 24-year-old actor just dropped on Monday (December 29), satisfying the drought that fans are starting to anticipate now that the show has wrapped.
While speaking with Numero Netherlands, Hudson revealed what his favorite scene was from season one, and he also shared if there was anything he added personally that wasn’t in the script, which led to another improvised moment being revealed.
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“I love Ilya’s phone call. I think Connor [Storrie], in that scene, is really beautiful,” Hudson shared, referencing his co-stars Russian monologue/love confession. “And I really like the hospital scene from episode five, the bathroom scene from episode two, and what else? Oh my God! The kiss scene from episode five is so interesting because it combines two books. The way that’s done is really, really fun. And my scene with my mom in episode six.”
Hudson also dished on identifying his character Shane’s autism and the things he did to shape the character on screen.
“I remember I didn’t know if Shane was autistic. I only found out later through Rachel [Reid]‘s post, but I was like, well, if this motherf–ker isn’t an autistic, I don’t know who is,” he said. “I spoke a little bit about it with my father, and that’s what I did in the audition room. I just worked on it further to like incorporate into all his little idiosyncrasies. And then, I put a lot of effort into my body and my voice being coiled and what that looks like.”
“A difference from the script, I would say is Shane isn’t crying during the break up talk with Rose [Sophie Nelisse]. Both in the book and in the scripts, he’s not crying, but I wanted it when I read it,” Hudson noted. “I just felt that’s exactly what he’d be doing. And it’s the first person who’s seeing him, and – forgive my Gen Z term – holds space for him or just lets him exist fully open.”
“Also in the hospital room, he was meant to be loopy, but not druggy like that – both in the books and the scripts, he’s not that juvenile. I remember at one point, I was doing an impersonation of what I was going to do. I did it a little bit more cartoonishly, and Jacob [Tierney] asked me if that was really what I was going to do on the hospital bed? And I was like, yep! I kind of just owned it,” he shared. “Then by the time we started shooting it, Jacob was crying because, I guess, he just didn’t see the charm of it when I was trying to pitch it to him. But, this was the only way I wanted to do this hospital scene. And I’m really glad I did.”
Another improv moment came in season two, which we didn’t really get to see on camera.
“And one thing I added, that was fun, was a moment of improv is before I kiss Ilya after I say ‘Scott Hunter’s right next door.’ I wanted to keep his Canadian thing going,’ Hudson revealed. “You don’t see my feet, but I take my shoes off before I lunge to kiss him. It felt not only very Canadian but also very Shane, even in his moment of passion, he’s not walking with his shoes on. So that was a fun little addition.”
If you missed it, Hudson previously confirmed another moment that was improvised, from the season finale.
Connor Storrie has also revealed if there was any improv during sex scenes.