“Heated Rivalry’s” Hudson Williams And Connor Storrie Go Head-To-Head On Their Favourite Gay Films
A lot has happened fast for Heated Rivalry leads Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. This week, they turned up in a long sit-down video for audio romance platform Quinn, talking through everything from matching tattoos to the gay films they keep coming back to.
The short film that sent fans back to YouTube.
Before we get to the interview, there’s a separate reason their names have been doing the rounds. Williams has produced and stars in a five-minute short, Hold Your Back, written and directed by Zack Fonzovs, with both men playing a couple in the middle of a breakup.
It was uploaded on New Year’s Day and quickly passed 250,000 views, which is a big number for a short that is not trying to be “easy viewing”.
If you hit play, go in knowing what it is. The film includes intimate partner violence, and it does not soften the moment for comfort.
Fonzovs has said he made it in 2024 for SNG Fest, and brought it online because, in his words, “Art should not be hidden in a vacuum.”
He also credits Williams as a key reason the project happened at all, writing that Williams “is the reason this movie exists.”
So what do Williams and Storrie talk about when they are not skating through fan edits? In Quinn’s extended Ember & Ice video interview, they lean into the stuff fans actually ask about, including the matching tattoo they both got that reads “Sex Sells”.
Storrie explains the moment the idea landed, saying he walked up and told Williams, “I just came up to see you”, before pitching the tattoo.
Williams, meanwhile, frames it as the first time they had an idea that felt genuinely solid, calling it “the first good idea we’ve ever had.”
Their favourite gay films, and why they keep coming up.
The best part of the interview might be how normal it feels when they talk about what they watch. They name-check Brokeback Mountain, Moonlight, and Call Me By Your Name as personal favourites.
It’s a tidy snapshot of taste, too. One is a mainstream heartbreak landmark, one is quiet and intimate, and one is pure longing with a pop culture afterlife that will not die.
If you want the full context, there are two separate plays here: the short film Hold Your Back, and the Quinn extended interview that sits alongside their Ember & Ice promo cycle.
