Heated Rivalry Star Connor Storrie Reveals The MCU Position He Desires

Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie revealed which MCU villain he would like to play

In an interview with Selection, Storrie, who portrays Ilya Rozanov within the hit sports activities romance drama, stated that he needs to play the Thor villain, Gorr the God Butcher (performed by Christian Bale within the MCU). He defined that the antagonist is his character of selection as a result of he needed to see what it is wish to be bald. He additionally talked about that he want to play somebody “bizarre,” and Marvel’s Killer of Gods is actually unusual in nearly each approach.

The actor added that he was additionally intrigued by the villain’s total look in Thor: Love and Thunder. Apart from being bald, Gorr can be grey and has some fairly disgusting enamel.

I need to be a supervillain, a brand new supervillain. I used to be already part of the Joker. [Storrie played the unnamed asylum patient who fatally stabs Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie à Deux]. I need to be bald. Keep in mind that Christian Bale character [Gorr the God Butcher] in that “Thor” film the place he was fully painted grey, and he had black enamel, and he was bald? Give me one thing bizarre like that.

Storrie is not the one member of the Heated Rivalry solid who needed to play a comic book e book character. Nevertheless, he selected to go the DC superhero route as a substitute of a Marvel villain. His co-star and love curiosity, Hudson Williams (Shane Hollander), as soon as talked about that he could be keen on portraying Nightwing.

Gorr the God Butcher was created in January 2013, first showing in Marvel Comics’ Thor: God of Thunder #2. Also called the Killer of Gods, the character was created by author Jason Aaron and artist Esad Ribic. The character’s anger in direction of the Gods was because of his upbringing. He grew up on a planet the place meals and water have been scarce. His world additionally suffered from fixed earthquakes, and no deities even bothered to assist him and his folks.

Apart from movie and comics, the supervillain additionally seems in a number of video video games. He’s a playable character in each Marvel Strike Pressure and Marvel: Future Flight.

Heated Rivalry is a well-liked Canadian sports activities drama based mostly on a e book sequence referred to as Recreation Changer by Rachel Reid. It follows two hockey stars, Shane and Ilya, who’re opponents on rival groups. Nevertheless, behind the scenes, the 2 share a really non-public romantic relationship which they maintain hidden from their colleagues.

Storrie and Williams play the lead roles. The sequence additionally stars François Arnaud (Scott Hunter), Robbie G.Ok. (Kip Grady), Callan Potter (Hayden Pike), and Christina Chang (Yuna Hollander).

Heated Rivalry is out there to stream on HBO Max and releases new episodes each Friday at 12:00 AM ET.