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Heated Rivalry has found its Troy Barrett and Harris Drover.
Charlie Gillespie and Justice Smith are joining the highly anticipated season two of the queer hockey romance series as leading roles alongside Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. Gillespie has been cast as Troy Barrett, a professional hockey player who is traded to the Ottawa Centaurs in Rachel Reid’s source material. Smith has been cast as Harris Drover, the team’s social media manager.
Harris and Troy’s budding relationship drives Reid’s novel Role Model, the fifth installment of her Game Changers series, which Heated Rivalry the series is based on. “Rachel Reid has given us two beautifully layered characters in Harris and Troy who you can’t help but root for,” showrunner Jacob Tierney and executive producer Brendan Brady said in a release.
“From the start of the casting process, we knew we were looking for actors who could create something truly special together and bring that same depth and heart to the screen. Justice and Charlie do exactly that,” the continued. “They immediately connected with the vulnerability and resilience at the core of these characters, bringing an instinctive understanding of who Harris and Troy are.”
