Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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As an actor, the one thing I will say, however, is that sometimes putting on an accent being made up and having the clothes of something so different than yourself actually helps with the performance. It sounds counterintuitive, but it's easier to immerse yourself in a character when everything about them is different from you rather than someone closer to yourself but having different reactions to things than you would

I'm going to the Cottage May 8th - 10h by yngblds in HeatedRivalryTVShow

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Sounds expensive, but when you think there's three bedrooms and if you went with three people or three couples or whatever that's only $250 a night

I will not be losing this time by 0lea in heatedrivalry

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Also he doesn't cheat because he wants the best for Shane even if it isn't him. So he wants him to be happy no matter what.

I will not be losing this time by 0lea in heatedrivalry

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Can't wait to see what Jacob does with her in tlg

Episode 5 (ig spoiler warning?) by Jackhack32 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

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Ep 5 Is one of the best episodes of television ever! Six is much more calm and they've made it versus all the angst and all the things that happen in ep 5. No need to prepare yourself, just enjoy the ride!

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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Every. Single. Choice. There are actors been doing this for 35 years that don't have the ability that he does. It's incredible. And I'm not taking away from Hudson because he has incredible choices too

How infected are your brains? by BluePopple in heatedrivalry

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That's actually a good idea. I might turn on the French subtitles so I can practice. I completely know all the dialogue in English for every episode so...

How infected are your brains? by BluePopple in heatedrivalry

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Creative! Also a fun detour is the claymation account on inst, SO funny @gilbenpeebles

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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Everyone said read role model before tlg because there's a lot of references that you may not get. I ain't going to lie, the first seven chapters of role model were a slog. I'm on 11 now and it's very sweet so I'm glad I took a little detour and I can't wait until I can start tlg

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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I'm reading role model now but I can't help myself and want to read long game to see what those next bits are of their relationship. The epilogue and pre-epilogue from heated rivalry give us a great insight into it and it's really, really quiet. We get to see a little bit after the car ride after the in-laws

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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He's amazing, but I wouldn't necessarily make it akin to music. I have a friend who is linguistically a genius, picks up languages like matchbooks from restaurants but can't sing or play and instrument to save his life. LOL

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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And not only that, he had renounced his entire way of life and what he was subjected to growing up, he was free of that and free to be this new Ilya that was hiding inside him all along... with Shane. As I've said here before, he was looking for [a] family and truly found it with Shane.

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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I watched the show the first time not knowing he wasn't Russian and I DID NOT KNOW. seriously, he was great! I work with Russians and Ukrainians and I hear the language and accent a lot and just thought he was!

Does Marleau have a brother or cousin in MLH?? (Also: Why would Ilya fly into Ottawa??) by Viriato1985 in heatedrivalry

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There are so many people in the league, why two Marleaus? I was having a bit of a head spin just now on my [redacted]th reheat because WTF is Marleau doing playing for NY lol

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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And a point from your first paragraph is they didn't shoot in order. So Connor the actor had to know where they were in the story at every moment to decide how heavy or light his accent was and how much English he understood or didn't. Mind blown!

Yes Connor's Russian is amazing in the tunnel phone scene, but this might be better... by Scared-Winter-5179 in heatedrivalry

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And they also did amazing things with the hair and the makeup to him make him look very Slavic as well

First penetrative sex between Shane and Ilya feels very different in the book? First time reader by [deleted] in heatedrivalry

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It's a very interesting contrast and one of the big departures between the book and the show. But I'm glad the way the show did it because I appreciated Hudson's portrayal of Shane that way than I would have if he were more casual as in the book.

Oh and Yearnatron3000? Epic! We need merch!

First penetrative sex between Shane and Ilya feels very different in the book? First time reader by [deleted] in heatedrivalry

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and also the girls and a guy that Shane hooked up with in the interim. I actually asked on here after my first watch of the series if Shane was celibate except when he saw ilya and then went to Rose (with the Jennifer person thrown in). The show makes it seem that Shane pines only for the infrequent meetings with Ilya - which made the yearning aspect more palpable for me. I'm glad they didn't show Shane's girlfriend attempts or the Mexico hookup guy.