Meet the new couple falling in love in ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2

“Heated Rivalry” Season 2 is expected to continue the love story between Shane and Ilya while introducing another couple to fall for: Harris and Troy.

“Heated Rivalry” Season 2 is expected to continue the love story between Shane and Ilya while introducing another couple to fall for: Harris and Troy.

Justice Smith will star as Harris Drover, and Charlie Gillespie will play Troy Barrett, joining the cast of Season 2, Canadian streamer Crave announced Aug. 7.

Smith most recently starred in 2025’s “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” and saw public acclaim for his lead role in 2024’s “I Saw the TV Glow.” Gillespie is best known for his role as a lead singer of a teen boy band in Netflix’s “Julie and the Phantoms” and most recently featured in Will Gluck’s “One Night Only.”

In the casting announcement, Crave also confirmed that Season 2 of “Heated Rivalry” will air in spring 2027.

The casting of Troy and Harris also confirms long-running fan theories about where the “Heated Rivalry” story will go next. Season 1 was based on Rachel Reid’s “Game Changers” series, which consists of six — soon to be seven — novels.