First, it was Ayo Edebiri, now the little Letterboxd hackers are coming for Heated Rivalry breakout star Hudson Williams for his old Letterboxd reviews. Heed this warning, all: if you get a contract with a major streaming platform or studio, make that Letterboxd private ASAP!
If you’re not onto Heated Rivalry yet, you’re out of the know. The show is doing numbers for HBO and launched Williams and his co-star, Connor Storrie, into international fame overnight. (Or at least, over the holiday. Let’s face it, we all had a little too much free time on our hands those last two weeks of 2026.)
I’m sure Hudson wasn’t expecting all this to unfold, but may future generations learn from his mistakes. The new star is in hot Twitter water after his Letterboxd account was discovered, and some of his impassioned reviews were shared. Screenshotted reviews include recent releases like The Materialists (2025), Dune (2023), and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes (2023).
On The Materialists, Williams wrote, “Love u Pedro [Pascal], but you’re just not a good actor. This performance was so wooden it made Dakota Johnson look like the charismatic one…” Yeah, he goes in for the kill in these reviews.
Listen, we’re all entitled to our own film hot takes. And yes, everyone was entitled to hate The Materialists. But when it comes to praising more controversial picks—like Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita (1962), which Hudson brandished with a five-star rating—you might be in for some public-forum backlash (aka Twitter criticism). Still, users have already come to his defense, arguing that despite the film’s problematic nature by today’s standards, this has long been an accepted take in film-buff circles.
The main controversy from Williams’ now-deleted (!) account came from a review of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023), in which he wrote paragraphs of critique. Of the film’s lead, Rachel Zegler, he wrote that she “was probably the least embodied performance I’ve seen in the last five years,” and that her performance felt “like a musical theatre kid trying way too hard for her mom in the audience.” Now that’s harsh, Hudson.
It’s a lesson learned the hard way. I’ll never forget where I was when I first heard Tina Fey’s iconic “I Don’t Think So, Honey” segment on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ podcast, Las Culturistas, where she flamed Bowen for a minute straight over the fact that he continues to aggressively voice his opinions about movies. “I regret to inform you, you are too famous now, sir,” she said, warning that once you start publicly critiquing filmmakers, you risk your future chances at work. In this biz, people hold grudges bigger than their egos.
In the comments, Ayo responded, “LEARN FROM ME,” referencing her leaked Letterboxd reviews of yore.
Williams probably never thought these reviews would see the light of day, but can’t we all agree that Letterboxd is supposed to be a safe space? Is nothing sacred anymore? Edebiri has since turned her Letterboxd snafu into a recurring bit, so maybe Hudson can do the same.
Anyways, fingers crossed we see Williams and Zegler together next year on Actors on Actors, squashing this beef once and for all.
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