{"id":2452902,"date":"2026-06-10T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2452902"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:51:05","slug":"jack-innanen-offered-heated-rivalry-season-2-role-but-couldnt-accept-due-to-production-conflicts-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jack-innanen-offered-heated-rivalry-season-2-role-but-couldnt-accept-due-to-production-conflicts-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Innanen offered \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d season 2 role but couldn&#8217;t accept due to production conflicts (exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Canadian rising star Jack Innanen was offered a role on <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> season 2, EW can confirm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor, who long campaigned for a part, ultimately could not accept due to production conflicts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Innanen stars in FX&#8217;s <em>Adults<\/em> and Netflix&#8217;s <em>Big Mistakes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No one seemed to want a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/heated-rivalry-11867005\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Heated Rivalry;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Heated Rivalry&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Heated Rivalry<\/em><\/a> season 2 role for Jack Innanen more than Jack Innanen. The lovable and charismatic Canadian star of FX&#8217;s <em>Adults<\/em> and Netflix&#8217;s <em>Big Mistakes<\/em> added fuel to the fan-casting fire with his vocal social media campaign to play Troy Barrett, Wyatt Hayes, or one of the other newcomer characters coming to the hockey romance saga down the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sadly, anyone hoping to see his mustachioed self opposite <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/hudson-williams-11898842\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Hudson Williams;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Hudson Williams&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Hudson Williams<\/a>&#8216; Shane Hollander and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/connor-storrie-11898841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Connor Storrie;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Connor Storrie&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Connor Storrie<\/a>&#8216;s Ilya Rozanov in 2027 may be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Innanen let slip to press in April that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jack-innanen-heated-rivalry-season-2-casting-11944292\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:he had &quot;conversations&quot; about Heated Rivalry season 2;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;he had &amp;quot&quot;}\" class=\"link \">he had &#8220;conversations&#8221; about <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> season 2<\/a>, a source close to production confirms to <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> that the actor received an offer for a starring role but was unable to accept due to production conflicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No further specifics are confirmed at this time. However, if we are to speculate&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega, and Jack Innanen on &#8216;Big Mistakes&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Netflix<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Innanen starred in season 1 of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/dan-levy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Dan Levy;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dan Levy&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Dan Levy<\/a>&#8211; and Rachel Sennott-created <em>Big Mistakes<\/em> as Max, the son of Elizabeth Perkins&#8217; Annette and the boyfriend-turned-fianc\u00e9 of Taylor Ortega&#8217;s Morgan. Given the half-hour crime-comedy&#8217;s success, Netflix recently announced a renewal for season 2. Production will return to New Jersey, and Innanen is confirmed to reprise his character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Season 2 of <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> is expected to begin filming later this summer ahead of a spring 2027 premiere on Crave (which produces the show) in Canada, and on HBO Max in the U.S. and other international territories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sophomore run will largely adapt the events of author Rachel Reid&#8217;s 2022 book <em>The Long Game<\/em>. Fans of this romance world have long dream-cast Innanen primarily as one of two characters. The first was Troy Barrett, a trade for the Ottawa Centaurs, Ilya&#8217;s new team, who gets his own standalone love story with Reid&#8217;s <em>Role Model<\/em> (2021), set during the same timeframe as <em>The Long Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The other was Wyatt Hayes, another prominent hockey player from this romance universe who previously played with Troy on the Toronto Guardians team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jack Innanen on 'Adults' season 1Credit: Rafy\/FX\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/JeXCZiT3eVOkxY4oseNVFA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/84e6fbbfe617955d9bbd16ce9c0b1a4f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jack Innanen on &#8216;Adults&#8217; season 1<br \/>Credit: Rafy\/FX<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Showrunner Jacob Tierney <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/heated-rivalry-season-2-much-more-serious-territory-troy-quite-damaged-bookcon-2026-11953390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:confirmed that Troy will be a character on Heated Rivalry season 2;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;confirmed that Troy will be a character on Heated Rivalry season 2&quot;}\" class=\"link \">confirmed that Troy will be a character on <em>Heated Rivalry<\/em> season 2<\/a> during a panel at BookCon in New York City this past April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There is an easy, facile way of looking at <em>Role Model<\/em>,&#8221; he said at the event. &#8220;It&#8217;s very &#8216;grumpy sunshine.&#8217; It&#8217;s very &#8216;apple orchard.&#8217; It can drift into things that you want, but Troy is a <em>really<\/em> damaged guy. And Troy is quite damaged on the show. I would say we&#8217;re digging into that even harder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Innanen will next be seen on screen returning to his breakout role of Paul Baker in <em>Adults<\/em>. The 2026 Tribeca Film Festival will host the world premiere of season 2 in New York City on June 11, ahead of the show&#8217;s August 27 premiere on FX and Hulu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jack-innanen-heated-rivalry-season-2-offered-role-couldnt-accept-production-conflict-exclusive-11992466\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Canadian rising star Jack Innanen was offered a role on Heated Rivalry season 2, EW can confirm. The actor, who long campaigned for a part, ultimately could not accept due to production conflicts. Innanen stars in FX&#8217;s Adults and Netflix&#8217;s Big Mistakes. No one seemed to want a Heated Rivalry season 2 role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2452903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[346436,335444,355234,23191,416221,463258],"class_list":["post-2452902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-big-mistakes","tag-fx","tag-jack-innanen","tag-netflix","tag-rachel-reid","tag-troy-barrett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jack-Innanen-offered-Heated-Rivalry-season-2-role-but-couldnt.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452904,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452902\/revisions\/2452904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}