Connor Storrie on his matching tattoo with Hudson Williams (via @TeenVogue)
“When I went to Vancouver, I went to visit Hudson for a week. I didn’t realize it, but from L.A. to Vancouver, it’s like two hours and 300 bucks, so I’m going out there all the time now. We knew we wanted to get a little tattoo together, just to commemorate our connection and being on the show because it’s pretty momentous for both of us. We really are just the best of friends, so we were just like, “Let’s do it.” We had so many ideas before “SEX SELLS.” […] We didn’t want to do anything that was too Heated Rivalry on the nose, and I think I came up with “SEX SELLS.” […] I like it because it’s on the surface provocative. It’s kind of like, “Oh, what is that?” But at the end of the day, we got to meet each other and got to have, for me, one of the coolest experiences of my life doing something on the surface that is based in sex, and what we get out of that, and what people find attractive about that. It’s meta for me in that sense where it’s, on the surface, provocative. But underneath it, it’s about connection and experience. For me, when I make decisions like that, I just go with the impulse and I’m like, “This is what we have to do.” And then retrospectively, I can be like, “Oh yeah, that is why that felt correct.” But in the moment, I think we were both just like, “SEX SELLS,” and we were like, “Yep, yep. That’s it.”
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New BTS photo of Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie for “Heated Rivalry” (via hairbyzinkatuminski)
“These guys are the sweetest! I loved working with all of them.”
Hudson Williams on what he didn't expect when rising to fame (via @wonderlandmag)
"I didn’t think there would be as many disrespectful people as there are. And vice versa, I didn’t think there would be as many respectful people as there are. I thought everyone would just be screaming, nice, or kind of like, ‘Oh my God.’ But there are people who are like, ‘No, let’s be respectful to him and his private life. Let’s not share these photos. When we approach him on the street, let’s be mindful of appropriate times.’ I’m seeing those comments, and that’s cool. But then there are disrespectful people who are just like, ‘Fuck that guy.’ And I’m like, holy shit. Why are people hating on me? There’s also all this fake news about me. And I’m like, ‘How do I already have fake news?’"
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Hudson Williams confirms he is 5’11.7 in height (via @wonderlandmag)
"Since tenth grade, I used to say 5’10 and a half, because that was the last time I measured. Since then, I was just saying the wrong height. I also wanted to be humble. I didn’t want to be one of those guys who’s like ‘six foot’ and isn’t actually six foot. And then my mum was like, ‘You seem taller. You’re as tall as your dad, who’s six foot.’ So I stood next to the wall, and I’m 5’11.7”. With my hair, I’m past six foot. I’m not going to lie. I’m going to say what my fucking height is. And people can go, ‘No, he’s not. He’s lying.’ But I don’t care. That’s my actual fucking height."
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Hudson Williams on his upcoming future plans (via @wonderlandmag)
"I’ve got projects in the inbox. I want to do a few things before season two. I want to break the idea of Shane. I love him, but I don’t want every role to be ‘square guy in a romance’. I want to do other stuff. Eventually, I want to do theatre. Broadway. A musical, after singing lessons. There’s a lot I want to do in the next two years."
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Hudson Williams on how he's staying grounded and navigating his rise to fame (via @wonderlandmag)
"I’ve been writing a lot. I have two separate journals. One is a manuscript – semi-autobiographical – about this period in my life, where I blur the lines between fiction and real life. Then I have one where I just recount things: I met this person today, this happened. And I have a Google Doc where I’m building my internal monologue, writing down what I’m thinking and feeling in hotel rooms between events. It’s really fun to write. There’s this writer I love, Joan Didion, and she once said she journals so that when she gets really old, she can pick up her books and find her way back to herself again. That inspired me. It also helps with gratitude. I can look back and go, ‘Wow, that really blew me away.’"
"Keeping grounded, I have such a good group of friends. They don’t care too much. They’re like, ‘Okay, good for you. This is amazing. But what’s your next role?’ Or, ‘Are you treating us well? Are you treating the people around you well?’ That’s make or break. How you show up as a person matters more than anything else. I use my friends and family as a metric. Am I being an asshole? Let’s make sure I’m staying kind."
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Hudson Williams on walking for the Dsquared2 fashion show and the critism he faced (via @wonderlandmag)
"I was the worst walker on the runway (...) because it felt daunting. In the moment, I didn’t really feel scared. I was just like, ‘Fuck.’ All the other guys had heels and platforms. I only had flat boots, because I couldn’t walk. They were normal, flat-ass boots. But then they buttoned a ski-boot ankle warmer on, so I couldn’t move my ankle. My ankle did not articulate. I didn’t practise my walk."
"I don’t really get nervous before these things. I only get mad afterwards that I didn’t get nervous. So I was like, ‘Fuck, I would have practised if I knew I was going to get shat on that hard.’ And I saw people just go, ‘Who the fuck is this guy?’ And I was like…I know. I know."
"Some people were like, ‘Face card, no walk card.’ I had so much salt. I was trying to [channel] models who do high fashion, the stiff, robot walk. But then Dsquared2 is a fun show where you’re meant to swag it up. And I was like, I could have swagged it up. I could have walked with umph."
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