Heated Rivalry's Hudson Williams is a mouthful in splashy new photo shoot

Hudson Williams, who became an overnight global sensation for his performance as Shane Hollander on Heated Rivalry and steamy sex scenes with costar Connor Storrie (as Ilya Rozanov), is the latest cover star of Wonderland. Besides being wetter than ever and giving his thirsty fans everything they wanted/needed, Williams is also very sincere, forthcoming, and charismatic in the interview.

"Connor and I are aligned. We want to be different artists. We don't want to be the Olsen twins. We want to be Connor and Hudson, with different filmographies and different deals," Williams told Wonderland. "As much as we love each other, our friendship doesn't need to be public."

The Heated Rivalry superstar went on, "Jacob [Tierney] has that quote: 'Shane and Ilya are for the public. Connor and Hudson are for themselves.' And that's how we feel. People want to see us front row together all the time, but we actively avoid that, because it starts to feel like branding. If you're always seen together, you become attached at the hip."

"I FaceTime him whenever I'm free," Williams said. "But if we're offered the same fashion shows, we're like, 'Which one are you going to? Okay, I'll go to a different one.' We're stubborn, selfish artists who want to be our own people. We're like, 'I love you. I don't want to do everything with you.'"

Elsewhere in the interview, Williams addressed his runway debut for Dsquared2, which was celebrated by Heated Rivalry audiences but also criticized by critics and fans.

"Some people were like, 'Face card, no walk card.' I had so much salt," Williams told the publication. "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. So anyway…"

The actor also discussed meeting Abby Champion, Yasmin Wijnaldum, Kit Butler, and Alex Consani at a party surrounding the Dsquared2 runway debut. "They were fun as hell. We were smoking cigs in the back."

When asked by Wonderland what is the biggest fake news he's heard about himself, Williams replied: "There was a Letterboxd scandal. Have you heard about this? So fucking many Letterboxd reviews of mine that aren't mine. I've seen one real Letterboxd review, and maybe like 25 fake ones."

Later, Williams added that he'd move to Los Angeles if he "had fuck-you money," adding: "I'd get a little apartment in LA and a villa in Italy, as well as Vancouver. People are like, 'Isn't Vancouver boring?' Yeah. That's what I like about it."

The actor also remarked on the comparisons between who he is as a person and the character he plays on Heated Rivalry.

"You're kind of like Shane, aren't you?" The Wonderland interviewer asked.

"No, I'm not," Williams replied. "I find the parties. I find the crazy people in Vancouver. But I like that the city isn't all, 'Who are you with? What are you doing next?' I love LA too much. If I lived there, I'd become an insufferable LA stereotype. In Vancouver, I read books, watch movies. I feel plugged into my inspiration. I can absorb art before I have to expend it. In LA, people can confuse themselves into thinking they're artists just because they're around other creative people. You need hobbies. You need to be doing things that aren't just talking about art."

On a similar note, Williams revealed that he's been "writing a lot" onto "two separate journals."

The actor explained, "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," Williams continued. "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.'"

Williams also noted how grateful he is to have a group of friends who keep him grounded. "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," the actor argued. "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."

Read Hudson Williams's full interview on Wonderland.