How Heated Rivalry’s famous nightclub scene came to life
The Globe and Mail · Dakshana Bascaramurty ·
A deep dive into how Jacob Tierney and his crew got that champagne look on a beer budget
The producers of Heated Rivalry were given a handful of beans to make a six-episode season and they turned it into a bag full of gold. Where that creative resourcefulness shines brightest is the club scene that closes out Episode 4.
On screen, star-crossed rivals-to-lovers Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov spot each other across the dance floor at a nightclub, where their mutual yearning reaches a fever pitch.
Behind the scenes, the show’s producers transformed a Hamilton club with sticky floors into an exclusive Montreal hot spot. They made a vintage shirt purchased at a Toronto boutique one of the buzziest fashion moments of the year. They catapulted an unknown EDM cover of an aging pop song to the top of the charts.
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