Connor Storrie is back on our screens—for an unexpected reason. The Heated Rivalry star is the leading man in a new Verizon ad, which is really more of a short film—where thriller meets satire—directed by Nia DaCosta.
In the nearly five-minute video, the actor is seen walking around a secluded cabin in the woods, growing more and more suspicious as he continues to hear creepy noises indicating someone else is there with him—or trying to get in.
Storrie—in a tight gray tank and blue jeans—grabs a kitchen knife for protection, talks himself out of panicking several times, and lurks around the dimly-lit home until he gets a text from a stranger. “I’m coming for you,” it reads. “I’m here.”
Slowly, Storrie opens the front door only to find an Uber driver standing outside. “Are you Connor S?” the driver asks, before spotting Storrie’s knife and quickly fleeing. “It’s for vegetables,” Storrie insists of the knife before turning away.
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When he gets back inside, now at ease, Storrie uses his Verizon mobile app to lock the doors and turn on the lights in the home. (This is meant to highlight that Verizon can provide you with perfect network access and reliable service everywhere you go.)
Finally feeling safe, the actor slides his cell into his back jeans pocket. At his move, the camera zooms in, filling the screen with Storrie’s (and Ilya Rozanov’s) famous glutes. Four words flash over it: “Best butt. Best network.” And the film concludes.
Watch Storrie’s first brand film here.
Apart from this ad, Storrie has landed quite a few roles since his breakout role in the popular queer hockey romance show, Heated Rivalry.
He stars in the indie sci-fi film April X, which will have a wide release this summer. He’ll appear in Peaked, an upcoming A24 high school reunion comedy directed by Molly Gordon. And he is also gearing up for the release of Transaction Planet, Storrie’s self-funded directorial debut feature, which he also wrote and reportedly shot entirely on an iPhone.
Booked and busy—and yet he still has time to do elevated kettlebell squats.