Beyond being the Shane in Ilya’s dreams on HBO’s breakout hit Heated Rivalry and one of the few male actors hip to risky fashion statements (see Met Gala 2026), let’s not forget that Hudson Williams is—first and foremost—a <a href="https://cinemamix360.com/2026/10/26/management-system-in-the-film-industry-to-be-reformed/” title=”Management system in the film industry to be reformed”>film bro.
Earlier this year, after his public Letterboxd account was exposed, Williams’ five-star rating of Lolita was laid bare, along with harsh directing notes for peers like Rachel Zegler, Dakota Johnson, and Pedro Pascal. (To jog your memory, on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Williams wrote that Zegler was “like a musical theatre kid trying way too hard for her mom in the audience.” So yeah, it’s serious.)
Now, in the most recent cover story with Entertainment Weekly, the actor shared that he’s working on writing a feature-length screenplay…also about a hockey player. (They say to write what you know, after all.)
The outlet credits Williams as writer/director on various short films, including Soakers, Buttons, and Inside Augustine Mendoza’s Quotidian Apartment. The films appear to be student work from Williams’s stint at film school, and the latter still has the 4-minute director’s cut available on YouTube, if you are curious what that might be. I wasn’t, because if you’re familiar with the type of man who self-identifies as a “film major,” you may already have a sour taste in your mouth toward men who write, star in, and direct their own short films. Still, I will do my best to set aside my prejudice and give Hudson the benefit of the doubt, if only for his hilarious Letterboxd review of The Materialists, where he wrote, “Love u Pedro [Pascal], but you’re just not a good actor. This performance was so wooden it made Dakota Johnson look like the charismatic one…”
In the interview, he is the first to bring up the in-progress screenplay, saying, “I’m writing a movie right now, but one character is an ex-hockey player.”
“We were like, ‘But if we have this hockey player and then you’ve done a hockey show…’” he added. “We’re getting tripped up on it and we’re considering other sports, but for some reason this character just made way more sense being an ex-hockey player.”
Then he says, “It’s almost like you have to bust through the prison of your own mind or construct of your own mind.” Have you ever tried busting through the prison of your own mind? Highly recommend. Write this down if you are considering starting a screenplay! The outlet then added, “When asked to elaborate on this project he’s writing, his team kindly shot down the question.” So I guess we won’t know whether the script is a fictionalized version of a devoted fan formerly known as Club Chalamet, who turned partial to Hudson’s costar, Connor Storrie.
Will Hudson’s movie follow in the footsteps of actors who tried their hand at screenwriting, only to end up with a Razzie? Will it win him an Oscar a la Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting? Or will it forever be trapped in the prison of Hudson’s own mind?
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