United Kingdom, Jan. 15 -- Connor Storrie doesn't think his dad "needs to see" Heated Rivalry.

The 25-year-old actor plays closeted Russian hockey player Ilya Rozanov opposite Hudson Williams as his love interest Shane Hollander in the show, and while his mom is his "number one supporter", he won't be forcing his father to watch the steamy HBO Max series, in which he appears nude multiple times.

Speaking on Today, Connor said: "My mom is my number one supporter.

"My family's crazy. From a young age, when I was like, 'I wanna be in movies' and stuff, they were like, 'Yeah, go do it!'

"They've always believed in me, and I think it's probably pretty surreal to watch things like this happen.

"My dad hasn't seen it, and I'm not asking him...