Who plays Scott Hunter on Heated Rivalry? Meet François Arnaud
The Canadian actor fell in love with the craft when he was nine, landed his first major role on The Borgias in 2011, and is openly bisexual in real life
While Shane and Ilya’s complicated romance has been the biggest draw of the series, its latest episode has fans shifting their attention towards Scott Hunter – who actually features in all of Reid’s books in her series, but has a supporting role in the show.
Heated Rivalry’s third episode focuses on Scott, a fellow hockey player, and his unlikely love story with Kip, a smoothie barista. While they are instantly attracted to each other, Scott struggles to be open about his sexuality, leading Kip to break up with him.
Here’s everything to know about François Arnaud.
He fell in love with acting when he was nine
Arnaud is a Canadian actor who was born in July 1985, in Montreal. He began to love acting as a nine-year-old after he watched his first play, Cyrano, according to Interview Magazine. “I remember going home ... and trying to learn the monologues. My mum thought I was crazy, and I probably was,” he said. He went on to train professionally at the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal.
Since then, he has starred in several plays and indie films – but he got his first big break in 2011 when he landed a leading role in The Borgias, a series set in Renaissance Italy about Rodrigo Borgia’s controversial rise to the papacy as Pope Alexander VI.
He is bisexual
