There are two types of celebrities in this world: those who grace a magazine cover, and those who crash the internet before the cover is even revealed. Connor Storrie? Firmly in camp two.
VMAN posted a teaser of the shoot without saying who was on the cover — just a flash of curly hair. Fans clocked it immediately, and the issue sold out. They didn’t even release the cover yet. Which is the kind of cultural chokehold most A-listers spend decades trying to cultivate.
The Heated Rivalry star lands the cover of VMAN 56 for the Spring/Summer 2026 issue, serving a series of hot pics that are every bit as striking as the hype promised. The cover shoot was photographed by Luigi & Iango, with styling by Anna Trevelyan — a dream team combination that leans into stark, high-fashion drama.
Storrie himself was clearly feeling the energy on set. “I just felt the freedom to move and go,” he told VMAN. “Luigi & Iango did such a good job. The energy was so kinetic. It reminded me of ads or photo shoots I used to see when I was little — stark black and white, really cool, fashion-forward.”
When VMAN editor Mathias Rosenzweig pointed out the unprecedented pre-sale frenzy, Storrie’s response was perfectly on-brand: “Oh, look, it better be fucking iconic.” Spoiler: it is.
The 26-year-old actor has seen his profile surge thanks to the HBO and Crave series, and he’s now processing what sudden visibility actually looks like — not just in streaming numbers, but in real life. That reality check hit him hard when, while driving through the city, he encountered a long line wrapping around a block — a crowd waiting to enter a club hosting a Heated Rivalry-themed night, faces printed on posters, tickets sold out. That moment, he said, made the series’ impact undeniable.
Fashion, it turns out, has been an unexpected perk of stardom. “Playing dress-up is my favorite thing, which is probably why I’m in film — it’s a prolonged version of that,” he said. “So these photo shoots are an even more heightened version of it.”
VMAN has also released an alternate cover and new photos from the shoot ahead of Storrie’s SNL debut this weekend — because apparently one cultural moment at a time just isn’t his style.
The issue hits newsstands March 16. Set your reminders, because if recent history is any guide, it will sell out before you finish reading this sentence.
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