Do Emma Watson And Tom Felton Date

While Harry Potter ’s Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy were enemies on screen, real-life actors Emma Watson and Tom Felton couldn’t be closer in real life! So just what went down between the former child actors? Keep reading to find out everything we know about Emma and Tom’s relationship status. 

Emma was 9 and Tom was only 12 years old when they first walked into auditions for the first movie of the franchise, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , which debuted in theaters in 2001. 

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“There was a definite Gryffindor/Slytherin divide in the early days, ” Tom reminisced of the early days on set, in an excerpt shared by Insider. “Two cliques that kept their distance from each other, largely because we didn’t spend that much time working together.”

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Both Emma and Tom went on to star in all eight films over a ten-year period: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , parts I and II. The last film was released in 2011.

In his memoir, which was released on October 18, the Harry Potter actor recalled a time he felt “ashamed” for mocking a 9-year-old Emma’s dance moves. “We were just being s—ty boys, largely out of awkwardness and because we thought taking the piss was cool, but Emma was visibly upset by our thoughtless reaction, ” he wrote. “I did apologize and Emma accepted my apology.” 

Following their time as kids, fans have wondered if Tom and Emma were ever involved romantically. In 2011, Emma further ignited the rumors after she admitted in an interview with Seventeen magazine that she “had a huge crush on” Tom while they filmed the first two movies in 2001 and 2002. 

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During HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th reunion special, which debuted in January, the Little Women actress also revealed the extent of her childhood crush, as she admitted she use to look for Tom’s name on the call sheet every day during production. 

In a special foreword for Tom’s Book shared by People , touching on their current relationship, The Perks of Wallflower actress penned she “always struggle(d) to explain to people the nature of our connection and relationship” as what they have is “far deeper.”

“For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on Tom Felton. He was my first crush, ” she told Seventeen in 2011. “He totally knows. We talked about it — we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool.”

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“It’s always nice to bump into her, see her at the beach, or over dinner, or whatever, ” the In Secret actor gushed to the Daily Mail in November 2019. “She’s an incredibly smart and lovely young lady, so it’s always nice to bump into each other and slightly reminisce about old times but also about looking forward to the future.”

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“I think really the truth of it was Tom was the one I could often be more vulnerable with, ” Emma said during the 20th Anniversary Special on HBO Max. “Nothing has ever, ever, ever happened romantically with us. We just love each other. That’s all I can say about that.” 

“I became very protective over her, yeah, ” the British actor shared during the HBO Max production. “I’ve always had a soft spot for her and that continues to the day… There’s always been something that’s like, I don’t know, a kinship.”

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In the foreword for Tom’s new book, Emma penned a special note for her former costar whom she’s loved in a “special way” for 20 years.

“I’ve lost count of the times that people have said to me, ‘You must have drunkenly made out, just once!’ ‘You must have kissed!’ ‘There must be something!'” the Beauty and the Beast actress wrote in an excerpt shared by People. “Like Tom, I always struggle to explain to people the nature of our connection and relationship… For more than 20 years now we’ve loved each other in a special way.”

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“It’s one of the purest loves I can think of. We’re soulmates, and we’ve always had each other’s backs. I know we always will. It makes me emotional to think about it, ” she went on.

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 “You know that person in your life who makes you feel seen? That person who is somehow a witness to all that unfolds?” the British actress detailed. “That person who knows – really knows – what is happening to you and what you’re going through, without anything having to be said? For me, that person is Tom Felton.”

“I’ve grown to understand with the passing of the years that of all of us, Emma had the most to deal with, the most difficult situation to negotiate, and from the earliest age, ” Tom authored in his memoir. “And the pressures she experienced went further than just having to deal with stupid boys…She was in many ways treated like an adult from the day she was cast. It’s a phenomenon that can, I think, be more difficult for girls than for boys. They are unfairly sexualized in the media and beyond.”Tom Felton has addressed Emma Watson dating rumours, and also opened up about his equation with other Harry Potter cast members, such as Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.

Days after his Harry Potter co-star Evanna Lynch teased that he and Emma Watson were crushing on each other on set, Tom Felton has addressed the long-running rumours about a possible romantic relationship with Emma Watson. He played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, while Emma played Hermione Granger.

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In an interview, the actor said that he and Emma have been 'very close' for a long time and that they speak frequently.

He told ET Online, We are something, if that makes any sense. We've been very close for a long time. I adore her. I think she's fantastic. Hopefully she returns the compliment.

As far as the romantic side of it, I think that's a Slytherin/Gryffindor thing rather than a Tom and Emma thing, he added. I absolutely think the world of her. I think to be a part of what we've all been a part of, but for her to be the only girl, certainly the youngest one on set, to grow up with what she had to grow up with was incredibly exciting. You're going to get me teary now, but no, I think she's a fantastic influence on the world.

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He also spoke about his equation with other cast members, such as Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry, and Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley. We do stay in touch, quite frequently... It is nice that we're in sort of four different corners of the earth and yet when we catch up, it feels like yesterday that this was all going on, he said.

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Earlier this week, Evanna, who played Luna Lovegood in the films, expressed disappointment at having missed all the action, as she had joined the cast after 'all the drama' had happened. She told US Weekly, [I joined when] everyone had kind of grown out of their crushes and they were moving on to, like, people in the outside world. And I felt that like, damn, I missed all the drama! It was so fun the last film, according to some stories. But no, by the time I got there, they were all mature and those hormones were calming down.”

Emma admitted to having had a crush on Tom, many years ago. In 2011, she told Seventeen: “For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on Tom Felton. He was my first crush. … He totally knows. We talked about it — we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool. They set the rumour mills churning with an Instagram post in 2019.

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