Emma Watson Dating Harry Potter

Whip up a love potion! Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and more Harry Potter stars grew up during the course of the eight-film series, meaning they began dating — and, in some cases, settled down — with the world’s eyes on them.

Radcliffe was 11 when he started filming the first movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in 2000. Watson, for her part, was 10, while Grint was the eldest of the trio at 12.

Although Watson and Grint’s characters, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively, connected on screen, the actress developed feelings for another costar: Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy. “Between the ages of 10 and 12, I had a really terrible crush on Tom Felton, ” she explained on

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“We love a bad guy, and he was a few years older and he had a skateboard, and that just did it really, ” Watson continued. “He used to do tricks on it. He was so cool. He totally knew [I had a crush]. And the thing is, he’d turn and go, ‘Oh, I see her in a younger, sisterly way.’ And it just broke my heart, still does.”

Actor added: “We were kids. It was like any kind of playground romance. … I didn’t have any sparks. I was spark-free.”

Despite what could have been an awkward situation for the duo, Felton and Watson remained friends after they wrapped filming on the final movie in the franchise, 2011’s

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“Lovely Emma. We do see each other quite a lot actually. We just don’t always post pictures about it, ” the Flash alum exclusively told

In November 2018. “Everyone loves the reunion of it. We’re reuniting all the time. We just don’t always post it on Instagram.”

Felton even taught Watson some of his skateboarding skills that she admired when they were kids. “She was in my neighborhood and I hadn’t seen her for a few months. And I decided to take her for a skateboarding lesson, which she was very good at, ” he revealed. “She’s quite hard on herself. But she’s actually very good at it. So yeah, that was fun. I always enjoy spending time with her.”

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Evanna Lynch, meanwhile, shared a behind-the-scenes account of the timeline surrounding Watson and Felton’s attraction. “Oh, it was so disappointing for me because I joined on the fifth one. I was on

And there was this sense that exciting things had happened in the last movie, and I just missed it, ” she exclusively told

In June 2021. “[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.”

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Whip up a love potion! Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and more Harry Potter stars grew up during the course of the eight-film series, meaning they began dating — and, in some cases, settled down — with the world’s eyes on them. Radcliffe was 11 when he started filming the first movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in 2000. Watson, for her part, was 10, while Grint was the eldest of the trio at 12. Although Watson and Grint’s characters, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, respectively, connected on screen, the actress developed feelings for another costar: Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy. “Between the ages of 10 and 12, I had a really terrible crush on Tom Felton, ” she explained on

In 2012. “We love a bad guy, and he was a few years older and he had a skateboard, and that just did it really, ” Watson continued. “He used to do tricks on it. He was so cool. He totally knew [I had a crush]. And the thing is, he’d turn and go, ‘Oh, I see her in a younger, sisterly way.’ And it just broke my heart, still does.” Grint confirmed the bond between the

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Actor added: “We were kids. It was like any kind of playground romance. … I didn’t have any sparks. I was spark-free.” [sendtonews type=float key=MFpAQywL0D-2838185-14453] Despite what could have been an awkward situation for the duo, Felton and Watson remained friends after they wrapped filming on the final movie in the franchise, 2011’s

. “Lovely Emma. We do see each other quite a lot actually. We just don’t always post pictures about it, ” the Flash alum exclusively told

In November 2018. “Everyone loves the reunion of it. We’re reuniting all the time. We just don’t always post it on Instagram.” Felton even taught Watson some of his skateboarding skills that she admired when they were kids. “She was in my neighborhood and I hadn’t seen her for a few months. And I decided to take her for a skateboarding lesson, which she was very good at, ” he revealed. “She’s quite hard on herself. But she’s actually very good at it. So yeah, that was fun. I always enjoy spending time with her.” Evanna Lynch, meanwhile, shared a behind-the-scenes account of the timeline surrounding Watson and Felton’s attraction. “Oh, it was so disappointing for me because I joined on the fifth one. I was on

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In June 2021. “[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.” As for herself, the

Actress hinted that she had a crush on “everyone” in the cast. Scroll through the gallery below to revisit the dating histories of

Crew member Rosie Coker. He was also linked to Alana Dawes and crew member Olive Uniacke. He has been dating actress Erin Darke since 2012.

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Grint was previously linked to Katie Lewis, singer Lily Allen and actress Kimberley Nixon. He has been dating actress Georgia Groome since 2011. The couple welcomed daughter Wednesday in May 2020.

The actress briefly dated actor Francis Boulle in 2008. While attending Brown University, she had relationships with financier Jay Barrymore from 2008 to 2009, musician Rafael Cebrián from 2009 to 2010, singer George Craig in 2010, her

Costar Johnny Simmons in 2011, her college classmate Will Adamowicz from 2011 to 2012 and rugby player Matthew Janney in 2014. After graduation, she moved on with actor Roberto Aguire in 2015 and entrepreneur William “Mack” Knight from 2015 to 2017.

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Broke the news of her romance with Glee alum Chord Overstreet in 2018, but she was spotted kissing tech CEO Brendan Wallace later that year. Watson has been in a relationship with businessman Leo Robinton since 2019.

The actor was linked to Shinead Husband in 2011 and teacher Alison Wynd in 2012. He began dating blogger Angela Jones in 2016, and the two tied the knot in May 2018.

Costar Jamie Campbell Bower from 2011 to 2012. She was later linked to actor Jacob Artist, and she confirmed her relationship with entrepreneur Simon Hammerstein in 2014. The actress moved on with Andrew Lococo, who she went Instagram official with in late 2020. The pair got married in March 2022.In a new interview with Access Hollywood, Felton spoke further about his bond with his Harry Potter costar. “Emma and I have always been very dear to each other, but didn't start that way, ” he told

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’s Kit Hoover. “She was nine when we first met and I was 12. And I think I was a bit of a cocky teenager going on 25. But yeah, we've been dear friends all our lives and she was very encouraging, actually, for me to continue writing these stories down to make them into a book.”

Felton went deeper into their rough start and eventual close friendship in Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

“I've always had a secret love for Emma, though not perhaps in the way that people might want to hear, ” he wrote, per the Daily Mail. “That isn't to say that there's never been a spark between us. There most definitely has, only at different times.”

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While Watson has openly discussed her former crush on Felton, the Draco Malfoy actor has been shutting down gossip about their relationship status since he was 15 years old. “Rumors started to abound that there was more to our relationship than we were letting on. I denied that I liked her in that way, but the truth was different, ” Felton wrote. “My girlfriend at the time knew straightaway that there was something unspoken between us. I remember using the familiar old line ‘I love her like a sister.’ But there was more to it than that.”

He continued, “I don't think I was