Emma Watson Vs Daniel Radcliffe

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.” [jwplayer V3W52Stx-zhNYySv2] 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.Navigating teenage years is pretty hard for most people, though luckily Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson had each other's backs as they grew up on the set of

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, the Harry Potter actor recalled going through those awkward adolescent times, revealing that he and Watson gave each other dating tips.

The amount of prep and coaching Emma and I would give each other on texting to the opposite sex, he said. Like if she was texting a boy or I was texting a girl, I'd be like, 'She sent me this many kisses back, what do I do? This is a nightmare'.

The Hermione Granger star described their relationship as like an older brother, younger sister thing, as Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) joked there were a lot of hormones flying around [on set].

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Comparing it to real-life school, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) admitted there were crushes and people went out with each other and broke up, just like we used to do in school.

Radcliffe added: That film is probably peak hormone, at least for me. It was exactly like you'd expect, especially since the fourth film had a bunch of hormonal teenagers anyway and bringing two massive groups of new people, all of them purposefully hot for the film.

That film, yeah, it was all kicking off. [JK Rowling] wrote [Harry] very endearingly in those years and I felt it did not take a huge acting stretch for me to tap into my awkward nerdy teenage side.

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One real crush that Watson had while making the movies was co-star Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), the actress admitting during the special that