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Stars Emma Watson and Tom Felton are finally addressing their long-rumored off-screen romantic tension head on in the new HBO Max reunion special,

The special marks the first time the majority of the cast of the iconic franchise's eight films has reunited since the release of

, the cast talks about the heightened teenage hormones going around the set at the time of filming and within the paralleled storyline. 

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There was crushes and people went out with each other and broke up, just like you used to do at school. It was exactly the same environment, but it was just in a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, shared Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in the films. 

Even Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, talked about how he and Watson, who played his character's bestie, Hermione Granger, used to use one another for dating advice. 

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

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But when the topic of the sparks between Watson and Felton, who played the villainous Draco Malfoy, came up, the two co-stars admitted that there was something more between them. 

I walked into the room where we were having tutoring. The assignment that had been given was to draw what you thought God looked like, and Tom had drawn a girl with a backward cap on a skateboard, she recalled. And I just don't know how to say it, I just fell in love with him.

I used to come in every day and look for his number on the call sheet, it was number seven, and if his number was on the call sheet, it was an extra exciting day, she admitted. He was three years above me and so for him, he was like, 'You're like my little sister.'

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Felton added, I became very protective over her, yeah, 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.

But for those who think that all this admiration and adoration led to something more, Watson insisted that it simply never happened. 

Nothing has ever, ever, ever happened romantically with us. We just love each other. That's all I can say about that, she said. film franchise, credited his co-star and longtime friend Emma Watson with encouraging him to write about his struggles with alcoholism and multiple stints in rehab in his new memoir.

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, Felton says he began drinking more heavily after he moved to Los Angeles, “craving normality” in the thick of Hollywood. It took Felton several tries to get sober, and he says his first stint in rehab didn’t last long, with the actor walking off the grounds after just a few days.

, Felton said he initially wasn’t going to share the story about his escape in his book, but he said Watson convinced him otherwise.

“Emma was a big force of encouragement to be like, ‘This will resonate with people, ’ ” Felton said. “It wouldn’t really seem right just to talk about all the fluffy stuff. … After encouragement, I was given a bit more confidence in myself to go, ‘You know what? This happened, and this is part of my life.'” (Watson also wrote the foreword for

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Felton added, “She’s one of the first people I think I’d spoken to about [the book], really. I was slightly reluctant to talk about my family about my personal life, about not just the great moments, but some of the bad ones too. There’s obviously gonna be trepidation about sharing that with the world. She was a massive influence to say, ‘No, put it all out there. Trust yourself. People will really connect with this.'”

), Felton admits he started “drinking to escape a situation, ” writing, “I went from being not particularly interested to regularly having a few pints a day before the sun had even gone down, and a shot of whiskey to go with each of them.” He adds that he soon began to drink on set and would show up “unprepared” for work.

Eventually, Felton’s agents, managers, lawyers, and then-girlfriend, Jade Olivia, staged an intervention and convinced Felton to enter rehab (Felton writes that his team threatened to drop him as a client if he didn’t go). He shares a surreal anecdote from the day he arrived at the facility when the nurse checking him in offered to give him a name tag with an alias due to his celebrity.

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Films, it’ll be because of my face, ” Felton writes. “It won’t be because of what’s written on my name tag. You could write ‘Mickey F**king Mouse’ on my chest, and they’re not going to think I’m him.”

Despite the brevity of that stay, Felton says the experience still gave him some clarity. After ending things with Olivia, he decided to check himself into a different facility, calling that program “life-changing” and crediting it with helping him recognize the “state of absolute numbness” he’d been living in. Still, Felton bristled at some of the rules and ultimately got kicked out after being found in another woman’s bedroom.

Though Felton wrote that his life seemed back on track after that, a couple of years later, that aforementioned “numbness” returned. He again sought help but said it was “one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make.”

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Felton goes on to admit that he still struggles with mental health issues, but he doesn’t want to keep them tucked away. “I’m no longer shy of putting my hands up and saying: I’m not okay, ” he writes. “To this day, I never know which version of myself I’m going to wake up to.”

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Felton and Watson, who played Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, discussed the platonic love they have for each other after meeting on set.

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During the reunion special, Watson reminisced on the moment she developed feelings for her Harry Potter costar. It happened during a tutoring session on the set of the early movies when the child actors were asked to draw what they thought God looked like.

Tom had drawn a girl with a backward cap on a skateboard. And, I just don't know how to say it, I just fell in love with him, Watson said.

I used to come in every day and look for his number on the call sheet, it was number seven, she said. And if his number was on the call sheet, it was an extra exciting day.

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Emma and I have always loved each other, really, he said. I think I was in the hair-and-makeup chair, and someone said something along the lines of, 'Yeah, she had a crush on you.'

I became very protective over her, Felton added. Yeah, I've always had a soft spot for her, and that continues to the day.

Reports about the pair dating have circulated for years, perhaps fueled by Watson's candidness about her former crush and their continued close friendship.

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Ahead of the opening of the Harry Potter flagship store in New York, Felton told Entertainment Tonight in 2021, We are something, if that makes any sense. We've been very close for a long time. I adore her.

But he also added, As far as the romantic side of it, I think that's a Slytherin/Gryffindor thing rather than a Tom and Emma thing.

Nothing has ever ever ever ever happened romantically with us, she said. We just love each other. That's all I can say about that.Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for free

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Fans have reacted to Emma Watson’s revelation about the moment she first “fell in love” with her Harry Potter co-star Tom Felton.

Watson and Felton – who played Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy, respectively – are two of the main cast members to appear in HBO’s forthcoming Harry Potter reunion special titled Return to Hogwarts.

During the special – which will be released on Sky and NOW on 1 January – Watson reflected on her past romantic feelings for Felton.

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“The assignment that had been given was to draw what you thought god looked like and Tom had drawn a girl with a backward cap on a skateboard. And I just