Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar Courtesy of Johnson Manufacturing Group
Prince or not, Katie Cassidy fell for Stephen Huszar whereas working aspect by aspect on Hallmark Channel’s A Royal Christmas Crush.
The costars — who play architect Ava and Prince Henry, respectively, within the 2023 rom-com — knew their connection couldn’t be denied after assembly in March 2023 on set in Canada.
“We clearly [were] skilled and stored it that means. Nonetheless, I felt as if it’s nearly like there was this layer as a result of he and I type of knew this secret factor that no one else knew,” Cassidy completely instructed Us Weekly in June 2023 whereas selling the movie. “And we may let our guard down when our characters had been purported to and permit area to fall into each other. I nearly really feel like that added a sure kind of component to it. We simply couldn’t assist it.”
Regardless of having an instantaneous attraction, Cassidy instructed Us she was hesitant to work intently with one other “fairly Canadian [and] actually engaging” actor “named Stephen.” She beforehand starred reverse Canada native Stephen Amell, whom she known as a “brother,” on The CW’s Arrow from 2012 to 2015 as Laurel Lance/Black Canary and later Black Siren from 2016 to 2020. (Huszar, for his half, is a Canadian actor identified for his function as Luke Tatum on Hallmark’s Chesapeake Shores.)
Cassidy, nonetheless, pushed her reservations apart and located herself beneath Huszar’s spell partially on account of their mutual connection to crystals. The twosome formally hit it off throughout one in every of their A Royal Christmas Crush scenes earlier than going public with the connection in Might 2023.
“I bear in mind there’s this one scene within the barn the place I actually am taking a look at him, and that was the second for me. I’m not kidding you. I’m, like, leaning on the desk and he’s saying his strains and I identical to, I feel I like nearly fell over,” Cassidy recalled to Us, sharing that she and Huszar later realized they first started falling for one another “30 seconds aside’ whereas filming the “similar scene.”
Scroll right down to see Cassidy and Huszar’s love story from the start:
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March 2023
Cassidy and Huszar started filming Hallmark’s A Royal Christmas Crush. The pair documented their winter wonderland adventures through Instagram, with Cassidy sharing behind-the-scenes moments from the snowy setting.
Might 2023
Cassidy sparked romance hypothesis when she tagged Huszar in a number of trip snaps everywhere in the world, together with an image of a full moon in Fiji and a solo photograph standing on a dock in Monaco.
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June 2023
“Welp, cats out of the bag …,” Cassidy wrote through Instagram, confirming their relationship. “Blissful Monday! 😂❤️😍.” Later that month, she teased their Hallmark challenge through social media and identified that Huszar is “so good-looking” within the film.
July 2023
The pair’s first Hallmark collaboration, A Royal Christmas Crush, premiered as a part of the community’s “Christmas in July” programming.
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“When chemistry is there, it’s simply there,” Cassidy completely instructed Us forward of the movie’s launch, noting that sparks flew early into filming. Huszar, for his half, defined to Us, “It’s definitely vital to maintain it skilled. As we did, however, you realize, emotions come up.”