'Harry Potter' star Tom Felton reveals he 'always had a secret love' for co-star Emma Watson - Fox News

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"Harry Potter" prima Tom Felton revealed that helium secretly had romanticist feelings for his co-star Emma Watson.

The 35-year-old histrion admitted that determination was "a spark" betwixt him and the 32-year-old histrion successful his caller memoir, "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard", obtained by The Evening Standard.

"I loved and admired her arsenic a idiosyncratic successful a mode I could ne'er explicate to anybody else," helium wrote.

"Harry Potter" prima  Tom Felton revealed that helium  secretly had romanticist  feelings for his co-star Emma Watson.

"Harry Potter" prima Tom Felton revealed that helium secretly had romanticist feelings for his co-star Emma Watson. (Getty)


Watson played heroine Hermione Granger portion Felton portrayed her nemesis Draco Malfoy successful the mega-hit franchise.

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The 2 co-starred successful each 8 of the movies successful the series from 2001 to 2011. In his caller book, Felton shared that their narration initially got disconnected to a rocky commencement erstwhile they met arsenic kid actors.

He recalled his archetypal brushwood with Watson, which took spot astatine an audition erstwhile helium was 11 and she was 9. Felton wrote that Watson pointed astatine a roar microphone and asked him, "What's that?" to which helium responded, "It means they are signaling us, obviously."

"My narration with Emma did not commencement well," Felton admitted. "She’d person been forgiven for not wanting overmuch to bash with me. It got worse."

Felton wrote that helium mostly avoided Watson aft they were formed and spent his luncheon breaks smoking cigarettes and listening to rap euphony with different actors.

Watson played heroine Hermione Granger portion    Felton portrayed her nemesis Draco Malfoy successful  the mega-hit franchise. 

Watson played heroine Hermione Granger portion Felton portrayed her nemesis Draco Malfoy successful the mega-hit franchise.  (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

"The Flash" prima recounted an incidental successful which helium and different formed members mocked Watson erstwhile she performed a creation regular for them astatine lunchtime.

He went connected to accidental that his radical was "predictably dismissive". Felton added that they snickered connected their mode down to her amusement and the snickering lone became louder during her dance.

"We were conscionable being s***** boys, mostly retired of awkwardness and due to the fact that we thought taking the p*** was cool," Felton explained.

"I did consciousness similar a spot of a d**k, and rightly so. In the end, it was up to 1 of the hairsbreadth and constitution ladies to archer maine what was what."

Felton and Watson yet became adjacent friends and the brace person been the taxable of romance rumors for years. In his memoir, Felton explained that the speculation wasn't wholly baseless.

"I’ve ever had a concealed emotion for Emma, though not possibly successful the mode that radical mightiness privation to hear," Felton said. 

Felton said that helium  learned that Watson had a crush connected  him for the archetypal  clip  erstwhile   helium  was 15 and she was 12. Watson and Felton are pictured successful  2003.

Felton said that helium learned that Watson had a crush connected him for the archetypal clip erstwhile helium was 15 and she was 12. Watson and Felton are pictured successful 2003. (Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images)

"That isn’t to accidental that there’s ne'er been a spark betwixt us. There astir decidedly has, lone astatine antithetic times."

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Felton said that helium learned that Watson had a crush connected him for the archetypal clip erstwhile helium was 15 and she was 12. Though helium insisted that his feelings for Watson were purely platonic, Felton said that his woman astatine the clip suspected otherwise.

"Rumours started to abound that determination was much to our narration than we were letting on. I denied that I liked her successful that way, but the information was different."

He continued, "My woman astatine the clip knew consecutive distant that determination was thing unspoken betwixt us. I retrieve utilizing the acquainted aged line, ‘I emotion her similar a sister.’ But determination was much to it than that."

Upon reflection, Felton said helium doesn't deliberation helium was "ever successful emotion with Emma". 

"But I loved and admired her arsenic a idiosyncratic successful a mode that I could ne'er explicate to anybody other … we were kindred spirits."

"I cognize for definite I’ll ever person Emma’s backmost and she’ll ever person excavation too."

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