Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar revealed why they stored their blossoming romance a secret whereas filming their new Hallmark film, A Royal Family Christmas.
“We obviously [were] professional and kept it that way. However, I felt as though it’s almost like there was this layer because he and I kind of knew this secret thing that nobody else knew,” Cassidy, 36, solely advised Us Weekly whereas selling the movie. “And we could let our guard down when our characters were supposed to and allow space to fall into one another. I almost feel like that added a certain type of element to it. We just couldn’t help it.”
The twosome star alongside one another within the vacation flick, which premieres on Saturday, July 8, and is a part of Hallmark’s Christmas in July occasion. The story follows Ava (Cassidy) as she accepts the provide of a lifetime to work on the Royal Ice Hotel the place she finds herself in a shock whirlwind romance with a very powerful visitor of all — Prince Henry (Huszar).
While the pair started taking pictures the film as strangers, sparks shortly started to fly — “When chemistry is there, it’s just there,” Cassidy defined of her instantaneous reference to Huszar.
“It’s certainly important to keep it professional. As we did, but, you know, feelings come up,” Huszar agreed. “And personally for me, it just allows me to land a little bit more in truth. I mean, our job is obviously to be as truthful as we can in, in these circumstances that are surreal, unreal. But when something is actually triggering truthfully inside you, of course, that helps.”
Cassidy — who confirmed she and the Chesapeake Shores alum are a real-life merchandise earlier this month — recalled first assembly her beau and being hesitant to work intently with one other “pretty Canadian, really attractive” actor “named Stephen.” (Cassidy starred reverse Canada native Stephen Amell on The CW’s Arrow from 2012 to 2015 as Laurel Lance. She later returned as Black Canary.)
“But Stephen [Amell] was like a brother to me. Then I don’t know, it was like, after the first week I was like, over in my own world-ish,” she advised Us, sharing that it was Huszar’s crystal bracelets — “I’m very drawn to [crystals],” she defined — that had her questioning if there was one thing extra blossoming between them. “I was like, ‘Wait a second. What do you know about these and why do you have these? There’s something happening here,’” she mentioned.
“I remember there’s this one scene in the barn where I literally am looking at him, and that was the moment for me. I’m not kidding you. I’m, like, leaning on the table and he’s saying his lines and I just like, I think I like almost fell over,” she gushed, admitting that she and Huszar later realized they first started falling for one another “30 seconds apart’ while filming the “same scene.”
Cassidy added that the lovebirds additionally bonded over their humorousness after she performed a trick on Huszar with the remainder of the forged and crew. “I made everyone [on set] start talking on set in a British accent,” she advised Us, laughing. “So I think maybe my British accent was maybe a little bit charming. And I also told everyone they could no longer call [him] Stephen. They had to call [him] Prince Henry.”
After filming wrapped — and romance bloomed — the pair loved one-on-one time collectively by touring around the globe. “We were just in Europe. We were also in New Zealand and in Australia,” Huszar shared. Cassidy famous that the duo really misplaced their baggage on the getaway however nonetheless managed to have a blast jetting off to totally different places.
While Huszar revealed there “will be more traveling” within the couple’s future, they twosome are at present taking the summer time to wind down — and take pleasure in their love. “[It’s] a little bit of settling [in] right now and then probably followed by some traveling,” he mentioned.
A Royal Christmas Crush premieres on Hallmark Saturday, July 8, at 8 p.m. ET.
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