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Did Tom Felton Ever Have a Crush on Emma Watson?
Tom Felton and Emma Watson's relationship status: It's "something"!
Inan interview with Entertainment Tonighton Thursday, June 3, the Harry Potteractorwas asked about pastspeculation of a romancewithhis former co-star,who has a boyfriend. Felton, whose character Draco Malfoy, a junior Death Eater who bullied Watson's Hermione Granger and her friends, gave an...interesting response about his and Watson's relationship.
"We are something, if that makes any sense," Felton said,"as far as we've been very close for a long time. And I adore her, I think she's fantastic. Hopefully, she returns the compliment. But as far as the romantic side of it,I think that's a Slytherin-Gryffindor thing rather than a Tom and Emma thing."
Watson, 31, is currently dating boyfriendLeo Robinton.She has not commented on the33-year-old actor's remarks.
Watsonwas 10 years old and Feltonwas 13when they started filming the 2001 movieHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first film in the franchise. As the actors and their characters grew older, many fans shipped Draco and Hermione, who largely remained adversaries onscreen and were never involved romantically, as well as thestarsthemselves.
In 2011, the year the lastHarry Potterfilm was released,WatsontoldSeventeenthat when she was filming the first twofilms,she had a crush on Felton, and that he was her first crush overall.
"He totally knows," she told the magazine. "We talked about it—we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that's cool."
Months later,Felton told E! News in response to her comments, "It was very flattering for a 12-year-old boy, but it's nice that we've become friends since then and we can kind of look back and have a laugh at it."
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In 2016, E! News asked Felton if he also had a crush on Watson during theirHarry Potter days. "We were always very close, but no, nothing of that nature," he said. "Sorry to disappoint."
But two years later,in November 2018, theactors sparked romance rumors when Watson shared on social media a selfie with Felton, congratulating him on his role in the YouTube seriesOrigin. She also posted a video of the two riding a longoard together.
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Months later, in February 2019,the actress posted on Instagram a photo Felton took of her.She captioned the post, "Friends capture you best."
The following September, the actor shared on Instagram a photo of himself givingWatson a guitar lesson. He captioned the photo, "Quick learner x."
In his recent interview withEntertainment Tonight, Felton praised Watson. "I absolutely think the world of her," he said. "I thinkbeing part of what we've all been a part of, but for her to be kind of the only girl—certainly the youngest one on set—to grow up with what she had to grow up with was incredibly exciting. Listen, you're going to get me teary now!No, but I think she's a fantastic influence on the world."
He said he frequently stays in touch with a fewHarry Potter co-stars, including Watson."I spoke to Emma a couple days ago," he said, "and immediately it was conversations about, 'Oh wow, the kitchen sink's been plugged' or some trivial nonsense like my dog wouldn't eat a particular kind of food."
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