Harry Potter’s Emma Watson, Tom Felton’s Sweetest Friendship Moments

That magical connection! Emma Watson and Tom Felton‘s characters in Harry Potter might not have seen eye to eye, however offscreen the actors have fashioned an cute friendship all through the years.

Watson and Felton initially met whereas enjoying enemies within the Harry Potter movie franchise, which was primarily based off of J.Ok. Rowling‘s critically acclaimed books. The actress took on the function of Hermione Granger, the good Gryffindor scholar who aided finest buddy Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) as they tried to take down Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). In the meantime, Felton performed her Slytherin rival Draco Malfoy, who additionally ended up on the opposite facet of the battle.

Virtually a decade after the twosome labored on the introduction to the wizarding world in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Watson revealed that she had extra than simply pleasant emotions for her costar.

“Between the ages of 10 and 12 I had a extremely horrible crush on Tom Felton, to the extent that I might go into work within the morning and look down the numbers on the decision sheet to see if he was going to be in,” the Magnificence and the Beast star advised Jonathan Ross in 2009. “We love a foul man, he was just a few years older and he had a skateboard — and that simply did it actually.”

The Bling Ring actress famous that Felton was conscious of her emotions, including, “He completely knew and the factor is that he’d inform everybody, ‘I see her in a youthful, sisterly approach,’ and it simply broke my coronary heart. It nonetheless does.”

The Apparition star, for his half, defined that he thought-about his relationship with Watson as “one thing” due to how lengthy they’ve recognized each other.

“We’ve been very shut for a very long time. I am keen on her. I feel she’s unbelievable. Hopefully she returns the praise,” he advised Leisure Tonight in June 2021. “I spoke to Emma a pair days in the past and instantly it was conversations about, ‘Oh, wow, the kitchen sink’s been plugged,’ or some trivial nonsense like my canine wouldn’t eat a specific form of meals. So far as the romantic facet of it, I feel that’s a Slytherin/Gryffindor factor reasonably than a Tom and Emma factor. I completely assume the world of her.”

Throughout HBO Max’s Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts reunion particular, the offscreen buddies candidly addressed the bond that they proceed to share.

“Emma and I’ve at all times beloved one another, actually,” Felton shared within the extremely anticipated premiere, with Watson recalling the second she developed emotions for her costar. “I walked into the room the place we have been having tutoring. The project that had been given was to attract what you thought God had regarded like and Tom had drawn a woman with a backward cap on with a skateboard. And I simply don’t know how you can say it, I simply fell in love with him.”

Scroll down for the entire candy moments that Felton and Watson have shared over time: