Why Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar Kept Their Romance a Secret

Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar discovered why they stored their blossoming romance a secret when filming their new Hallmark film, A Royal Family members Christmas. 

“We obviously [were] specialist and retained it that way. On the other hand, I felt as however it is virtually like there was this layer since he and I sort of knew this top secret matter that nobody else knew,” Cassidy, 36, completely advised Us Weekly while advertising and marketing the movie. “And we could allow our guard down when our figures had been meant to and let space to drop into a person another. I pretty much truly feel like that extra a sure form of aspect to it. We just couldn’t help it.” 

The twosome star along with each other in the getaway flick, which premieres on Saturday, July 8, and is section of Hallmark’s Christmas in July celebration. The tale follows Ava (Cassidy) as she accepts the present of a life time to function at the Royal Ice Lodge where she finds herself in a shock whirlwind romance with the most essential visitor of all — Prince Henry (Huszar). 

Though the pair started capturing the motion picture as strangers, sparks promptly commenced to fly — “When chemistry is there, it is just there,” Cassidy defined of her immediate connection with Huszar. 

“It’s absolutely essential to hold it skilled. As we did, but, you know, thoughts appear up,” Huszar agreed. “And individually for me, it just will allow me to land a tiny bit a lot more in real truth. I indicate, our work is definitely to be as truthful as we can in, in these conditions that are surreal, unreal. But when anything is actually triggering in truth inside you, of program, that assists.” 

Cassidy — who confirmed she and the Chesapeake Shores alum are a true-lifestyle product previously this thirty day period — recalled initially assembly her beau and becoming hesitant to operate closely with a further “pretty Canadian, definitely attractive” actor “named Stephen.” (Cassidy starred opposite Canada native Stephen Amell on The CW’s Arrow from 2012 to 2015 as Laurel Lance. She afterwards returned as Black Canary.) 

“But Stephen [Amell] was like a brother to me. Then I really don’t know, it was like, just after the first week I was like, above in my very own entire world-ish,” she explained to Us, sharing that it was Huszar’s crystal bracelets — “I’m incredibly drawn to [crystals],” she defined — that had her wanting to know if there was anything more blossoming involving them. “I was like, ‘Wait a second. What do you know about these and why do you have these? There is some thing occurring listed here,’” she claimed. 

“I bear in mind there’s this a single scene in the barn the place I literally am wanting at him, and that was the minute for me. I’m not kidding you. I’m, like, leaning on the table and he’s expressing his lines and I just like, I assume I like practically fell over,” she gushed, admitting that she and Huszar later on understood they initial began falling for each other “30 seconds apart’ whilst filming the “same scene.” 

Cassidy additional that the lovebirds also bonded around their sense of humor immediately after she performed a trick on Huszar with the relaxation of the forged and crew. “I manufactured everyone [on set] get started speaking on set in a British accent,” she explained to Us, laughing. “So I imagine probably my British accent was possibly a very little bit charming. And I also told absolutely everyone they could no longer phone [him] Stephen. They experienced to simply call [him] Prince Henry.” 

After filming wrapped — and romance bloomed — the pair liked a single-on-one time jointly by traveling all around the entire world. “We had been just in Europe. We were also in New Zealand and in Australia,” Huszar shared. Cassidy pointed out that the duo essentially shed their luggage on the getaway but even now managed to have a blast jetting off to different locations. 

Even though Huszar disclosed there “will be much more traveling” in the couple’s long run, they twosome are at the moment getting the summer season to wind down — and delight in their love. “[It’s] a tiny little bit of settling [in] ideal now and then almost certainly adopted by some traveling,” he stated. 

A Royal Xmas Crush premieres on Hallmark Saturday, July 8, at 8 p.m. ET.