Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar’s Relationship: From ‘A Royal Christmas Crush’ Costars to Real-Life Romance

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Prince or not, Katie Cassidy fell for Stephen Huszar while working side by side on Hallmark Channel’s A Royal Christmas Crush.The costars — who play architect Ava and Prince Henry, respectively, in the 2023 rom-com — knew their connection couldn’t be denied after meeting in March 2023 on set in Canada.“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 exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2023 while promoting the film. “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.”Despite having an instant attraction, Cassidy told Us she was hesitant to work closely with another “pretty Canadian [and] really attractive” actor “named Stephen.” She previously starred opposite Canada native Stephen Amell, whom she called a “brother,” on The CW’s Arrow from 2012 to 2015 as Laurel Lance/Black Canary and later Black Siren from 2016 to 2020. (Huszar, for his part, is a Canadian actor known for his role as Luke Tatum on Hallmark’s Chesapeake Shores.)In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesCassidy, however, pushed her reservations aside and found herself under Huszar’s spell in part due to their mutual connection to crystals.

The twosome officially hit it off during one of their A Royal Christmas Crush scenes before going public with the relationship in May 2023.“I remember there’s this one scene in the barn where I literally am looking at him, and that was the moment for me.