Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar on Being 'Smitten' While Filming Their Hallmark Christmas Movie (Exclusive)

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Katie Cassidy signed up for her first Hallmark movie opposite Stephen Huszar, she didn't plan for it to turn into a real-life fairy-tale romance.In , the first of two «Christmas in July» movies this year, Cassidy plays an architect, Ava Jensen, who takes a job of a lifetime to work at the Royal Ice Hotel and unexpectedly crosses paths with Prince Henry (Huszar), quickly finding herself being swept off her feet in a whirlwind romance.

As fate would have it, Cassidy and Huszar's onscreen chemistry turned into something more off-screen as well.Cassidy confirmed in June that she and Huszar were officially dating, posting a sunny couple selfie on Instagram with the caption, «Welp, cats out of the bag…»A post shared by KATIE CASSIDY (@katiecassidy)But as Cassidy shared, things didn't turn romantic with Huszar until the second week of filming earlier this year after the pair went out for a meal. «I think we went for lunch or something, and I noticed his crystals.

I love crystals. And we started bonding over spirituality and I started to get to know the real Stephen,» the 36-year-old actress told ET over Zoom with Huszar by her side, as they promoted their upcoming Hallmark film. (Watch an exclusive scene from the movie above.)«And I was very smitten,» Cassidy admitted, later joking, «How could you not be with a sh*t-eating grin looking at this horrible-looking person and this jawline?»«And it just happened,» she added. «I don't know, it just happened.

But I think we had the same moment when we both realized we actually had chemistry.»Huszar, 39, noted it was one scene from the movie where both of them felt their feelings evolve into something more. «It was actually exactly the same scene,» he confirmed.