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Katie Cassidy<\/strong><\/a> and Stephen Huszar<\/strong><\/a> revealed why they kept their blossoming romance a secret while filming their new Hallmark movie, A Royal Family Christmas.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe obviously [were] professional and kept it that way. However, I felt as though it\u2019s almost like there was this layer because he and I kind of knew this secret thing that nobody else knew,\u201d Cassidy, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> while promoting the film. \u201cAnd 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\u2019t help it<\/a>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The twosome star alongside each other in the holiday flick, which premieres on Saturday, July 8, and is part of Hallmark\u2019s Christmas in July event<\/a>. The story follows Ava (Cassidy) as she accepts the offer of a lifetime to work at the Royal Ice Hotel where she finds herself in a surprise whirlwind romance with the most important guest of all \u2014 Prince Henry (Huszar).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While the pair began shooting the movie as strangers<\/a>, sparks quickly began to fly \u2014 \u201cWhen chemistry is there, it\u2019s just there,\u201d Cassidy explained of her instant connection with Huszar.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s certainly important to keep it professional. As we did, but, you know, feelings come up<\/a>,\u201d Huszar agreed. \u201cAnd personally for me, it just allows me to land a little bit more in truth. I mean, our job is obviously to be as truthful as we can in, in these circumstances that are surreal, unreal. But when something is actually triggering truthfully inside you, of course, that helps.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cassidy \u2014 who confirmed she and the Chesapeake Shores<\/em> alum<\/a> are a real-life item earlier this month \u2014 recalled first meeting her beau and being hesitant to work closely with another \u201cpretty Canadian, really attractive\u201d actor \u201cnamed Stephen.\u201d (Cassidy starred opposite Canada native Stephen Amell<\/strong><\/a> on The CW\u2019s Arrow<\/em><\/a> from 2012 to 2015 as Laurel Lance. She later returned as Black Canary.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBut Stephen [Amell] was like a brother to me<\/a>. Then I don\u2019t know, it was like, after the first week I was like, over in my own world-ish,\u201d she told Us<\/em>, sharing that it was Huszar\u2019s crystal bracelets \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m very drawn to [crystals],\u201d she explained \u2014 that had her wondering if there was something more blossoming between them. \u201cI was like, \u2018Wait a second. What do you know about these and why do you have these? There\u2019s something happening here,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI remember there\u2019s this one scene in the barn where I literally am looking at him, and that was the moment for me. I\u2019m not kidding you. I\u2019m, like, leaning on the table and he\u2019s saying his lines and I just like, I think I like almost fell over,\u201d she gushed, admitting that she and Huszar later realized they first began falling for each other \u201c30 seconds apart\u2019 while filming the \u201csame scene.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cassidy added that the lovebirds also bonded over their sense of humor after she played a trick on Huszar with the rest of the cast and crew<\/a>. \u201cI made everyone [on set] start talking on set in a British accent,\u201d she told Us<\/em>, laughing. \u201cSo I think maybe my British accent was maybe a little bit charming. And I also told everyone they could no longer call [him] Stephen. They had to call [him] Prince Henry.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After filming wrapped \u2014 and romance bloomed \u2014 the pair enjoyed one-on-one time together by traveling around the world. \u201cWe were just in Europe. We were also in New Zealand and in Australia,\u201d Huszar shared. Cassidy noted that the duo actually lost their luggage on the getaway but still managed to have a blast jetting off to different locations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While Huszar revealed there \u201cwill be more traveling\u201d in the couple\u2019s future, they twosome are currently taking the summer to wind down \u2014 and enjoy their love<\/a>. \u201c[It\u2019s] a little bit of settling [in] right now and then probably followed by some traveling,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n