In his new memoir, “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard,” Tom Felton opened up about his early dynamic with fellow actor Emma Watson on the set of “Harry Potter.” While writing that he indeed had a “secret love” for Watson, he gave the caveat that this may not have been the type of love that fans imagined. “I don’t think I was ever in love with Emma,” he wrote, “but I loved and admired her as a person in a way that I could never explain to anybody else … we were kindred spirits.” He added, “That isn’t to say that there’s never been a spark between us. There most definitely has, only at different times.”

Felton added that, although he originally tried to shrug off rumors of the two of them perhaps sharing romantic feelings, he couldn’t help but eventually acknowledge the truth. “I denied that I liked her in that way,” Felton wrote, “but the truth was different. My girlfriend at the time knew straightaway that there was something unspoken between us.”

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In a previously leaked forward for the memoir written by Watson, she explained how she and Felton share a “special” kind of love which transcends any kind of sexual urge. “It’s one of the purest loves I can think of,” Watson wrote, per Elle. “We’re soulmates, and we’ve always had each other’s backs. I know we always will.”