Two Hallmark Co-Stars Had A Secret Romance On Set While Filming A Christmas Movie. Why It Actually Helped The Film

Hallmark’s Christmas in July programming block has once again arrived to continue bringing the coziness of holiday romances to summer audiences, and one of those on-screen romance took on a life of its own. The stars of the upcoming release "A Royal Christmas Crush," Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar are now dating in real life after the initial sparks started flying between them while filming, and it actually helped the film. "A Royal Christmas Crush" sees Katie Cassidy’s Ava, an architect, falling for Huszar’s Prince Henry while Ava helps her uncle build an ice hotel for the royal family. (I mean, who doesn't have that story in their romantic background.) Even though the couple's real-life tale is a tad different, it still made filming easier due to the fact it felt organic with an added element