Harry Potter fans are convinced that Emma Watson and Tom Felton are dating

Fans couldn't stop themselves from speculating after Watson posted a photo from their latest reunion
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Harry Potter fans are convinced that former co-stars Emma Watson and Tom Felton are ‘dating’ after the actress shared an Instagram photo from their most recent reunion.

The 28-year-old, who has just wrapped filming on Greta Gerwig’s star-studded adaptation of Little Women, posted a striking black and white photo of herself in an open-topped car, which she credited to aspiring photographer Felton.

“Friends capture you best @t22felton,” she captioned the shot.

Though the star, who famously took the role of Hermione Granger in the Potter franchise, specifically referred to Felton (who played Harry Potter’s school foe Draco Malfoy) as her “friend,” that didn’t stop fans from speculating about their relationship.

“So is it me or has Emma Watson posted 10 times more about Tom Felton than any other guy???,” one Twitter user wrote.

“I swear if Tom Felton and Emma Watson are actually dating, I might just self combust I swear,” another added.

“If Emma Watson and Tom Felton are dating that means my Harry Potter fan fic from 2010 has come to life,” a third wrote.

“Emma Watson and Tom Felton might be dating, and I’m kind of all about this… but then I remembered Hermione would NEVER date Draco,” another Potter fan pointed out.

Old friends: Watson and Felton worked on eight Harry Potter films together

Last year, Watson shared a sweet selfie and video footage of her and “dear friend” Felton skateboarding on Venice Beach. She captioned the clip: “Tom’s @origin_series is out on 14th November. Congrats dear friend. #TFToleratingmysubparskatingskillssince1999.”

Standard Online has contacted representatives for Watson and Felton for comment.

Discussing his friendship with his former on-screen sparring partner in an interview with Us Weekly last year, Felton said that the pair still meet up “a lot” but they don’t always post about it on social media.

“We do see each other quite a lot actually,” he told the magazine. “We just don’t always post pictures about it. Everyone loves the reunion of it. We’re reuniting all the time, we just don’t always post it on Instagram.”

In reference to the skateboarding video, he revealed: “She was in my neighbourhood and I hadn’t seen her for a few months.

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“And I decided to take her for a skateboarding lesson, which she was very good at. She’s quite hard on herself. But she’s actually very good at it. So yeah, that was fun. I always enjoy spending time with her.”

Watson and Felton first appeared on screen together in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which was released in 2001.

The actress has previously described Felton as her “first crush,” telling Seventeen magazine: “For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on Tom Felton. He was my first crush.

“He totally knows. We talked about it – we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool.”

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