REVEALED: Evanna Lynch Had a Secret Relationship With Harry Potter Co-Star

Evanna Lynch’s Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood might not have been a love interest for any of the main stars in the series. But it turns out she was loved-up behind the scenes as she embarked on a nine-year relationship with a co-star.

Luna never got to play out a great love story. Still, her real-life counterpart found herself striking up a relationship in the Harry Potter world after she joined the franchise for the fifth movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Lynch wasn’t the only actor to join the cast that year, as fans were also introduced to Robbie Jarvis — an actor who has since made appearances in the TV shows Casualty and EastEnders as well as the movie A Royal Christmas on Ice.

Jarvis was cast in the Order of the Phoenix as none other than James Potter — though don’t be alarmed if you don’t recognize him immediately. Jarvis actually played a younger version of Harry’s father and was only featured briefly during a flashback scene in the fifth film.

Though Jarvis didn’t spend long on screen, his time on the set was enough for him to form a bond with Lynch which ended up lasting almost a decade after first meeting on set. The pair secretly dated until 2015, when they decided to go public with their romance in a series of Instagram posts.

Lynch and Jarvis decided to go their separate ways in 2016, though they did remain close friends. In 2020, Jarvis made clear that their friendship continued into the new decade when he posted a picture of Lynch in honor of her birthday.

And Lynch and Jarvis’ secret relationship isn’t the only thing we missed about the Harry Potter world. There are several details in the movies that even die-hard fans haven’t spotted yet.