HC did say they knew each other for long but could not get together for a show earlier. And HC also keeps his personal life/friends away from camera so we may not have known these two are friends for so long.
Like if you see behind the scenes, Harshjen don't have any issues with crossing personal space and have a great time shooting together laughing almost always in every shot. She was literally laughing falling on him during the couch scene and he was holding her. I love a clean, pure friendship between leads and these two bring that comfort level to life. But HC always behaves like that with co-stars as he says if they are made comfy off screen it will show on screen.
On screen the characters are bonded in their minds as they know no matter what they cannot delete their relationship as it is etched in pain and loss. So they already have that comfy body language with each other like its nothing new or weird. He finds it okay to hold her, shake her etc but when she held his hand he was surprised. And Zo did a great job not shying away from touching him when she was scared. even though they should be strangers because of their cruel fates, they have not been strangers since they met in their hearts. That's a bond they don't share with anyone else in their lives.
Edited by V4o9 - 7 years ago