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Inside Daniel Radcliffe's romance with Erin Darke after meeting on film set

Daniel Radcliffe is celebrating turning 33 this weekend and there's no doubt the star will be spending some quality time with his girlfriend Erin Darke.

Harry Potter actor Daniel and 37-year-old have been together since 2012 – with Daniel recently revealing the pair are "really happy" together in an interview.

He told People in March this year: "I've got a really nice life. I've been with my girlfriend for a decade pretty much. We're really happy."

Daniel and Erin first met on the set of drama Kill Your Darlings and have been together ever since.

The pair were certainly thrown into the deep end together as they had to film a sex scene together for the movie.

Daniel Radcliffe and Erin Darke met 10 years ago while filming drama Kill Your Darlings (WireImage)

Daniel previously said: "It'll be a hell of a story to tell our kids one day because of what our characters do with each other.

"Our characters are meeting and flirting with each other, so there is this kind of sweet record of us just meeting for the first time and flirting."

Actor Daniel also admitted in a 2015 interview with Playboy, that his immediate attraction to Erin made the scenes very easy.

He said: "There's no acting going on – not from my end, anyway.

Harry Potter star Daniel admitted 'I knew I was in trouble' when they first met (2015 Bruce Glikas)

"There's a moment when she makes me laugh, and I'm laughing as me and not as my character. She was incredibly funny and smart. I knew I was in trouble."

Later, the pair bonded over "how much we really love what we do".

The couple have worked together on the anthology comedy series Miracle Workers, and Daniel said he hopes they are able to work together more in the future.

He told People: "We definitely like [working together], but it’s not something we want to do all the time.

Daniel Radcliffe and girlfriend Erin rarely work together but recently appeared on Miracle Workers together (2014 Getty Images)

"We obviously met on film and so getting to do stuff on Miracle Workers with her last year was incredibly special and felt lovely. Hopefully we’ll get to do more in the future, but we also both write, so maybe we’d write something together at some point, and that would be cool."

Despite their careers in the spotlight, Daniel and Erin rarely make appearances in the headlines. However, Daniel hasn't been shy about gushing over his longterm girlfriend over the years. He told Us Weekly in 2014: "I think that's the kind of relationship I always aspire to have with someone I'm in a relationship with. You want that person to be your best friend.

"In the case of Erin, we definitely are."

Daniel previously admitted Erin is his 'best friend' (NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

The pair are reaching their decade-long anniversary this year, but it appears there is no wedding on the cards yet.

Daniel told Vulture: "We’re at the point now where I’ve seen my own wedding reported several times.

"You do start to dismiss things you read about your partner if you’re pretty sure they’re not true. I spent a week once having to text all my family members being like, 'I promise if I’m getting married, you will find out from me and not Us Weekly'."

Before meeting and falling in love with Erin, Daniel had dated other women in the past.

Before meeting Erin, Daniel dated Rosie Coker – who he met on the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2007.

They didn't get together until 2011 as it was reported he wasn't allowed to date her until filming wrapped. But they split in 2012 shortly before Daniel was linked to Erin.

Daniel was also romantically linked to Olive Uniacke, when the pair were pictured on a trip to Russia together in 2010. Daniel and the daughter of millionaire Robi Uniacke were later seen in London together. However, they never confirmed they were dating.

In 2007 to 2008 Daniel had dated Laura O'Toole after meeting during the West End stage play Equus. Following the end of their brief romance in 2008, Laura insisted the pair stayed friends.

She said: "Daniel and I are still good friends and have a good time when we see each other."

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