Harriet Herbig-Matten by Maxton Hall, Friend Moments by Damian Hardung
Damian Hardung And Harriet Herbig-Matten became close friends while playing love interests – James and Ruby Maxton Hall.
The Prime Video series, which debuted in May 2024, is based on Mona Kasten‘S Save you book series. The six-part German-language TV drama introduced viewers to an unlikely enemy of the love romance between private school classmates Ruby (Herbig-Matten) and James (Hardung).
Maxton Hall quickly found record-breaking success by being the most-watched non-US title during its first week on Prime Video. It was renewed for a second season a week after its debut.
After filming the series in 2022, Hardung and Herbig-Matten formed a bond while waiting for fans to finally see their hard work come to life two years later. The pair later revealed that their first interaction did not immediately result in a friendship.
“I think at our first audition he walked into the room and he had this suit on and I was like, ‘Who is that arrogant guy over there?’ But during our second and final audition, we just clicked and had excitement,” Herbig-Matten said exclusively We weekly in June 2024. “So we had chemistry, but we didn’t see it.”
Hardung also recalled building trust with Herbig-Matten while they were working on the show together, adding, “We had a really interesting dynamic while shooting. Because we were literally going through everything that the characters were going through.”
He continued, “Every time we knew we’d have a shoot the next day where we hated each other, we literally didn’t talk the night before. If we knew we’d be best friends the next day, we’d go out to dinner together.”
Keep scrolling to see the sweetest moments from Hardung and Herbig-Matten’s friendship as they continue filming season 2 of Maxton Hall:
