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Lucy Hale and Ian Harding 'Stand Behind' Aria and Ezra's Age-Gap Romance

Lucy Hale and Ian Harding reflect on the 'taboo' age-gap romance between Ezra and Aria, addressing fan criticism

Hale played Aria Montgomery on all seven seasons of ABC Family’s (now Freeform) PLL, in which she met Ezra Fitz (Harding) at a bar in the pilot. The teen drama was a hit throughout the early 2010s, following the lives of longtime friends Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Hanna (Ashley Benson), Aria (Lucy Hale) and Emily (Shay Mitchell) as they get harassed by […] Aria and Ezra kiss in the pilot episode of ‘Pretty Little Liars.’Eike Schroter / © ABC Family / Courtesy: Everett Collection“We were playing into this fantasy.

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