Adelaide Kane Totally 'Creeped' On Rachel Skarsten When She Joined 'Reign'

This is one of JJJ‘s favorite friendship stories ever!

We all know that on-screen in Reign, Adelaide Kane and Rachel Skarsten are bitter enemies, but in real life they really are BFFs.

“Rachel is one of my best friends now, and I remember her coming on at a time when we had lost a few of the girls [ladies in waiting],” Adelaide remembers, in our exclusive interview with her. “I was just so excited to have another women on set, because we just had so many men.”

After it was announced that Rachel would be joining the series as Elizabeth I, Adelaide was so excited.

“I had already creeped her on Twitter and Instagram and thought she looked really fun and I was really keen on develop a friendship with her,” she says. “I had reached out to her on Twitter to welcome her to the show and then she was on set and I was so nervous that she wouldn’t like me or want to be friends with me.”

It’s a fear that many of us get when we meet new people — that they won’t like us in return.

Adelaide actually felt the same way: “I was just bullied a lot in school and I get so nervous around other women. But we just ended up hitting if off and it turned into us being the best of friends.”

When we talked of fans calling the twosome Radelaide, Adelaide admits that loves it!

“It’s super cute that the fans call us that,” she said. “I also take credit for coining #Rachface. All of her random facial expressions that she insists on posting (laughs). She has such an expressive face and a big personality and i just hash tagging it. Now all the fans have just started picking it up. It’s amazing.”