Harry Shum, Jr. Had To Really Teach Matthew Daddario To Dance For Malec's Dance Scene in 'Shadowhunters'

Alec and Magnus’ dance scene from Shadowhunters is one of the most iconic moments in the series, but it turns out that Matthew Daddario had to get a crash dance lesson from Harry Shum, Jr to pull it off.

Harry revealed to TV Guide about preparing for the scene with Matt.

“It was fun because we got to see Matt Daddario turn white when he found out he had to dance,” he shared. “But you know what? Surprisingly, he’s really good! You know when you watch Dancing with the Stars and you see athletes dance, some just like can’t and some can because they have rhythm… he took on that side and once he understood — you had to explain it to him in sports terms, and when you did that he was like great!”

Harry added, “He picked everything up really quickly. I kind of said, ‘You have to memorize it, it’s muscle memory,’ and then when he factored that into it just became something that was — he took it on.”

Shadowhunters returns on February 25th on Freeform.