The two had met for the first time the night before, Gulbranson tells PEOPLE. “It was nice. We had a nice chat, and I look forward to chatting more throughout the weekend,” he adds, to which costar Andrea Denver interjected: “Can I say something? They looked like two high school lovers.”
As for those texts between her and Luke, she told ET, “They’re actually super innocent. I invited him to come hang out with us.” Admitting that she’s in her “hot girl villain era,” Ashley agreed that Luke “is a man.”