Exclusive | Lucy Hale and Ian Harding reveal wild Pretty Little Liars fan encounters ahead of new on-screen reunion

They really loved the way they lied.Former “Pretty Little Liars” co-stars Lucy Hale and Ian Harding spilled the truth on their most memorable encounters with fans of the beloved teen drama in the 16 years since it premiered.“I remember there was this guy, I think he was German, and he had all of our faces tattooed … all of his arms were filled with all the ‘PLL’ characters.

That’s what we call a true fan,” Hale told The Post.Harding’s most chilling fan moment happened when he was vacationing in the Arctic Circle in Finland.“We were in this lodge, and there was one of the guides there … a grizzled Finnish man.And we’re getting ready to go out and like chase reindeer or something.

And he goes, ‘My daughter loves your show.I watch it as well sometimes.

Now let’s go outside,'” Harding said.Hale and Harding, who reunited on-screen for the first time in nearly a decade for the new Hulu romantic comedy “The 12 Dates of Christmas,” said male viewers tend to hide their love of the hit Freeform series, which aired from 2010 to 2017.“I was always surprised at the amount of men who would always use the excuse that ‘My girlfriend or wife loves the show,’ but they somehow knew everything about it,” said Hale, 37.“I’m like, ‘Really? You can’t make eye contact with me right now,'” added Harding, 40.“They’re like, ‘Yeah, I don’t watch it.It’s not my thing.'”The duo also reminisced about their first meeting — a chemistry read for “Pretty Little Liars,” in which Hale starred as a high school student who becomes romantically involved with her English teacher, played by Harding.“And I remember when you left … everyone just kind of looked at each other and was like, ‘Yeah, that’s him,'” Hale recalled.

“Really?” asked Harding.“Meanwhile, I left and was like, ‘Well, that sucked.

I didn’t get that one,’ and then here we are, many years later.”When Hale landed a role in “The 12 Dates of Chris...