Anya Taylor-Joy’s husband “accidentally” proposed to her on the “Forrest Gump” bench

Los Angeles, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Anya Taylor-Joy has revealed that her husband and musician Malcolm McRae “accidentally” proposed to her on the bench in the movie “Forrest Gump.”

In a clip posted to Instagram by Letterboxd, Taylor-Joy told this story during an interview with her co-star Chris Hemsworth on July 6, the 30th anniversary of the release of the cult film starring Tom Hanks, reports People.com.

In the clip, Hemsworth asked Taylor-Joy if anything “special” had happened in her life on the iconic bench from the film.

“Yes, my husband accidentally proposed to me on the Forrest Gump bench in Savannah,” she replied, adding that it was a “complete coincidence.”

The bank in Forrest Gump, released in 1994, played a central role in the film directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film also stars Sally Field as Forrest’s mother and Robin Wright as his lover.

Most of the story is told in flashbacks, with Forrest describing his life story to strangers he meets on the bench while waiting for the bus.

“And he’s a boy from Alabama and I’m blonde, so… it just happened. I hear this music and I cry like a baby,” said the “Dune 2” star.

The video was captioned: “Thinking about Anya Taylor-Joy’s proposal today.”

The British-American actress secretly married musician Malcolm McRae in New Orleans in April 2022, before the couple celebrated a second wedding in Venice, Italy in October 2023.

However, it is unlikely that McRae proposed to Taylor-Joy on the same bench that Hanks sat on during filming, as it now stands in the Savannah History Museum in Georgia. The two may have gotten engaged on a similar bench at the Chippewa Square bus stop in Savannah, where the scenes were filmed.

Source: IANS