You may or may not know that Anya Taylor-Joy has been married for two whole-ass years — to musician Malcolm McRae, specifically.
Anya revealed the sorta-secret marriage in an IG post — where else? "Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans," she wrote in the caption. "The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever. Happy second ( first ) anniversary my love…you’re the coolest🫀."
Now that the proverbial beans have been spilled, Anya is revealing more about how the couple came to enter their current state of wedded bliss.
Specifically, the 1994 tearjerker classic Forrest Gump, which won six Oscars including Best Picture and a Best Actor statuette for Tom Hanks.
“Forrest Gump, I love that movie," she said. "I miss movies like that."
"Just huge, epic sagas where you just feel every emotion under the sun and there’s, like, this beautiful poetry underneath it. I love it.”
Chris then asked Anya, “Did something special happen on the Forrest Gump bench?” — referring to the iconic bench in Savannah, Georgia that the main character sits on throughout the film.
“Yes," she confessed. "My husband accidentally proposed to me on the Forrest Gump bench in Savannah. Complete accident and he’s a boy from Alabama. And I’m blonde. So [it] just happened."
"I hear that music and I cry like a baby.”
You can watch the entire interview with Chris and Anya here.
