Alison Brie and Dave Franco.Photo: George Pimentel/WireImageDave Francois reminiscing about his and his wifeAlison Brie’s love story.TheAfterpartystar, 36, recounted his awkward proposal to Brie, 39, during his appearance on Wednesday’sepisodeofThe Late Late Show, as he prepares to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.Theymet during Mardi Gras in New Orleansin 2011, for which she was wearing a silver mask throughout the weekend. “I would try to take it from her, she wouldn’t let me take it. It was this playful back-and-forth,” Franco explained. At the end of the trip, she left him a note with the mask, which Franco saved and incorporated into his proposal several years later.Francopopped the questionduring a trip to Big Sur, Calif. in August 2015. Since he knew Brie wanted to pick out her own engagement ring, he bought a “placeholder ring” from a vintage store for $10.“So, we go up to Big Sur, we’re on the back patio, she’s out overlooking the ocean,” he recounted. “She turns around, I’m on one knee, I’m wearing the mask, I’m holding up the ring. And because it had been five years, she couldn’t place the mask. She didn’t know what it was.The21 Jump Streetactor added: “So, what she sees is me wearing this weird, stupid mask, holding up this janky stone ring. And so, the entire proposal is her saying, ‘What is happening right now?’ And it’s me trying to explain how sweet it is that I kept the mask for five years.“He and Brietied the knotduring a private ceremony in March 2017. Brie later spoke to PEOPLE about how she and Franco were finding their footing in their first year of marriage.“Something about being married made me feel so settled, almost more free, I guess, rather than like trapped,” she said that November. “It’s great. So now, let’s go do whatever we want. Onward and upward.“RELATED VIDEO: Dave Franco Opens Up About How Alison Brie Was ‘Really the Only Option for Marriage’Francois preparing to direct his wifein his upcoming Amazon romantic comedySomebody I Used to Know, the script for which they co-wrote together. Brie previouslystarred in his 2020 directorial debutThe Rental.“I enjoyed watching him work with everybody and seeing the crew fall in love with him because he was so collaborative and so passionate,” Brietold PEOPLEat the time. “His enthusiasm on set is infectious and it made me fall in love with him all over again.”
Alison Brie and Dave Franco.Photo: George Pimentel/WireImage
Dave Francois reminiscing about his and his wifeAlison Brie’s love story.TheAfterpartystar, 36, recounted his awkward proposal to Brie, 39, during his appearance on Wednesday’sepisodeofThe Late Late Show, as he prepares to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.Theymet during Mardi Gras in New Orleansin 2011, for which she was wearing a silver mask throughout the weekend. “I would try to take it from her, she wouldn’t let me take it. It was this playful back-and-forth,” Franco explained. At the end of the trip, she left him a note with the mask, which Franco saved and incorporated into his proposal several years later.Francopopped the questionduring a trip to Big Sur, Calif. in August 2015. Since he knew Brie wanted to pick out her own engagement ring, he bought a “placeholder ring” from a vintage store for $10.“So, we go up to Big Sur, we’re on the back patio, she’s out overlooking the ocean,” he recounted. “She turns around, I’m on one knee, I’m wearing the mask, I’m holding up the ring. And because it had been five years, she couldn’t place the mask. She didn’t know what it was.The21 Jump Streetactor added: “So, what she sees is me wearing this weird, stupid mask, holding up this janky stone ring. And so, the entire proposal is her saying, ‘What is happening right now?’ And it’s me trying to explain how sweet it is that I kept the mask for five years.“He and Brietied the knotduring a private ceremony in March 2017. Brie later spoke to PEOPLE about how she and Franco were finding their footing in their first year of marriage.“Something about being married made me feel so settled, almost more free, I guess, rather than like trapped,” she said that November. “It’s great. So now, let’s go do whatever we want. Onward and upward.“RELATED VIDEO: Dave Franco Opens Up About How Alison Brie Was ‘Really the Only Option for Marriage’Francois preparing to direct his wifein his upcoming Amazon romantic comedySomebody I Used to Know, the script for which they co-wrote together. Brie previouslystarred in his 2020 directorial debutThe Rental.“I enjoyed watching him work with everybody and seeing the crew fall in love with him because he was so collaborative and so passionate,” Brietold PEOPLEat the time. “His enthusiasm on set is infectious and it made me fall in love with him all over again.”
Dave Francois reminiscing about his and his wifeAlison Brie’s love story.
TheAfterpartystar, 36, recounted his awkward proposal to Brie, 39, during his appearance on Wednesday’sepisodeofThe Late Late Show, as he prepares to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.
Theymet during Mardi Gras in New Orleansin 2011, for which she was wearing a silver mask throughout the weekend. “I would try to take it from her, she wouldn’t let me take it. It was this playful back-and-forth,” Franco explained. At the end of the trip, she left him a note with the mask, which Franco saved and incorporated into his proposal several years later.
Francopopped the questionduring a trip to Big Sur, Calif. in August 2015. Since he knew Brie wanted to pick out her own engagement ring, he bought a “placeholder ring” from a vintage store for $10.
“So, we go up to Big Sur, we’re on the back patio, she’s out overlooking the ocean,” he recounted. “She turns around, I’m on one knee, I’m wearing the mask, I’m holding up the ring. And because it had been five years, she couldn’t place the mask. She didn’t know what it was.
The21 Jump Streetactor added: “So, what she sees is me wearing this weird, stupid mask, holding up this janky stone ring. And so, the entire proposal is her saying, ‘What is happening right now?’ And it’s me trying to explain how sweet it is that I kept the mask for five years.”
He and Brietied the knotduring a private ceremony in March 2017. Brie later spoke to PEOPLE about how she and Franco were finding their footing in their first year of marriage.
“Something about being married made me feel so settled, almost more free, I guess, rather than like trapped,” she said that November. “It’s great. So now, let’s go do whatever we want. Onward and upward.”
RELATED VIDEO: Dave Franco Opens Up About How Alison Brie Was ‘Really the Only Option for Marriage’
Francois preparing to direct his wifein his upcoming Amazon romantic comedySomebody I Used to Know, the script for which they co-wrote together. Brie previouslystarred in his 2020 directorial debutThe Rental.
“I enjoyed watching him work with everybody and seeing the crew fall in love with him because he was so collaborative and so passionate,” Brietold PEOPLEat the time. “His enthusiasm on set is infectious and it made me fall in love with him all over again.”
source: people.com
