Anya Taylor-Joy’s secret wedding to Malcolm McRae involved “anatomically correct heart cakes”, the actress has revealed.

The Peaky Blinders star posted a clip from the 2022 New Orleans celebration to social media, showing the newly-weds with individual life-sized replicas of the human heart.

In the Instagram clip, Taylor-Joy and her musician husband crossed arms with each other as they bit into the gruesome cakes, complete with vein detailing – dripping blood (fruit syrup) onto the plate below.

She captioned the post: “Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans. The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever.

“N.B yes, those are anatomically correct heart cakes.”

The actress joked: “I am the vampire Lestat.” A reference to the fictional main character of The Vampire Chronicles novel series by Anne Rice, played by Tom Cruise in the on-screen adaptation.