"The Promise" star Angela Sarafyan in an Instagram post has unveiled an interesting behind the scene detail, suggesting that she and co-star Oscar Isaac were actually married by an Armenian priest.
The war drama centers on a love story involving a medical student (Oscar Isaac), a journalist (Christian Bale), and the Armenian woman (Charlotte Le Bon) who steals their hearts. All three find themselves grappling with the Ottomans’ decision to begin rounding up and persecuting Armenians during the first genocide of the 20th century.
"A little unknown fact. The priest on the set of @thepromisefilm was a real Armenian priest from Armenia that happened to live in Spain. Etchmiadzin, one of the oldest cities in Armenia, has three sister churches and this is where he was ordained. He actually married us on set, with the true Armenian prayer they would do at any traditional Armenian wedding. Those prayers were true in 1915 and remain the same to this day. In the end, he told us, "I need to divorce you, because you are technically married in the eyes of God." — we had to shoot the next scene so he never got to that part," Sarafyan said.
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