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An incredible engagement video made by “the least romantic man in the world” reduced complete strangers to tears after going viral online.

Ian Croll, video editor at the ECHO, surprised fiancee Kayleigh by creating his very own movie trailer and arranging for it to be projected on the big screen at Odeon’s Liverpool ONE branch - where she thought they were going to watch a horror film.

The blockbuster proposal, which stars his dog Clay and his two best friends Anthoney and Michael, shows the 30-year-old supposedly running out of the cinema having forgotten the ring.

On his journey to collect it he runs past several Liverpool landmarks, stops for a pint and even eats a takeaway before arriving home to find his pet goldendoodle Clay holding the ring in his mouth.

He is then seen running back to the cinema while one of Kayleigh’s favourite Ed Sheeran songs plays in the background before appearing at the front of the screen on one knee.

Ian, from West Derby , told the ECHO the proposal took over two and a half months of planning to pull off.

He said: “Kayleigh said I’m the least romantic person in the world so I wanted to prove her wrong and do something special for her.

“Obviously with my job at the ECHO, I’m really into films and videos so I decided to do this.

“The filming took a day but it was about three months to plan it, a guy called Rudi from the Odeon was really helpful and re-formatted the video for the big screen for me.

“Kayleigh thought we had free tickets to go and see a horror film with our friends, but really the cinema had a 30 minute slot between screenings for us to show the film I’d made, they couldn’t have been more helpful they were brilliant.

Despite his careful planning, Ian’s surprise proposal was nearly ruined when Kayleigh decided she needed to use the bathroom right before the movie was about to start.

Ian added: “The plan was for one of my mates to say I need the toilet and I was going to say I needed the toilet as well so I could leave.

“She said she needed the toilet as well, so I had to put my hand on her shoulder and just say no, she got really annoyed.

“She turned to her mate and said ‘why is he telling me I can’t go the toilet?’

As well as the amazing proposal, Ian had also planned a surprise engagement party for all of Kayleigh’s family to watch the film he’d created.

He added: “Kayleigh was overwhelmed, she couldn’t speak and didn’t know what to say. We went for a drink afterwards and then I’d planned a surprise party with all the family.

“Everyone was loving it, we played the video for them and they were dead emotional.”

Since sharing the video online, it has racked up over 60,000 views and hundreds of shares, with many viewers dubbing it the “best proposal ever” - with complete strangers reduced to tears.

Natalie Navarro commented: “Balling my eyes out here. Fab video, congratulations on your engagement, I don’t know either of you but wishing you a long and happy life together. Excuse my while I go and get some tissues to dry my eyes.”

Joan Harris added: “OMG I don’t even know this couple but I sobbed. Best of luck for the future.”

Jackie Leach commented: “Aw this is brilliant! Cried my eyes out watching it! Fabulous. Many congrats to you both xx”

Lucy Hamilton said: “This is fab, just sobbed and don’t even know them. Congrats to them.”