John Lithgow Reveals the Costar That Made Him Feel Like ‘A Total Nobody’

Legendary actor John Lithgow revealed to People the one co-star who made him feel like “a total nobody.”

Lithgow is on the promotional circuit for his new movie Conclave, in which he stars opposite Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci. Lithgow admitted that being in Rome with the Searching for Italy host was a serious shock to his ego.

“It made you feel like a total nobody to walk down the streets of Rome with Stanley,” Lithgow said. “On the way home from work one day, at like 6:30 p.m., we stopped off to buy some wine,” the Blow Out actor recalled. “We'd all been invited to the same party, so Stanley, Ralph Fiennes, and I went into a wine shop. We just had the car stop and let us out, and we went in to buy wine for the hostess. And Stanley, of course, bought about eight bottles of wine. And everybody in that store, customers and service people alike, they [behaved] like a Beatle had walked into their door.”

Lithgow and Fiennes, who have their fair share of iconic film and television roles, were left to awkwardly look on. “Ralph and I felt like extras in Gandhi — absolutely no attention was paid!” Lithgow joked. “So you just had to swallow that bitter pill.”

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Despite their awkward night out, Lithgow more than enjoyed his time on set with Tucci and Fiennes. “What I liked most was being in this ensemble of actors,” Lithgow reflected. “They were so superb and all of us had the greatest scenes to play. We took turns having our moment, and yet it all wove together so beautifully.”

Conclave is in cinemas beginning on Oct. 25.