Despite saying she and her sister were “very big fans” of the Oscar-nominated actor, Tanya said at first they initially thought it was a lookalike.
“We started googling him and when he came back into the room, we were like, ‘oh that’s definitely him’,” she said.
But, after confirming their suspicions and approaching the waiter, Tucci, who has also starred in The Hunger Games, Spotlight and Conclave, came over to their table.
“He did kindly approach us,” Tanya said. “We had a bit of a conversation.
“He was really nice, he congratulated me on getting married and said I looked lovely and was like ‘would you like to take a picture?’ – so we took a picture together.”
However, she said she had not wanted to ask too many questions because she was “so starstruck”.
She said he was “so gentle, so polite, so kind – he was very genuine.”