(CNN) Warning: This story contains spoilers about "Master of None" Season 2.

Actress Alessandra Mastronardi scored what could be the most important role of her career in a hotel restaurant in London.

It was in that same room that she had to admit to the man who would officially hire her weeks later -- "Master of None" co-creator, writer and star Aziz Ansari -- that she had no idea who he was.

"It was weird and funny at the same time because he didn't know either -- I didn't know he was big in America and he didn't know I was big in Italy," Mastronardi told CNN in a recent interview.

Mastronardi, 31, plays Ansari's on-screen love interest, Francesca, in the second season of "Master of None."

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