Conclave Stars Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini at NYC Premiere

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Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini came out for the premiere of Conclave at the AMC Lincoln Square in New York City. We spoke with the stars about preparing for their roles in the dramatic film and what it was like shooting in Rome. Longtime friend of Rossellini, actress Brooke Shields was also there and excited to screen the film. 'I've been waiting for this movie,' she said, 'There's just not one person in it that I am not enamored with their talent and in awe of.' From director Edward Berger, Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events - selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church. Conclave which also stars Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow hits theaters October 25.

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00:00Hi, I am Brooke Shields and you are watching Life Minute TV.

00:09I've been waiting for this movie. There's just not one person in it that I'm not enamored with.

00:15They're talent and in awe of and Isabella's been a friend of mine for decades.

00:20I'm changing my makeup to make it not to look young or but just creativity. Colors.

00:28Of course shooting in Rome was wonderful because also the Vatican was there so we could shoot some of the things at the Vatican.

00:34Some were redone at the studio, some were done just in Rome.

00:37And then in the times off you can really feel the atmosphere of the Vatican because there's a church every block,

00:44the atmosphere of every church, the music, so it was really fantastic.

00:48I think the word is going around that Stanley Tucci led us astray in a culinary sense.

00:54Towards the end of shooting there was a wonderful restaurant run by a family.

00:58I think it was Pasolini's favorite restaurant and he took us there one night and we had the most wonderful food.

01:07But Stanley was our ticket.

01:09Every role is different obviously. It's hard to always explain how you prepare for a role.

01:15You know it's a combination of reading around a subject, imagining what it's like to be that person,

01:21talking to people who are close to the role you're playing, priests or cardinals or theologians,

01:27trying to get an interior sense of a character.

01:30It's hard to say what process that is but it's really an intense process of collating information

01:38and then imagining how it can be and sit inside oneself I suppose.

01:42You know I grew up Catholic and I went to Catholic school so I didn't have to do a very in-depth research.

01:49Once I played a woman, an orthodox Jew, and I had to learn more about that culture and the gesturality when they pray.

01:57But this was all very familiar to me.

02:00I always knew that the nuns, with all that they have a very submissive role in the Catholic Church,

02:05they are full of authority.

02:07So I play my sister Agnes with the same respect but great authority.

02:13There is one sin which I have come to fear above all others.

02:20Certainty.

02:22If there was only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery.

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