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Lily Collins Revealed Her Ideal Emily In Paris Spinoff Setting
“It would be so fun.”
Netflix’s Emily in Paris Season 4 ended with Lily Collins’ character, Emily Cooper, swapping the French capital for Rome. However, the actor would rather see Emily in a different European city.
In a new interview with the BBC, Collins said it “would be so fun” to see Emily move to London in a possible spinoff, as the character would be fond of the city’s hotspots, including Portobello Road, Big Ben, Hamleys toy store, and Buckingham Palace. “She would try and get the guards to smile but I’m not sure she’d be able to do that,” the actor joked.
Collins, who currently lives in London while starring in the West End production Barcelona, also listed what she loves about the UK capital, which she says “feels like home.”
“I love the Tube but most of all I love sitting on the front of a double-decker bus and looking out of the window,” she said. “I don’t even have a plan on where I want to go, I just sit there and see all the sights and people.”
Collins also said she and her husband, Charlie McDowell, enjoy walking their dogs on Hampstead Heath in their downtime. “I go there so often,” she added. “It really is huge and it actually feels like countryside even though you’re in London.”
Chef Gabriel’s Emily In Paris Future
Cooper’s co-star Lucas Bravo, who plays Emily’s love interest Gabriel, also recently discussed his character’s place on the show, revealing that he may not return for Season 5.
In a new interview with IndieWire, the actor expressed his frustrations with the direction of his character, adding that Gabriel has “slowly turned into guacamole.”
“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in Season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take,” Bravo said, adding that he’s “never been so far away from him.”
The actor also revealed that “because [his] contract ends at Season 4,” he’s now questioning whether or not he’ll reprise the role in future seasons. Bravo continued, “I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self. Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore.”
