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Uh oh, Hot Chef fans. Emily In Paris star Lucas Bravo is having reservations about returning for season five of the Netflix series, saying he’s “frustrated” with the direction of his character. Speaking with IndieWire, Bravo, who plays Emily’s main love interest, Gabriel, says his character is “melancholic, sad and depressed” and not the “sexy chef” he (and we all) fell in love with in season one.
“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. I’ve never been so far away from him,” Bravo said. “In Season 1, there was a lot of me in him. But as they made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone, it kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole.”
The 36-year-old French actor also suggested the actors “don’t have much liberty on set”, adding “there is only so much I can do in the limits of a script.” Now, he’s questioning whether or not to return to the series given his contract ended at season four.
“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. It’s a comedy. Everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I’m just slowly sinking into god knows what.”
You’ve heard the man, Netflix. Let’s bring back the sexy chef!
After the fourth series dropped in September this year, Netflix confirmed Emily In Paris would return for another season. Star Lily Collins shared the news on social media, with creator Darren Star telling Tudum (a publication run by Netflix), “We’re thrilled with the incredible response to this season of Emily in Paris and excited to return for a fifth to continue Emily’s adventures in Rome and Paris!”
He elaborated, saying that Emily will definitely have a presence in Rome this season, but that doesn’t mean she won’t be returning to her life in Paris, as well.
In the fourth season of Emily In Paris, our beloved fish-out-of-water, Emily Cooper (Lily Collins), broke format when she hopped a plane for Rome. Though she was ostensibly there to work and open a new office for Agence Grateau, she had no trouble fitting in some play and a little bit of romance, as well.
Appearing on Good Morning America for the announcement, Collins explained her hopes for Emily in the new season. “Marcello is a whole other adventure that we want for Emily because we ultimately want Emily to be able to have a better work/life balance,” she says. “We want to have Emily be able to smile without condition. We want to see her beyond her vacay mode. And he comes at that perfect time.”
It’s a relief but not a surprise that the show is returning for another season, given its success. According to Tudum, Emily in Paris ranked #1 on the Netflix Global Top 10 when it premiered in August, and had 19.9 million views in its first four days. That was enough to secure the Top 10 in 93 countries, where it has remained ever since.
Season four was a welcomed change from previous seasons, and honestly, it was one that we didn’t even realise we needed until the first episodes aired in August and we found ourselves rooting against Gabriel. In Marcello, we watched a charming romance unfold, and that’s one of the big reasons we tuned in.
“I feel like they have a real spark and a real connection and a real romantic connection,” agrees Collins. “A lot of that’s going to continue to play out next season.”
A premiere date and cast list is still to be confirmed, but we’ll update you as we learn more about Emily In Paris season five.
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