This article contains major character or plot details. By Jean Bentley
Gas up your Vespa and grab your helmet: Lily Collins has landed in Rome for Emily Cooper’s next chapter, and this time, it’s in Italy. That’s right, Emily in Paris Season 5 production has officially started — see for yourself below, in a selfie Collins shared on Instagram. And check out a video of Collins and co-star Eugenio Franceschini, who plays Italian beau Marcello, on the first day of filming in the Eternal City. Don’t worry — it doesn’t mean the American expat is finished with France, as production will move back to Paris later this summer.
“The cast and crew of Emily in Paris are thrilled to begin filming Season 5 in the Eternal City,” creator Darren Star says about the next chapter of the series, which is set to premiere later in 2025. “From Parisian rooftops to Roman ruins, we can’t wait to share where Emily’s next chapter takes us.” Cast members Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Sylvie Grateau), Ashley Park (Mindy Chen), Lucas Bravo (Gabriel), Samuel Arnold (Julien), Bruno Gouery (Luc), William Abadie (Antoine Lambert), Lucien Laviscount (Alfie), and Eugenio Franceschini (Marcello) are all returning for the new season.
Joining the returning cast this season is Academy Award-nominated actor Minnie Driver. The actor will play Princess Jane, a friend of Sylvie’s (Emily’s boss), who married into a royal family.
Season 4 of the series saw the expat spark a romance with a handsome Italian fashion scion and then move into an Italian apartment to open a Rome office for Agence Grateau. But the locale twist doesn’t mean the name of the show is changing. “Emily’s going to have a presence in Rome,” says Star. “It doesn’t mean she’s not going to be in Paris, but she’s going to have a presence in Rome.”
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Emily in Paris Season 4 ranked No. 1 on the Netflix Global Top 10 when it premiered in August. It had 19.9 million views in its first four days, reaching the Top 10 in 93 countries, and has remained on the list for four consecutive weeks since.
Collins announced the Season 5 news during an appearance on Good Morning America, and tells Tudum she’s looking forward to seeing what happens between her character and new beau Marcello (Franceschini).
“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.”
Star confirms that Emily’s relationship with Marcello will be explored in Season 5, saying, “I feel like they have a real spark and a real connection and a real romantic connection. A lot of that’s going to continue to play out next season.”
source: By Jean Bentley www.netflix.com