From left to right: Lily Collins, the star of “Emily in Paris”, the wife of the President of the Republic Brigitte Macron and actress Thalia Besson during filming of the Netflix series in Paris, April 2, 2024
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Asked about the fact that the Netflix phenomenon series left Paris for Rome before the fifth season, the French president replied: “We will fight hard. And we will ask them to stay in Paris! +Emily in Paris+ in Rome has no sense”.
For the head of state, the series is “super positive in terms of attractiveness for the country”.
Regarding Brigitte Macron’s participation in the fourth season, “she was very happy to do it. It only lasts a few minutes but I think it was a very good moment for her”, continues the President of the Republic.
“The idea of the + cameo + (flash passage, Editor’s note) came to us when Darren Star (the creator of the program, Editor’s note) and I met her at the Élysée in December 2022,” revealed Lily Collins, star of “Emily in Paris”, in Elle magazine.
“I’m less attractive than Brigitte!” Emmanuel Macron also slips when Variety asks him if the producers asked him to make an appearance.
Since its launch in 2020, the series has unleashed audiences and hit the headlines. There are those who love it, those who hate it, and those who love to hate it.
“Emily in Paris” was notably criticized at its beginnings in France for perpetuating a fantasy about the City of Lights which has a hard life, from the beret to the “bon vivant” Frenchman, or for presenting a sanitized capital, very, sometimes too , “instagrammable”.
