Tag: Emily in Paris

  • Fans of Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’ flock to Place de l’Estrapade

    By Associated Press

    PARIS: The immense success of the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” has transformed a quiet, untouched square in the French capital into a tourist magnet.

    In the historic Latin Quarter and just a short walk from the magnificent, domed Pantheon, tucked so deeply away that you could easily miss it, lies the Place de l’Estrapade. For diehard, beret-wearing fans of the show, this sliver of a neighborhood has become a landmark of its own.

    That’s because this is where the fictional character Emily Cooper, a 20-something American portrayed by Lily Collins, lives, dines and savors French pastries from the local bakery.

    The newfound attention can be disruptive for the real people who live and work here, but the show is also igniting a new passion for Paris — and even anti-Emily graffiti has become part of the attraction.

    The romantic comedy, whose third season was released in December, traces Emily’s adventures and misadventures in her Parisian career and love life.

    On a sunny weekday, the square bustles with tourists from the U.S. and far beyond, taking photos, video and selfies.

    It’s all here: Emily’s apartment building at 1 Place de d’Estrapade, where she lives next to would-be love interest Gabriel. The restaurant where Gabriel — portrayed by French actor Lucas Bravo — is the chef. And, of course, the bakery she loves.

    Dancer Riskya Octaviana from Jakarta, Indonesia, came directly to Paris after performing in Germany because of how much she loves the show. After twirling on the square, Emily-style, she said, “Emily is my big friend.”

    A woman walks past a graffiti reading “Emily Not Welcome” scrawled on part of the facade of the building where the fictional character Emily Cooper lives, at 1 Place de d’Estrapade, in Paris, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Photo | AP)

    Elizabeth and Ruben Mercado celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Paris and visited Emily’s neighborhood as part of their trip. Elizabeth Mercado said she prepared by binge-watching the show just before they left.

    “We’ve been trying to practice the small bits of French that we picked up during the show,” she said.

    Tourists make a point of stopping and snacking at Boulangerie Moderne, the Modern Bakery featured in the series. The tourist infusion has boosted profits, acknowledges owner Thierry Rabineau.

    But the flipside to fame has come in online comments. Some people, many posting anonymously, have slammed the quality of his bakery. Rabineau thinks the show has mistakenly given viewers the impression that he’s running a luxury pastry shop instead of a standard local bakery selling croissants at 1.30 euros ($1.43) each.

    “People are writing comments, saying it’s overpriced, it’s not good. It’s disgusting. This baffles me,” Rabineau said. “It’s a modern bakery, a small neighborhood bakery.”

    He’s aware how lucky he is that the show came along. “We are profiting from a current situation. … But in two or three years, there won’t be any more tourism and we will have to be here to survive,” he said.

    Stephanie Jamin, who lives on the square and crosses paths with the throngs of tourists on a daily basis, has had to adjust to residing in a go-to place on the tourist map. She says the people themselves aren’t a nuisance, but the crowds can be imposing.

    “We have become an ultra-touristy district, whereas it was a small square still a bit preserved from tourism,” she said.

    Another resident emerging from Emily’s apartment building said they were allergic to the show. “Emily Not Welcome” is even scrawled in red graffiti on part of the facade.

    But the graffiti, too, is drawing fans, with visitors taking pictures of themselves pointing to the disparaging remark. Among them was Abdullah Najarri, a medical internist from Berlin who calls the series “entertaining.”

    “I got to see a lot of Paris through that series, actually, and the lifestyle and and the clichés — partly true, partly not, so that it’s nice,” he said.

    People walk in the Place de d’Estrapade, in Paris, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo | AP)

    Croatian digital creator Sladana Grzincic, touring Paris wearing a white beret, sunglasses and a striped blue and white sweater, was photographed taking a jump and a twirl in front of Emily’s apartment.

    Seeing the real neighborhood makes her eager for the next season, which she said she will watch “a bit differently because I was here and on the same spots where she’s filming that.”

    Season four is in the works, but the release date remains unknown.

    Resident Jamin remains philosophical about the fascination with her neighborhood.

    “It is as ephemeral as the series is,” she said. After the Emily frenzy subsides, “there are people like all the shopkeepers of the district who will have benefited enormously from it, and it allowed them to start up again after COVID. They needed that.”

    “There will inevitably be an end. Emily is not Victor Hugo. She will not be inducted into the Pantheon,” Jamin said. “She will go home and everything will be fine.”

    PARIS: The immense success of the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” has transformed a quiet, untouched square in the French capital into a tourist magnet.

    In the historic Latin Quarter and just a short walk from the magnificent, domed Pantheon, tucked so deeply away that you could easily miss it, lies the Place de l’Estrapade. For diehard, beret-wearing fans of the show, this sliver of a neighborhood has become a landmark of its own.

    That’s because this is where the fictional character Emily Cooper, a 20-something American portrayed by Lily Collins, lives, dines and savors French pastries from the local bakery.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The newfound attention can be disruptive for the real people who live and work here, but the show is also igniting a new passion for Paris — and even anti-Emily graffiti has become part of the attraction.

    The romantic comedy, whose third season was released in December, traces Emily’s adventures and misadventures in her Parisian career and love life.

    On a sunny weekday, the square bustles with tourists from the U.S. and far beyond, taking photos, video and selfies.

    It’s all here: Emily’s apartment building at 1 Place de d’Estrapade, where she lives next to would-be love interest Gabriel. The restaurant where Gabriel — portrayed by French actor Lucas Bravo — is the chef. And, of course, the bakery she loves.

    Dancer Riskya Octaviana from Jakarta, Indonesia, came directly to Paris after performing in Germany because of how much she loves the show. After twirling on the square, Emily-style, she said, “Emily is my big friend.”

    A woman walks past a graffiti reading “Emily Not Welcome” scrawled on part of the facade of the building where the fictional character Emily Cooper lives, at 1 Place de d’Estrapade, in Paris, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Photo | AP)

    Elizabeth and Ruben Mercado celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Paris and visited Emily’s neighborhood as part of their trip. Elizabeth Mercado said she prepared by binge-watching the show just before they left.

    “We’ve been trying to practice the small bits of French that we picked up during the show,” she said.

    Tourists make a point of stopping and snacking at Boulangerie Moderne, the Modern Bakery featured in the series. The tourist infusion has boosted profits, acknowledges owner Thierry Rabineau.

    But the flipside to fame has come in online comments. Some people, many posting anonymously, have slammed the quality of his bakery. Rabineau thinks the show has mistakenly given viewers the impression that he’s running a luxury pastry shop instead of a standard local bakery selling croissants at 1.30 euros ($1.43) each.

    “People are writing comments, saying it’s overpriced, it’s not good. It’s disgusting. This baffles me,” Rabineau said. “It’s a modern bakery, a small neighborhood bakery.”

    He’s aware how lucky he is that the show came along. “We are profiting from a current situation. … But in two or three years, there won’t be any more tourism and we will have to be here to survive,” he said.

    Stephanie Jamin, who lives on the square and crosses paths with the throngs of tourists on a daily basis, has had to adjust to residing in a go-to place on the tourist map. She says the people themselves aren’t a nuisance, but the crowds can be imposing.

    “We have become an ultra-touristy district, whereas it was a small square still a bit preserved from tourism,” she said.

    Another resident emerging from Emily’s apartment building said they were allergic to the show. “Emily Not Welcome” is even scrawled in red graffiti on part of the facade.

    But the graffiti, too, is drawing fans, with visitors taking pictures of themselves pointing to the disparaging remark. Among them was Abdullah Najarri, a medical internist from Berlin who calls the series “entertaining.”

    “I got to see a lot of Paris through that series, actually, and the lifestyle and and the clichés — partly true, partly not, so that it’s nice,” he said.

    People walk in the Place de d’Estrapade, in Paris, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo | AP)

    Croatian digital creator Sladana Grzincic, touring Paris wearing a white beret, sunglasses and a striped blue and white sweater, was photographed taking a jump and a twirl in front of Emily’s apartment.

    Seeing the real neighborhood makes her eager for the next season, which she said she will watch “a bit differently because I was here and on the same spots where she’s filming that.”

    Season four is in the works, but the release date remains unknown.

    Resident Jamin remains philosophical about the fascination with her neighborhood.

    “It is as ephemeral as the series is,” she said. After the Emily frenzy subsides, “there are people like all the shopkeepers of the district who will have benefited enormously from it, and it allowed them to start up again after COVID. They needed that.”

    “There will inevitably be an end. Emily is not Victor Hugo. She will not be inducted into the Pantheon,” Jamin said. “She will go home and everything will be fine.”

  • Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’ actor Lily Collins: My dog is more famous than me

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actress Lily Collins filmed the Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’ on the streets of the French capital, but onlookers were often more interested in her dog Redford.Speaking on the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, Lily – who is married to filmmaker Charlie McDowell – revealed: “Sometimes when I didn’t get recognised in Paris shooting the show, Redford would still get recognised.””It was wild. Charlie would be walking him along one of the bridges and people would be like ‘Ah! Is that Redford?’ And we were always like ‘Oh my god, what?’ It was really wild.”Collins loves her dog and thinks they can really help to lift people when they’re feeling low, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The ‘Windfall’ star explained: “A gorgeous dog or a cute dog or just a personality-filled dog, it never doesn’t brighten your day in some way.”People are always looking for reasons to smile, and I feel like that’s just the perfect reason. Especially if you’re just walking your dog, people will stop and say something.”She shared that her husband is the one who mainly runs Redford’s Instagram account, even though he was initially opposed to the idea. Asked about the account and who is responsible for running it, the actress said: “That would be Charlie.”

    “We kind of do it together, but it’s so funny because at the beginning he was like, ‘Our dog is not going to have socials.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I know’. And then all of a sudden Charlie is the one doing it!” “I was like, ‘You totally have to eat your words’. We both are doing it now, but it’s really a Charlie-led production.”

  • Lucien Laviscount to return in ‘Emily In Paris’

    By Express News Service

    Hollywood actor Lucien Laviscount will return to reprise his role as Alfie in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s dramedy series Emily In Paris. The news was announced during the show’s panel at Paley Fest.

    Laviscount’s character Alfie was Emily’s (Lily Collins) love interest in the second season. The story focused on their friendship which evolved into a romantic relationship. It ended with Alfie returning to the UK and Emily about to reveal her real feelings for Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) when she finds out that Camille had moved in back with him.

    Emily In Paris is created by the series writer Darren Star, who also executive produces along with Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns and Andrew Fleming. The show is produced by MTV Studios, Darren Star Productions, and Jax Media.

  • ‘Emily in Paris’ season 2 production commences

    By Express News Service
    Shooting for the second season of the Netflix series Emily in Paris has officially begun in Paris.

    The series, which stars Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, and Ashley Park, will also be shot in St Tropez, among other places in France.

    The news comes after Netflix revealed that the show was the most popular comedy series of 2020 on the streaming platform, with over 58 million households watching it in the first 28 days.

    The show, which was renewed for a second season in November 2020, follows the workplace adventures of Emily, an ambitious, American marketing executive who moves to Paris when her company acquires a French luxury marketing organisation. Emily in Paris is created, written, and executive produced by Darren Star. 

    The show’s star Lily Collins is one of the producers, with Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns of Jax Media and Andrew Fleming serving as executive producers.