“Emily in Paris”: everything about the third season told by its own protagonists | INTERVIEW

Since its premiere in 2020, the creators of “Emily in Paris”, that distant, youthful and cartoonish cousin of “Sex and the City”, were very clear that the canvas offered by France to tell the story of an American publicist who came to one of the main capitals of the world would conquer the public through its delicacy, color and romance. In the third season of the series, the colors multiplied by adding Provence and the Loire Valley as settings and by placing the camera lens inside the always symbolic Eiffel Tower.

Using lavender and purple colours, costume designer Marilyn Fitoussi combines the beauty of French country flowers with the cast’s clothing in a new take on the production’s always interesting ‘fashionista’ proposal. Although when it was time to shoot, the French actor William Abadie, who represents the millionaire businessman Antoine Lambert, remembers that he did not agree with wearing a purple jacket that made redundancy between the colors offered by the landscape.

“We were surrounded by lavender gardens in Provence. The decoration, the event, the daisies and on top of that a lavender jacket… I said no. I suggested a twist and we went shopping together,” the actor told this newspaper in a video conference about the deep green and turquoise sports jacket that distinguishes him in a scene from the sixth episode of the season and “that I had never seen, a small gem”. “I’m still trying to get my hands on it, but Marilyn won’t give it to me,” jokes the actor who is aware of the weight that fashion and haute couture have in the popularity of the story.

time for romance

At the start of the third season, Emily (Lily Collins) has a nightmare in which Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), the boss of Savoir, the marketing consultancy she works for, forces her to decide between staying and living in the country of your dreams or return to your ‘real life’ in Chicago. Although there is much to weigh, one factor ends up being decisive for both of them in the decisions they will make in this part of the plot.

For Emily and Sylvie, love remains the biggest dilemma. Both live a loving indecision for two men. For one, there is a hidden pain for an impossible love. For the other, love is written in a French style of freedom and no strings attached, like having a husband at a distance, but a formal relationship with another man much younger than her.

“Sylvie and her husband gave each other freedom and space, but what they felt between them never expired. In my opinion, everyone is free to do what they want. If he wants to get married, he gets married; if not, then no”, admits the actress Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu during the Zoom link with this newspaper.

“And what is love”. The question arises at one point in the virtual interview and the actors Bruno Gouery and Samuel Arnold, members of the fictional Savior team, have an answer that well defines the rhythm of this third installment. “It is the point of the series and of the world”, answers the first. “There are so many songs, books, paintings, everyone tries to explain it, but you can’t do it, you just have to feel it,” he adds. “It may sound a bit cheesy, but you literally fall in love every day. You just have to stop for a moment and listen, because then you will realize it, ”continues Arnold.

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