SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for Emily in Paris Season 4 Part 1. Emily in Paris star and executive producer Lily Collins wanted to bring more vulnerability and maturity to Emily Cooper for the fourth season of the popular Netflix series. In part one of the fourth installment, which landed on Netflix on August 15, Emily has a lot to sort out on the heels of last season when Camille (Camille Razat) called off her wedding to Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and acknowledged that Emily and Gabriel had feelings for each other.
Though the wedding, which swiftly shifted into gear at an engagement party, was called off, Gabriel revealed to Emily that Camille is pregnant with his child. Poor Alfie bowed out of the church once Camille mentioned something he had always worried about. “[Emily]’s been in this city, at her job, meeting these people, in these relationships for longer, and with that comes a comfortability and a trust and a safe space,” Collins told Deadline.
“So now she can feel all the feelings she can show more emotions on a deeper level and be more vulnerable. And I was just really excited for that, because to me it grounds her more and makes her more relatable.” In the following interview, Collins unpacked Emily’s progression and arc that led her to where she is in Season 4, with eye-catching scenes like the masquerade ball DEADLINE: Why is it such a big deal for her to embrace the gray area looking back on how far she’s come in Paris? Collins: It’s a.