Emily in Paris Trivia | 40 facts about the Netflix series

Emily in Paris is a popular TV series aired on Netflix, that became really popular due to its casual plot, and fashion trends featured in it.

So, let’s find out more about “Emily in Paris”.

1. The plot is about a young American woman from the Midwest, who is hired by a marketing firm in Paris to provide them with an American perspective on things.
2. Emily is played by the famous actress, Lilly Collins.
3. Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu and Ashley Park star along with Lilly Collins.
4. The creator is Darren Star.
5. He has also created “Sex and The City”.
6. Gabriel is played by 32-year-old Lucas Bravo.
7. He is Emily’s hot downstairs neighbour/Emily’s friend’s boyfriend/Emily’s love interest.
8. Bravo’s character manages to impress Emily with his cooking early on in the series.
9. It turns out he also used to be a chef in real life.
10. Speaking to Manny The Movie Guy, he revealed he was a sous chef in a restaurant a few years ago.
11. When he first got the scripts, he was like, ‘Oh, wow, this is definitely for me, as he felt like he would definitely going to use these skills.
12. One particular hotel commonly featured on the show – HÔTEL PLAZA ATHÉNÉE is famous for its reputation in being a popular hotel in the fashion industry.
13. It is located on the street Avenue Montaigne.
14. This hotel is where Christian Dior opened its first boutique transforming the areas as the city’s ‘Avenue of Fashion’.
15. Christian Dior also held many of his fashion shows and photoshoots at the hotel.
16. Cadault’s fashion week looks are modelled on the 2019 Paris Couture Week show created by Dutch designers Victor & Rolf.
17. Darren Star brought back SATC costume designer Patricia Field to work on Emily in Paris.
18. When Emily wears the tulle skirt at her first big work party, it’s paying homage to Carrie’s tulle skirt in the series finale of Sex and the City, Field revealed.
19. Her ‘Emily’ earrings are also a nod to Bradshaw’s famous ‘Carrie’ necklace.
20. Emily’s best friend is Mindy.
21. She’s a nanny and aspiring singer, and is portrayed by Ashley Park.
22. Her CV boasts a long list of impressive Broadway credits including her 2014 debut in Mamma Mia!, The King and I in 2015, and most notably her role as Gretchen Wieners in the Mean Girls musical.
23. The last one bagged her a Tony Award nomination in 2018.
24. Production on the show began in August 2019.
25. It actually lasted untl November.
26. Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo and Samuel Arnold all ended up living together while filming on location in Paris.
27. Samuel Arnold portrayed Julien.
28. “We moved in together and it was just so much fun,” Bravo revealed.
29. Emily initially struggles at work because she can’t speak a word of French.
30. Lilly Collins though knows hot to speak French.
31. “I used to speak and dream in French, read in French, and was pretty fluent,” she told Glamour.
32. She then stopped practicing, but maybe this is her chance to start practicing again.
33. The opera moment took everyone’s breath away on set
34. Antoine Lambert is the head of a fancy French parfumerie.
35. He is portrayed by French actor William Abadie.
36. He’s appeared in lots of TV roles, including ER, The OC, Gotham, Homeland, Entourage and Ugly Betty.
37. He also played Blair Waldorf’s stepfather Roman in Gossip Girl.
38. The series was filmed entirely in Paris and all of the famous landmarks you see were shot on-site.
39. Mindy wasn’t originally meant to sing in the show, but Star later wrote it into her character’s storyline.
40. Emily’s boss, Madeline, Madeline – played by Kate Walsh – is known from her roles in Grey’s Anatomy and more recently 13 Reasons Why and also as The Handler in The Umbrella Academy.