Lily Collins on pulling double duty as actor and producer for Emily in Paris Our voices matter
New Delhi Dec 20 PTI Emily in Paris star Lily Collins who is looking forward to the premiere of the shows second season says the Netflix series gave her an incredible opportunity to use her voice in more than one wayIn the series the English-American actor plays Emily an American marketing executive who moves to France for a job opportunity and also serves as a producerThe first season followed the protagonist trying to find her feet in a foreign city as she juggled her career new friendships and love lifeThe upcoming chapter will see Emily immerse herself more in French culture said CollinsShe speaks the language more she goes to French class She takes style tips from the chic French vibe of her colleagues and her friends that shes meeting and really gets to explore the different fabric of the city with new people that shes meeting as well as the places the 32-year-old actor told PTI in a Zoom interviewShe also praised the team of the show created by Darren Star for being receptive to different ideasWearing different hats within one production is always really interesting because as an actor you want to be able to use your voice and be a part of collaborative conversations in different ways that you dont think that you canBut what was so amazing about this set even though I am technically a producer everyones so collaborative In a sense that our voices do matter with choices whether its fashion or dialogue and really just having all the creatives of this team want to collaborate with everyone on set thats an incredible opportunity The new season also goes a step ahead in the evolution of Emilys character from a fish out of water to a woman who embraces French culture something the makers always wanted to explore the series lead addedThis season we did get to explore more of France and what that means with the language and having subtitles and having the French characters speak in their native language What makes up the fabric of the city is locations and people she saidBesides showing the fabric of Paris in different locations around it Collins said the comedy drama series has paid attention to the casting of new and diverse characters obviously diversity in front of the camera and behind the camera is extremely important and always has been she addedAshley Park who plays Mindy Chen a nanny and Emilys first friend in Paris said her character also sees massive growth in the second installment of the showIn Mindy we get to see a lot more of her vulnerability and her own insecurities too As you know she serves as a guide in season one to Emily for most of the timeWe really see her lean on Emily in this season We get to see some of her flaws too and her trying to figure out navigating what womanhood means to her Park an American actor of Korean descent addedThe second season of the 10-episode series which was filmed on location in Paris and across France is scheduled to premiere on Netflix from December 22 PTI RDS RDS RB RB
New Delhi Dec 20 PTI Emily in Paris star Lily Collins who is looking forward to the premiere of the shows second season says the Netflix series gave her an incredible opportunity to use her voice in more than one wayIn the series the English-American actor plays Emily an American marketing executive who moves to France for a job opportunity and also serves as a producerThe first season followed the protagonist trying to find her feet in a foreign city as she juggled her career new friendships and love lifeThe upcoming chapter will see Emily immerse herself more in French culture said CollinsShe speaks the language more she goes to French class She takes style tips from the chic French vibe of her colleagues and her friends that shes meeting and really gets to explore the different fabric of the city with new people that shes meeting as well as the places the 32-year-old actor told PTI in a Zoom interviewShe also praised the team of the show created by Darren Star for being receptive to different ideasWearing different hats within one production is always really interesting because as an actor you want to be able to use your voice and be a part of collaborative conversations in different ways that you dont think that you canBut what was so amazing about this set even though I am technically a producer everyones so collaborative In a sense that our voices do matter with choices whether its fashion or dialogue and really just having all the creatives of this team want to collaborate with everyone on set thats an incredible opportunity The new season also goes a step ahead in the evolution of Emilys character from a fish out of water to a woman who embraces French culture something the makers always wanted to explore the series lead addedThis season we did get to explore more of France and what that means with the language and having subtitles and having the French characters speak in their native language What makes up the fabric of the city is locations and people she saidBesides showing the fabric of Paris in different locations around it Collins said the comedy drama series has paid attention to the casting of new and diverse characters obviously diversity in front of the camera and behind the camera is extremely important and always has been she addedAshley Park who plays Mindy Chen a nanny and Emilys first friend in Paris said her character also sees massive growth in the second installment of the showIn Mindy we get to see a lot more of her vulnerability and her own insecurities too As you know she serves as a guide in season one to Emily for most of the timeWe really see her lean on Emily in this season We get to see some of her flaws too and her trying to figure out navigating what womanhood means to her Park an American actor of Korean descent addedThe second season of the 10-episode series which was filmed on location in Paris and across France is scheduled to premiere on Netflix from December 22 PTI RDS RDS RB RB
