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Slated for release on Dec. 21, the new season
of the television comedy stars Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, an
American who has relocated from Chicago to the French capital
for a marketing job in the luxury industry.
The series, which is produced by "Sex and the City" creator
Darren Star, debuted at the height of pandemic lockdowns in 2020
and was watched by 58 million households in its first month,
making it the most popular comedy on Netflix that year.
It has drawn ire in France for caricatures of Parisians while
inspiring droves of visitors from abroad to the capital for
selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower and meals at Emily's
favorite haunts.
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who plays the role of Emily's French
boss, said that while the series pokes fun at the French, it
also takes on Americans, pitting different working styles
against one another - but hinted at newfound cooperation between
the two cultures.
"In the third season, we wind up inspiring one another - I
inspire her and she inspires me and this bridge that we have to
build between the cultures comes into place," said
Leroy-Beaulieu, speaking to French radio channel France Inter
Tuesday.
"Emily in Paris" adds two new cast members, Paul Forman and
Melia Kreiling, in the upcoming series.
(Reporting by Mimosa Spencer; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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