- It was so incredible to see how much joy and escapism
and laughter and fun
the show brought to people all over the world.
It was incredibly special for us all to shoot,
and for it to be therapeutic, in a way,
and special for people to see it when they did was,
I think, a dream come true.
- I was happy watching it,
and I was just a viewer at that point,
so I was really, really excited to see at that point.
[Laughs]
- I think we were really surprised
at how much the fans held on to the,
"I'd bon appetit him."
I feel like they really enjoyed that.
Lucas, I can't tell you how many countless memes we saw of
"I'd bon appetit him,"
or like, "The chef's hot," yeah.
- As long as we were on set, you know,
we jumped right back at it and it was just so much fun
because the script this season is completely crazy.
- It was very nice to see everyone,
even the technical crew, the French crew,
it was so, so, so fun.
- Being the new kid at school is never that exciting,
even though I was so excited to be honest with you.
I had all these nerves and all these little bits of anxiety,
and I've never been welcomed into a group,
especially, with the first season being such a success,
and coming in to the first read-through,
and these girls right here,
throwing their arms around me,
and just welcomed me in and being like, “Right, then.
"We're gonna hit the ground running,"
and I'm living in a little fantasy for myself, honestly.
My feet still haven't touched the ground.
- Hi, I'm Lily Collins here
with the cast of 'Emily in Paris,'
and here are the top five moments from Season 2
that we all needed.
The first thing that we didn't know we needed
but definitely did need this season
was an opulent moment at Versailles.
- Oh my god, that was mine.
- Guys, honestly - Yeah, but I'm in the scene.
You came to visit.
- I just broke in to visit someone.
- When I found out we were going to Versailles,
I was like, "OK great, if we get to go to a Season 3,
we're going to the moon,"
because I was like there's no way
that we're gonna get to Versailles.
And they shut down all of Versailles,
we had this epic dance sequence, model
runway fashion show down the Hall of Mirrors,
which was insane, divine.
We have Jeremy O. Harris joining us,
we have, of course, Pierre Cadeau in the scene,
we have an amazing cast of characters in the front row
and the second row of the show,
a sea of pastel,
all of these incredible sights and sounds
and smells and textures of Versailles.
And I cried when we did the first take of it
because I was not expecting this, like, mass-mob dance number
to happen and all the different models that came down,
it was just, like, a sight for the eyes,
and it was just so beautiful.
So, I think that was definitely an epic scene
that I was never expecting that we'd get to shoot.
- Another moment we definitely, definitely needed
from Season 2 was Ashley Park doing her thing,
using that beautiful, beautiful pipe-set she's got,
and she's got this original song for the show in Season 2.
Honestly, it knocks me off my feet every time I hear it,
and it is truly, truly incredible,
and just hearing her voice.
- End of Season 1,
I knew that Mindy was now gonna be working as an emcee
at the drag club,
but she really leaves that premise pretty fast.
And I would say, I guess like,
I'll go into my one I think that we needed in Season 2
that we didn't know that we needed,
I think the return of some old characters,
and also these new characters, you know?
Alfie, Benoit, and Etienne,
we have Jeremy O. Harris's character.
We have a lot of new characters, too.
And I really think that just, like, adds to the fabric
and textures of this story.
- I met Lucien on Zoom briefly,
within, like, the casting process.
And I was just like, "Oh yeah, like, duh?"
[Laughs]
"Like, where has he been?"
It was so fun to get to have, like, new energy in the show,
mixed with new energy from all of us already coming back
into a Season 2,
and it was just so nice to kind of have Alfie and Gabriel
have a storyline,
Aflie and Emily. - [Mindy] Totally!
Well, I think that's what was so fun,
is, like, these new characters brought out all
of these colors in the characters that we already had,
that was so fun.
And I mean, just the ball of energy that Lucien
is and his, like, craftsmanship, too.
I think that's when we really realized
what an impact this show might've had,
when we had these new people who came
who were so excited to be a part of it.
- Oh yeah, you were like ready Scene 1, Day 1, action.
Like, you were just, like, it.
And I was like, "Oh, this is gonna be fun."
- And we were all like, "He's really British."
- Yeah, "He's like really British."
- "He's, like, British, British." [Laughs]
- Honestly, with these guys, like I said,
they just open their arms and so I had no choice
but to hit the ground running.
- I think the thing I was most excited about,
was you actually see the dynamic
with Mindy moving in with Emily
because at the end of Season 1,
when it happens, we were just so excited to see
where this was gonna go because having all us
in the building at some point,
it feels like we're all gonna move into this building.
- I know, it's so true. - Now, with Camille, too.
- I was gonna say, one of the funniest scenes
in watching it back was the one
when, like, Gabriel comes out of the apartment
and we're planning the birthday.
- Oh, yeah. - And, like, there's just
so many moments of comedy now with everyone living
in the same building.
- It's so funny. - Oh my god.
- Listen, I thought, you know,
we are, what? Five minutes into this interview and I thought
we weren't gonna talk about omelet pans, but - [Laughs]
You know, it's my curse now.
It's been omelet pans all over the place for two years now.
At Netflix, everybody got candles and stuff like that.
I got an omelet pan. [Laughs]
- Oh wait, really?
Wait, Lucas, you should create an omelet pan line.
I feel like it would do well.
- Oh my god, that's so funny.
- Finally, the final moment that we needed from Season 2,
I think, for me, it would be the confrontation
I think for me it would be the confrontation
between Gabriel and Camille.
And he's just trying to apologize,
but at the same time apologize [for] Emily,
and I'm like, "Are you kidding?
"It's both your fault.
"I'm not gonna be, like, sweet right now." And it's in French,
so it was very nice to play in French with Lucas
because we never did before that scene.
So yeah, I think that will be my moment.
The confrontation that Camille getting angry.
- Yes. - Yeah.
Honestly, the moment the fans needed was Camille
finding out.
- Oh my god.
- Yeah, that was like, we are waiting for that.
- And then the, like, dropping of the champagne.
[beep]
- Basically, that was just the scene right there.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't have to watch. [Laughs]
- We had such drama on set that day
because I was supposed to say, you know,
she runs away from the table, then I'm supposed to say,
"Camille, it's not what you think."
And I told the writers,
I'm like, "You know that sentence,
'It's not what you think,'
"it's what every cheating boyfriend has been saying
"this last century.
"And also, it's exactly what she thinks."
So, we had an entire, like, brainstorming discussion
and we changed it to something a bit more nuanced.
- What was it?
- It's like, "Oh, wait!"
Or something like that. [Laughs]
- So nuanced! [Laughs]
- I think that I'm Team just Emily.
We leave her at the end of Season 2 at a place of, like,
"Oh, but like should I -
"I shouldn't like - Will she be mad?
"Will he be mad?
“What should I do?” Like, all of this.
And I’m team, just, like, her pursuing her happiness,
like, whatever that means and figuring it out for herself.
- I mean, I'd love to take the Eurostar to London
for a little bit. - Yeah, that too.
So I honestly, I'm gonna say for, like, a minute,
we’re gonna be, like, Team Alfie, just because, like,
I feel like, he can, like, open her eyes to London,
and I think she really needs that.
But, I do also feel, like, Team Emily in that, you know,
really got to figure herself out and take a moment,
and take a breather.
There's, like, a lot of decisions to be made,
not only with romance, but, obviously in the office,
whether it's Madeline or Sylvie, you know?
There's a lot of breathing that needs to happen
before she could actually take the the plunge.
- But definitely Emily needs to see Alfie's life,
and definitely the other characters need to come to London
to also see his life. - Yeah.
I mean, a girls trip. [Laughs]
- Onscreen and offscreen,
that's gonna be a hell of a trip guys.
- Yeah, yeah. [Laughs]
- I got you all. I got you all. [Laughs]