BANDUNG, SEATIZENS – Lucas Bravo, a French actor known for his role as Gabriel in the Netflix series Emily in Paris, recently expressed his disappointment with the direction of his character’s story and his involvement in the series.
Bravo expressed the possibility of abandoning the series after its fifth season, arguing that Emily in Paris “doesn’t take the intelligence of viewers into account.”
He expressed this opinion in an interview with the French magazine Le Figaro.
Bravo highlighted the communication aspect of Gabriel’s relationship with Emily, which he said felt “less than realistic.”
He described the relationship as “a bit old-fashioned” because it still hinges on conflict stemming from a lack of communication—something that, he says, is no longer appropriate for today’s younger generation.
“People are now more vocal and confrontational,” he said. For Bravo, the repetition of this conflict actually makes the plot feel less fresh and tends to show patterns that the audience can predict.
Bravo also admitted that he had suggested that Gabriel’s character open a vegan business, but the idea was not accepted by the showrunners.
He felt his freedom in developing Gabriel’s character was limited and longed for a more challenging project. “Life is short,” he said, adding that the series takes five months to shoot each season.
He questioned whether he still wanted to commit to a role that no longer moved him personally.
As his career has progressed since joining Emily in Paris, Bravo has appeared in several big films, including Mrs Harris Goes to Paris and Ticket to Paradise.
These roles, he said, gave him more freedom to explore various characters and channel his ambitions as an actor. He will also appear in the biopic Libre as well as the British thriller Turn Up the Sun!.
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Bravo emphasized that while Emily in Paris provided light entertainment and escapism, he now yearns for a more substantial project.
According to him, this series has experienced story development since the first season and is more nuanced, but he still feels that he does not have full freedom to explore the characters.
“I didn’t really have freedom [in Emily in Paris], and when I got it elsewhere, I started to feel it,” she said.
The Emily in Paris series, created by Darren Star, is controversial in France because of the stereotypes it displays about Parisians and the French.
Even so, Bravo hopes that the development of this series can provide more depth, not only to the characters but also to the story as a whole.
(Mars)
