Lucas Bravo is returning to Emily in Paris for season 5 after he threw shade at his character, Gabriel.
Bravo, 36, will film scenes for season 5 when the show goes into production in May 2025, according to Variety. Gabriel’s Michelin-rated restaurant is set to be one of the backdrops of the upcoming season as Emily in Paris remains in, well, Paris — with some scenes being filmed in Rome after Emily (Lily Collins) got a job offer in Italy. The outlet reported that a third destination for the show is being explored with Saint-Tropez or Megeve currently in consideration.
The news of Bravo’s return comes after he expressed frustration with Gabriel’s arc in recent seasons.
“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take,” Bravo told IndieWire in October. “I’ve never been so far away from him.”
Courtesy of Netflix It doesn’t seem like Lucas Bravo is looking forward to season 5 of Netflix’s Emily in Paris. Bravo, 36, has played Gabriel, the hot, French chef neighbor and love interest to Lily Collins’ Emily, since season 1. He reprised the role for season 4, which premiered on Netflix in August 2024, but […]
Bravo said he thinks Gabriel had “slowly turned into guacamole” before making a dig about narrative “souffles” and a “lack of risk” on screen.
“In season 1, there was a lot of me in him. But as they made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone, it kind of became not fun for me to shoot,” he noted. “Or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole. I really grew apart from him.”
The actor attempted to voice his issues, adding, “[But] there is only so much I can do in the limits of a script. I tried for seasons to bring nuances but we don’t have much liberty on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to comply.”
At the time, Bravo hinted that he might step away from the show.
“It makes me question if I want to be part of season 5 — because my contract ends at season 4. I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self,” he continued. “Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore. It’s a comedy, everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I’m just slowly sinking into god knows what.”
A source subsequently gave Us Weekly insight into the situation.
“The show is Emily in Paris — not Gabriel in Paris,” an insider shared earlier this month. “Everyone is so upset about the remarks he made. There is going to be a lot of tension.”
Emily in Paris season 4 just came to an end and fans received answers to some of their biggest questions about the show — including that love triangle. The Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, originally centered around Emily’s move from the U.S. to France, and the challenges that come with that. Emily (Lily Collins) […]
During season 4, Gabriel found out his ex Camille (Camille Razat) was lying about expecting his baby. The false pregnancy originally prevented him and Emily from acting on their feelings for each other before briefly exploring them in the back half of the season. Their romance was short-lived, however, and Emily started a romance with Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini) just as Gabriel made the decision to fight for their future together.
“I think Gabriel realized that he doesn’t want to let Emily go so easily, and he might have made a big mistake. They certainly had a big fight and a cooling off period. But I think he realized that by the end of the season, there’s something that he doesn’t want to let Emily go,” creator Darren Star explained to Deadline in September. “I don’t know what that means. Doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to be together instantly or ever. I don’t know, but I think he feels there’s unfinished business with the two of them.”
Emily in Paris is currently streaming on Netflix.
