When season 2 ofEmily in Parispremieres on Netflix, fans will still be in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PEOPLE has an exclusive clip of the cast and crew, including stars Ashley Park and Lucas Bravo as well as creator Darren Star, detailing the different locations that served as the sets for the 10 new episodes, which will be released on Wednesday.
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“Coming into the second season, it’s exciting because we get to go to new places within the city,” Collins, 32, says.
“People all over the world have a love of Paris as a place that they would fantasize about living in, that they would love to visit. They want to live and visit Paris vicariously through watching the series,” Star shares.
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Collins and costar Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who portrays Emily’s French boss Sylvie Grateau, both share memories from shooting on the River Seine. “There’s so many different places this season. I found it to be magical to start in St. Tropez. I found it to be so incredible on the Seine on a bateaux-mouches,” Collins recalls.
While Park, who portrays Emily’s best friend Mindy, says she loves “the big fancy” locations, she’s also fond of filming in the real-life streets. “We’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is where they live. This is where we live,’ " she shares.
“My favorite location to shoot this season was the Marché des Lices. It’s just this gorgeous market that goes on and on and on,” Bravo, who plays Emily’s neighbor and rising chef Gabriel, says of the outdoor market. “Stables of fruits and vegetables all over the place, and the classical people yelling, ‘My strawberries!’ It felt like home, I really liked that set.”
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With season 2 expanding Emily’s world in France, fans will undoubtedly be craving a European getaway.
“One of the highlights for me was we were shooting in Gare de l’Est. We had an Orient Express train brought in for us, specifically. We got to move it out during the scene and then stop it, and back it in to have the actors interact with the train moving,” says executive producer and director Andrew Fleming.
Production designer Anne Seibel and art director Mary Saisselin also explain how they replicated the couchette in which Emily sleeps in on her way to St. Tropez. When she wasn’t styling the inside of the railroad car, Seibel says she was creating the set of Gabriel’s new restaurant Chez Lavaux.
Another standout location in season 2 is the Palace of Versailles.
Collins says she couldn’t believe she got to film in the grand Baroque style gallery. “When I found out we were shooting at Versailles, my response was ‘Oh great so now so next season we’re going to the moon?’ But no truly, to me there’s nothing more opulent and grand and special — and wow — than Versailles,” she explains.
“Our beautiful sets, it really felt like a dream,” Collins adds.
Season 2 ofEmily in Parispremieres Wednesday on Netflix.
source: people.com
