Trivia / Emily in Paris

• Actor-Shared Background: Lucas Bravo, who plays Gabriel, worked as a sous-chef, just like Gabriel.
• The Cast Showoff: Broadway singer Ashley Park gets to sing "La vie en rose" and "Chandelier".
• The Danza: Camille Razat as Camille.
• Fake Nationality:
  • Korean-American Ashley Park as the Chinese-Korean Mindy, who specifically grew up in Shanghai.
  • In season 2, Dutch photographer Erik de Groot is portrayed by Danish actor Søren Bregendal.
• Produced by Cast Member: Lily Collins is one of the producers of the show.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The show was supposed to air on Paramount Network, until ViacomCBS decided to cut scripted content for the network following their merger.
  • Following his hilarious analysis of the show's season 2 on Saturday Night Live, NFL hall-of-famer Peyton Manning was set to do a small cameo in season 3, since he conveniently was already on a Paris vacation. Eventually his guest spot fell through when the shooting location changed to the Provence.
• Write What You Know: In her Guardian editorial decrying the more acclaimed I May Destroy You getting snubbed by the Golden Globes, writer Deborah Copaken mentions that parts of Emily's life and embarrassments were inspired or based on her own experience working in Paris in her early 20s in the late 80s-early 90s.