“He wanted us to see him on the screen.” Lily Collins talks about Brigitte Macron’s presence in Emily season 4 in Paris.

Brigitte Macron in the flesh, opposite Lily Collins Emily in Paris it looks like camulox, but it’s true. We knew the First Lady was set to appear in the second episode of Season 4, which airs on Netflix this Thursday, September 12, but now we know more about the French President’s wife’s intervention and the behind-the-scenes. brought him to the cameras of series creator Darren Starr.

“He had a great sense of humor”

On September 11, guest on TMC’s Quotidien, lead actress Lily Collins, who plays Emily Cooper, opened up about her first meeting with Brigitte Macron in December 2022. I’m sure I wasn’t dreaming, he confided to Jan Barthes. Brigitte Macron invited us to Darren (Star, editor’s note) and I a few years ago. He wanted to talk about the series, to tell us how much he loves the series, how grateful he is for what it has brought to Paris. He told me he loved being in Season 1, he had a lot of humor about it. And we discussed the possible appearance of this new season. Remember that in the first season of the series, which will air in 2020, the First Lady appears, but only seen from behind. In addition, her character was played by another actress.

“We had to have answers to give him.”

This time, first lady French wanted to be real. “She had so much fun being in Season 1, in fact, I think more than anything, she wanted us to see her on screen, so we had to have lines to give her,” confided Lily Collins. So does Brigitte Macron have a future in film? His on-screen co-star doesn’t say that. On the other hand, the American actress seems to have fond memories with the first lady on set. “He came on set, he was funny, he was great, he was very warm and he was improvising, we had a really good time.”