Emily Cooper is about to say hello to the French Alps on Emily in Paris — and the filming location is the hometown of one of the stars of the series.
William Abadie, who plays Maison Lavaux owner Antoine in the Netflix series, tells PEOPLE that he gave series creator Darren Starr Megève, the ski resort where he grew up, as a filming location.
The official trailer for the second part of the series’ fourth season shows Emily (Lily Collins) on the snow-covered slopes with Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), where they argue about his relationship with Camille (Camille Razat).
“When we decided to shoot the winter season, I lobbied Darren [Star] and I say: ‘Winter, Paris la la, but we have beautiful mountains in the Alps, just like in Italy. So why don’t you come see Megève?'” the actor recalled.
Lily Collins as Emily and Lucas Bravo as Gabriel.
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Abadie says he made a “little film” filled with highlights of Megève – a picturesque destination in the Mont Blanc mountains in south-east France – to send to Star, which eventually decided to set the first episode of the second part there.
Although Abadie notes that his character does not appear in those scenes, he says that Star was “nice enough” to invite him on set.
“I was all over the place and it was just a heartwarming experience to have … all that family that I love so much to be so close to my childhood family,” he adds.
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William Abadie as Antoine Lambert in ‘Emily in Paris’.
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The trailer also reveals that Emily takes a plane to Rome in the second half of the season, after her best friend Mindy (Ashley Park) advises her to “do something spontaneous and reckless and un-Emily.”
Emily is seen meeting a possible new lover, Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini), while riding on the back of his Vespa.
“So now you’ve been with a French, a Brit and now an Italian? You’re really stamping your passport huh?” Mindy teases Emily, referring to her past relationships with Gabriel and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).
Netflix’s synopsis for the upcoming episodes teases that Emily is “developing feelings” for a new girlfriend and “thinking about leaving the City of Love.”
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Lucas Bravo as Gabriel.
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Filming in Rome was “extraordinary”, says Abadie, noting that the Eternal City “had to be first on the list” of other European capitals for the series to visit.
When asked where Emily in Paris was supposed to travel next, Abadie says, “I’m getting a little pale, so maybe Greece, you know, wouldn’t be too bad. I had several islands to explore, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Spain.”
“We need a Spanish lover for Emily,” he jokes.
Emily in Paris Season 4, Part 1 is streaming now and Part 2 will premiere on Netflix on Thursday, September 12th.
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