Lily Collins Was 'So Happy' That Emily Finally 'Breaks Down' in Emily in Paris Season 4 (Exclusive)

This article contains spoilers for season four of Emily in Paris.

Fans love to immerse themselves in the amazing world of Emily Cooper on Netflix Emily in Paris while the Chicago native manages life, work and love in Paris. But things started going deeper in Season 4, and Lily Collins was happy about it.

Collins, who plays the title character, spoke with PEOPLE at the Season 4 press conference and opened up about filming some very difficult crying scenes.

Lily Collins as Emily Cooper in ‘Emily in Paris’.

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“I was actually really happy that Emily finally had moments to break down, and break down, because it was important to show her a more vulnerable side this season because there were so many things that were thrown in her way, so many things that her thoughts were true , and then they weren’t true,” Collins tells PEOPLE.

Lily Collins as Emily Cooper in ‘Emily in Paris’.

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In season 4, Emily goes through a breakup with chef Gabriel (played by Lucas Bravo) after she gets tired of being the third wheel in his relationship with Camille (Camille Razat), his ex who is pregnant with his child.

Just as the reality of the breakup hits Emily, she finds herself face to face with another ex, Alfie (Lucien Laviscount). As she wakes up hoping for a reunion, he breaks the news to her that he is with someone else. This causes Emily to have a major breakdown.

“I think it’s also really important to just show Emily as someone who is very strong and capable and capable, and at the same time, capable and capable of feeling emotions and not knowing what’s going on, because you can’t have your stuff together all the time,” Collins says. . “And I think that was very important.”

Something that was very important to the viewers of the show was whether or not Emily and Gabriel would end up together.

“I wasn’t surprised because there are so many ups and downs in that relationship, and knowing that this new character [Marcello] going into the game, I somehow knew something was going to happen [creator] Darren [Star],” Collins says of Emily’s breakup with Gabriel. “Because Darren always surprises you.”

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Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, Lily Collins as Emily in ‘Emily in Paris’.

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After their breakup, Emily takes a plane to Rome to visit her new lover Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini), but by the season finale, Gabriel is ready to go to Rome to get his girlfriend.

Season 5 hasn’t been confirmed yet, but Star says he has some ideas if it’s renewed. “There are so many ways it can go,” he tells PEOPLE on the red carpet at the Rome premiere. “There are some ideas. It’s a really fun story to keep telling.”

After four seasons playing everyone’s favorite expat in Paris, Collins says playing Emily has taught her a lot, including “how to think quickly on your feet. How to be more solution-driven. How to always lead with kindness and love.”

She continues, “That’s something that I loved about her from the beginning when I read the character, that I really connected with. But it really hits home every day when you’re playing someone who leads your day with kindness and love every day by remembering that.”

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Parts 1 and 2 of Emily in Paris season 4 is now streaming on Netflix.

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