Emily in Paris'Lucas Bravo 'Really Grew Apart' from Gabriel's Storyline: 'Makes Me Question If I Want to Be Part of Season 5'

Mar. 15, 2025

Lily Collins, Lucas Bravo in ‘Emily in Paris’ season 3.Photo:Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

Emily in Parisis confirmed to return for season 5, butLucas Bravoisn’t so sure what the future holds for Netflix’s favorite French chef.

The actor has played Gabriel, the on-again-off-again love interest to Emily (Lily Collins), since season 1 of the show. But after season 4 saw his character “being slowly turned into guacamole,” in Bravo’s words, he “really grew apart from him.”

“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take,” Bravo, 36, toldIndieWire. “I’ve never been so far away from him.”

“I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self. Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore. It’s a comedy, everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I’m just slowly sinking into god knows what.”

Lily Collins as Emily, Lucas Bravo as Gabriel in ‘Emily in Paris’ season 4.Stephanie Branchu/Netflix

Stephanie Branchu/Netflix

It’s gotten to a point that the storyline “makes me question if I want to be part of season 5,” Bravo admitted as he revealed, “My contract ends at season 4.”

PEOPLE has reached out to Netflix for comment.

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Bravo also noted the “lack of risk” on set, and he told the outlet, “I tried for seasons to bring nuances but we don’t have much liberty on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to comply.”

His exit is not a certainty in any capacity, though, as he said, “I love the show. It started everything for me. I love the show and the people in it. With saying that, I feel like I am not being nice or grateful, but when you love something you want it to be…you want the best version of it. I’m not going to lie, I’ve been frustrated with the direction my character is taking.”

Lucien Laviscount, William Abadie, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Lily Collins, Bruno Gouery, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Samuel Arnold and Camille Razat attend “Emily In Paris” fourth season red carpet at Space Cinema Moderno Roma on September 10, 2024 in Rome, Italy.Ernesto Ruscio/Getty

Ernesto Ruscio/Getty

However, there is uncertainty to an extent for Gabriel, given thatEmily decided to move to Rome at the end of season 4, both for love and for work.

After breaking up with Gabriel, a chance meet-cute on the mountain with Italian heartthrob Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini) leads to a whirlwind weekend in Rome for Emily — and she ends up accepting a new job running Agence Grateau’s office in Rome.

Seasons 1-4 ofEmily in Pariscan be streamed on Netflix.

source: people.com