Surely part of the appeal for her is working with costar turned BFF Ashley Park. “I couldn’t love you more @ashleyparklady. I don’t know what I did to deserve a friendship and sisterhood like yours, but I’ll hold onto it for dear life,” Collins wrote of Park, who plays Emily’s roommate, Mindy, on the show. Park shared the renewal news on her Instagram Stories, pointing to a likely return.
As for Emily’s love interests, Deadline reports that all three of her main suitors will reprise their roles in season five. That includes Lucas Bravo, despite some interviews that cast doubt on Gabriel’s return in October 2024.
“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in season one and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take,” Bravo told IndieWire at the time.
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Referencing creator Darren Star and the show’s writers, he added, “They made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone. It kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much being slowly turned into guacamole. I really grew apart from him.”
Well, it looks like Bravo has a chance to find more common ground with Gabriel in season five. Here’s the complete lineup of returning cast members, per Deadline:
- Collins as Emily Cooper
- Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau
- Park as Mindy Chen
- Bravo as Gabriel
- Samuel Arnold as Julien
- Bruno Gouery as Luc
- William Abadie as Antoine Lambert
- Lucien Laviscount as Alfie
- Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello