Emily in Paris: How good are Ashley Park & Lucien Laviscount’s French?

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Emily in Paris' co-stars Lucien Laviscount and Ashley Park reveal who is the BEST at speaking French. Report by Bangurak. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Hi guys, I love your background, it's all perfect.

00:03Hi, we're matching, we're matching, love it.

00:06I know, I mean, I might have had a sneaky suspicion

00:09that it was going to be pink, but here we are.

00:12It's so good to see you, season four.

00:16Guys, how did we get here, like, so fast?

00:19What do you think it is that everyone loves about this show,

00:22me included, by the way?

00:24Gosh, I think it comes down to, well, it starts with the writing,

00:27but I think just being able to live in Paris

00:30and go on this journey with these amazing characters

00:33that Darren and the guys have created.

00:35Yeah, and I feel like the show's so aspirational, too.

00:38Both of us had never been to Paris before we filmed this show,

00:41so it's a city that everyone knows about and wants to go to,

00:45and I think that having that escapism

00:47and being able to be there with these characters

00:49and see the opulence of the city is always something.

00:52And I think that the thing that people tell us most of the time

00:55is that it's a really easy watch and it's really joyful

00:59and it makes them happy, so that's the best.

01:01Is that one of the best things about being a part of this show,

01:04getting to film in Paris?

01:06Oh, 100%.

01:07Like we said, it was our first time being in Paris

01:11and then to kind of set roots there and make it home

01:14and to be able to kind of explore it and know it

01:17and understand it and feel it.

01:19It's a gift, it's a gift come true, really.

01:21You guys must have had some of the best dinners over there.

01:24You must know all the best spots to go by now, right?

01:27Well, what's funny is I think last season,

01:29or the past couple of seasons, us and a lot of our castmates,

01:33we lived in the same area in the Marais,

01:35and so we have our spot that we always go to

01:37that's open all the time.

01:38Always, yeah.

01:39So we definitely have spots that are our favourites,

01:41and that's what's fun about returning to the city now.

01:43It feels like, oh, we know the spots we want to go to, so yeah.

01:46How is your French?

01:48Yours is good.

01:50Je m'en rends compte.

01:51I can understand a lot more, but I don't let on to it,

01:54so don't tell anybody.

01:55Yeah, yeah, that's kind of my angle as well.

01:58I kind of plead that I don't speak any French,

02:00and then I have a little listen.

02:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:03Sneaking it out.

02:04And Lucien, obviously people are in love with Alfie.

02:07How does it feel knowing that this show

02:09has made you an absolute worldwide heartthrob?

02:12Wow, that's a big shout.

02:16Honestly, I'm just really pleased

02:18that I was kind of able to bring the character to life

02:22and people have received him the way they have.

02:25I guess it's kind of amazing what reach the show has,

02:29with it being on Netflix.

02:30And it's fun.

02:31At our first table read,

02:32I don't think Lucien ever had the intention of like,

02:34you know what I'm going to do?

02:35I'm going to make this character a heartthrob.

02:37I think all of us just like,

02:38and I was like, I'm not going to make this

02:39like an endeared best friend.

02:40We all just were like, what is this character?

02:42How do we play it?

02:43And then that's what comes from genuine acting.

02:45But I remember your mom came to set for the first time.

02:47My mom came, oh gosh.

02:48That's probably why you stay like humble in yourself.

02:50She's very, yeah, she's the most adorable.

02:52Sweet.

02:53I know I'm not trying to give you a big head here,

02:55but I'm just stating facts.

02:57No, no, I appreciate it.

02:59Mindy is absolutely hilarious.

03:01I mean, I just find her hysterical.

03:03Is it just so fun every day getting to play her

03:06and seeing what she's going to say next?

03:08Oh, that's a wild, yeah, yeah.

03:10Getting to see what she's going to say next is very,

03:12and sometimes it's stuff that I wouldn't find appropriate

03:15to say ever as Ashley.

03:16So it's fun to be able to be like, oh,

03:18I guess there are people who would say that.

03:20And I think it's fun because it's the reason the writing

03:23is great globally is that I don't think,

03:26at least I don't approach anything that she's saying

03:28with pure honesty as a joke.

03:31Let me try to make you laugh.

03:32But she's just saying everything exactly as it is.

03:35And that is very funny to people.

03:37It works.

03:38Yes, we love her.

03:39Well, listen guys, enjoy.

03:41I hope you have the best time in Paris.

03:43And when we got off this call,

03:44you can let me know all the good places to go, right?

03:46Yeah, yeah, yes, of course.

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