Netflix series: Drama on the set of “Emily in Paris”: director’s assistant dies

Due to a death on the set, filming for the continuation of the Netflix success series “Emily in Paris” had to be interrupted shortly before the end. When shooting for the fifth season in a hotel in Venice, a 47 -year -old director’s assistant suddenly collapsed, as was confirmed on the part of the city administration. The Italian could no longer be revived. It is believed that the man suffered a heart attack. It is unclear how long the filming is suspended.

The series about a young American – played by Lily Collins – is actually native to Paris. However, some of the new episodes play in Italy, both in Rome and Venice. Originally, the shooting in the lagoon city should last until Monday. Rome was shot in May. The fifth season of “Emily in Paris” is scheduled to start in the streaming service shortly before Christmas. The series is a great success internationally.

Director of the director came from Venice himself

According to Italian media reports, the director’s assistant died in one of the best -known hotels in the city, the Hotel Danieli in the immediate vicinity of Markusplatz, where one of the last scenes was to be shot. There he collapsed on Thursday evening around 6.30 p.m. in the middle of production. A team of doctors was still trying to wake the man again with a defibrillator – without success. After 45 minutes he was declared dead. The entire team was shaken, it said.

The 47-year-old came from Venice himself. He has been working in the international film business for many years, also in the United States and Great Britain. He also wrote poems as well as fairy tales and other stories for children. The city administration expressed their condolences to the family. The annual film festival with a lot of international prominence such as Julia Roberts and George Clooney begins in Venice on Wednesday (August 27). Until then, the shooting should definitely be completed.

Relocation to Italy causes discussions

The move of the serial heroine to the Italian capital, where she received a job as an agency leader, had also employed politics. Even France’s President Emmanuel Macron campaigned for Emily to come back to Paris. “” Emily in Paris “in Rome, that doesn’t make sense,” he told the US industry leaf “Variety” last year. So far, Netflix is ​​silent about how it goes on.

There were difficulties during the shooting in May in Rome because the conclave for the election of the new Pope took place at the same time. At that time, there were so many people around the Vatican that several scenes had to be shot again. When white smoke finally rose from the fireplace of the Sistine chapel, the shooting had to be completely interrupted because crowds to proclaim the new church overhead Leo XIV flocked to St. Peter’s Square.