An original Emily In Paris cast member is leaving but it may not be who you think as all three of Emily’s (Lily Collins) romantic interests will be back next season. That includes OG flame Gabriel, played by Lucas Bravo, following months of speculation whether the actor will continue on the show.

Announcing a May start of production on Season 5 — first in Rome and then in Paris — for a 2025 premiere, Netflix has confirmed returning cast for the new installment. It includes Season 3 series regulars Collins (Emily Cooper), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Sylvie Grateau), Ashley Park (Mindy Chen), Bravo (Gabriel), Samuel Arnold (Julien), Bruno Gouery (Luc) and William Abadie (Antoine Lambert) as well as Lucien Laviscount as Emily’s former boyfriend Alfie, who, as Deadline reported in January, will be back full-time next season, and Eugenio Franceschini (Marcello) who was introduced in Season 4 as new recurring character. No word yet on fellow new addition Thalia Besson (Genevieve) who also may join them.

The list hints that Franceschini, whose Italian heir Marcello was romancing Emily at the end of Season 4, may have been promoted to a series regular, though Netflix would not reveal the status of the returning cast beyond confirming that all will be in multiple episodes.

Missing from the list of returning cast is Camille Razat, who had been a series regular for the first four seasons as Camille, Emily’s onetime friend and main rival for Gabriel’s heart. This is not surprising as Camille packed up and left toward the end of Season 4 after one last go at a relationship with Gabriel under false pretenses as she faked a pregnancy.

Asked by Deadline at the time of the Season 4 release in September whether Alfie and Camille were both out of the picture, Emily In Paris creator Darren Star said, “Not necessarily. I mean people come and go out of people’s lives in shows for a period of time, but it doesn’t mean that they’re off the table.”

It is not clear whether Alfie will be back for work, love or both. His boss Antoine also is returning next season, and the last time we saw Alfie, he had moved on from Emily with a new girlfriend, though Emily In Paris is known for keeping on-and-off romances going.

Questions about Bravo’s return for Season 5 started circulating in October when the actor admitted publicly that he was unsure whether he wanted to continue, admitting he felt “frustrated” and playing Gabriel was “not fun anymore” as the character was “being slowly turned into guacamole.”

As Deadline reported in January, while U.S. series typically have series regular cast members under multi-year contracts, they don’t have options on French actors like Bravo, so he had to sign on to return. At the time, conversations with the actor already had started and were moving in a positive direction.

Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello and Lily Collins as Emily in ‘Emily in Paris’Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix © 2024

As expected, given that Emily was asked to relocate to Rome for work at the end of the Season 4 finale, Season 5 will begin production in Rome, this May before moving to Paris later in the summer.

“She didn’t change her Instagram handle to Emily in Rome. She is working in Rome sometimes. Sylvie’s company has an office in Rome. Emily’s getting that on its feet,” Star told Deadline in September. “I don’t necessarily think that it means a permanent — in my mind, it’s definitely not a permanent — move to Rome. We’re not leaving Paris.”

It will be a very quick turnaround because Netflix has confirmed that, as announced in January, Season 5 will premiere in 2025.

Creator-writer Star executive produces Emily In Paris with Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Andrew Fleming, Stephen Brown, Alison Brown, Robin Schiff, Grant Sloss and Joe Murphy. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, Darren Star Productions and Jax Media.

Missing from the list of returning cast is Camille Razat, who had been a series regular for the first four seasons as Camille, Emily’s onetime friend and main rival for Gabriel’s heart. This is not surprising as Camille packed up and left toward the end of Season 4 after one last go at a relationship with Gabriel under false pretenses as she faked a pregnancy.

Asked by Deadline at the time of the Season 4 release in September whether Alfie and Camille were both out of the picture, Emily In Paris creator Darren Star said, “Not necessarily. I mean people come and go out of people’s lives in shows for a period of time, but it doesn’t mean that they’re off the table.”

It is not clear whether Alfie will be back for work, love or both. His boss Antoine also is returning next season, and the last time we saw Alfie, he had moved on from Emily with a new girlfriend, though Emily In Paris is known for keeping on-and-off romances going.

Questions about Bravo’s return for Season 5 started circulating in October when the actor admitted publicly that he was unsure whether he wanted to continue, admitting he felt “frustrated” and playing Gabriel was “not fun anymore” as the character was “being slowly turned into guacamole.”