{"id":367830,"date":"2025-08-23T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367830\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T18:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:13:12","slug":"emily-in-paris-assistant-director-dies-suddenly-during-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367830\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily in Paris assistant director dies \u2018suddenly\u2019 during filming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AlamyAlamy<\/p>\n

A man working on the hit show Emily in Paris has died during filming in Venice for the fifth season.<\/p>\n

La Repubblica named<\/a> the man as 47-year-old Diego Borella, who was an assistant director on the show.<\/p>\n

Medics were called to Hotel Danieli in the city at around 19:00 local time (18:00 BST) on Thursday, but were unable to save him, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n

“We are deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of a member of the ‘Emily in Paris’ production family,” a spokesperson from Paramount Television Studios, who produce the show for Netflix, told BBC News.<\/p>\n

La Repubblica reports that Borella died after collapsing in front of colleagues as they were preparing to film a scene.<\/p>\n

The show’s medical staff attempted to treat Borella, but he died at the scene, it added.<\/p>\n

Filming of Emily in Paris was reportedly suspended temporarily after his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts go out to the individual’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,\u201d the Paramount Television Studios statement continued.<\/p>\n

Romantic comedy series Emily in Paris first hit the screens during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.<\/p>\n

The hit show stars Lily Collins as American marketing executive Emily Cooper, and follows her life as she works at a firm in Paris.<\/p>\n

In season four, which came out in 2024, Emily moves to Rome to open a new office.<\/p>\n

The show also stars Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie, Ashley Park as Mindy, Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, and Lucien Laviscount as Alfie.<\/p>\n

The fifth season is due to air later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alamy A man working on the hit show Emily in Paris has died during filming in Venice for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115079440377827099","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}