Emily in Paris star Lucien Laviscount
(Picture: Will Ireland/PinPep)Emily in Paris star Lucien Laviscount has heaps of praise for his co-star Lily Collins.
The actor, 29, has courted attention as the main character’s British love interest Alfie opposite Collins in Emily in Paris season two.
Describing her as a “boss a** lady”, Mr Laviscount praised the British-American actress for helping him settle into the show.
He told The Standard: “Lily is just a sweetheart. She’s got so much pressure on her shoulders. She’s producing the show, she’s in the show, she can’t literally walk down the street without being recognised.
“She treats every single person with the utmost respect and she’s got good craic. It makes it so much easier when you’ve got somebody like her leading the pack.”
He added: “I consider her a friend, it’s a great environment to be in and she creates that environment by being a boss. She’s a boss a** lady.”
The Netflix star also hit back at criticism the show portrays a romanticised version of France, saying “that’s exactly what it should be”.
The show has attracted criticism by some for perpetuating stereotypes and romanticising the Parisian way of life.
But Lucien insisted part of the show’s success was down to its ability to transport viewers out of their reality and into “the clouds”.
He said: “It’s completely romanticised and that’s exactly what it should be. It’s not a documentary on Paris or France.
“It’s a story of a young woman finding herself through her work, her life, her play, her romances, and I think it’s for everyone to go on a journey with, and be taken out of their normal lives or their reality, and get to live in this crazy Emily in Paris world.
“All criticisms taken on, you’re never going to please everyone but I don’t want to be dragged through the trenches when I can live in the clouds sometimes and that’s what Emily in Paris is.
“It allows you to live in the clouds. I think it appeals because it does take people out of their world.”
Despite joining the second series of the hit Netflix show Emily in Paris, he admitted his life has “not changed too much”.
Lucien has recently been pictured hanging out at Milan and Paris fashion weeks as well as heading out to Dubai with fashion brand Hugo Boss.
But despite what appears to be a jet-setting lifestyle, he insisted his newfound international fame has not changed life too dramatically and his “feet are still firmly on the ground”.
He added: “My life’s not changed too much. I still wake up, still go to the gym, still make breakfast and still tie my own shoelaces.”
He said he is now photographed more when out and about as well as receiving more attention on social media but apart from this, he said, “It’s all been relatively chilled”.
The Lancashire-born actor credited the people around him for keeping him grounded. He said: “I’ve always had good friends and good people around me.
“I’ve got a few people that would give me a good slap if I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m not being slapped just yet. I think my feet are still firmly on the ground.”
Lucien, who has previously starred in Waterloo Road and Coronation Street, said he felt a certain amount of pressure before joining the Netflix show because “you don’t want to let anyone down”.
“Joining any show comes with pressure, especially joining the second season of a show that was so successful in its first year,” he said.
“That always comes with a bit of pressure, but you brush that off soon enough. Especially when you’re working with great people.”
Lucien recently starred in a campaign to launch the Samsung Galaxy GIF Project which aims to curate the lexicon of human expression.
In a film shot using the new Samsung Galaxy 22 Ultra, he was challenged to convey as many different expressions as he could in 60 seconds.
He said it was an “out there kind of challenge, it was just super fun” and managed 31 expressions in one minute.
Asked which emotion he finds it hardest express, he said: “I think it depends on how I’m feeling. It’s easier to lean towards the darker side of our emotions than the lighter side.”
It comes as research revealed eight out of ten people find it easier to express their emotion using technology than in person.
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