Lily Collins admits she was 'wrong' about her character's age in Emily in Paris
Lily Collins admitted she was wrong about the age of her character in Emily in Paris, after she claimed she was only 22 years old.
In an interview with British Vogue, published October 6, the actress said that she believed Emily Cooper was around the age of 22.
"I don't believe we've ever given her a specific 'number' for her age but I believe that she's pretty fresh out of college. Maybe this is her first year after graduation. I want to say she's like, 22-ish," the star explained.
"She's had enough experience at her company in Chicago to have earned the respect of her boss. She's a smart cookie and really innovative — and this is not her first rodeo doing what she does. She's gone to school for this, and she's completed internships."
Lily Collins as Emily Cooper in Emily in Paris. Netflix
Now, Collins has admitted that she had made a mistake about her character's age.
"Emily looking at me when I get her age wrong," the 31-year-old actress wrote on her Instagram Story, alongside a GIF of her character from the Netflix series. "Sorry girl."
"You might not be 22, but I gotta say — you do act like it sometimes!!!" she added.
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Lily Collins admitted she was wrong about her character's age in the Netflix series. Instagram
Emily in Paris stars Collins as an American marketing exec who finds herself suddenly living and working in Paris — is the latest creation from producer, director and writer Darren Star (Younger and Sex and the City).
"She's not the person who travelled during college," the Collins said of her character in the British Vogue interview. "She was really, really focused on her jobs in the Midwest, and I don't think she's been abroad.
"Basically, she's always kind of been a big fish in a small pond — and then suddenly in Paris she's a fish out of water. If she had gone to a different company in Chicago, she would have been taken seriously — but in Paris, she's not prepared for the cultural shift that she experiences at Savoir. Her only real experience of Europe is through movies and TV."
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