“Emily in Paris” stars Ashley Park and Paul Forman talk about their romance on and off screen.
Ahead of the premiere of the fourth season of “Emily in Paris,” the couple, who play Mindy Chen and Nicolas De Leon in the Netflix series, shared why working together was a “joy.”
“What makes us nervous is that sometimes when people are together in real life, the chemistry isn’t there,” Park said in an interview with “Good Morning America.” “One of the things I love about him is that he’s just a luxury partner.”
Paul Forman and Ashley Park attend the premiere of Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” at the Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on August 14, 2024 in Los Angeles.
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“I was honestly so excited to be back on set and on screen with him, just as a scene partner, because he’s a joy to work with,” she added.
Park and Forman first met on the set of Emily in Paris. Forman’s character was introduced in season 3 as an old friend of Mindy’s from boarding school in Switzerland. Nicolas, the son of a European luxury goods conglomerate in Paris, eventually falls in love with Mindy.
Paul Forman and Ashley Park are seen in a still from the third season of “Emily in Paris”.
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Things took a twist in season 3 when Nicolas almost got in the way of Mindy’s friendship with Emily.
In real life, Forman and Park were friends at first before taking their relationship to the next level. In an interview with Cosmopolitan in early August, Park said she and Forman waited “a year and a half” before really getting their relationship going. Her first post about their relationship was a photo Park shared of herself in a hospital bed while recovering from septic shock in December 2023.
“Most of all, I am grateful to @peforman for standing by me unconditionally through all of this,” she said. “You calmed my fears and saw me through ambulances, three foreign hospitals, a week in intensive care, terrifying emergency rooms, countless scans and tests and injections, unbearable pain and so much confusion while we were alone on the other side of the world, far away from those we know.”
“I love you, Paul,” she added. “More than I can ever say.”
Forman also shared a photo with Park at the time and wrote: “By your side no matter what ♥️”
For his part, Forman told GMA that the best thing about working with Park was that she was “supportive.”
“We started dating after the show and already felt like we were working with someone who was so supportive, so generous, so kind,” he said Wednesday at the premiere of part 1 of the fourth season of “Emily in Paris” in Los Angeles.
“It’s always nice to work with actors like that,” he added. “This season was the same, we just turned it back on as soon as it started and it was a real pleasure.”
Emily in Paris Season 4, Part 1 is out now. Part 2 will be released on Netflix on September 12th.
