{"id":1976203,"date":"2025-08-23T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1976203"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:54:00","slug":"emily-in-paris-assistant-director-diego-borella-dead-at-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/emily-in-paris-assistant-director-diego-borella-dead-at-47\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Emily in Paris&#8217; assistant director Diego Borella dead at 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F109963634.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Diego Borella, an assistant director on\u00a0the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/31\/entertainment\/rupert-everett-spent-two-weeks-in-bed-after-emily-in-paris-firing\/\">Netflix show \u201cEmily in Paris,\u201d<\/a> has died.<\/p>\n<p>The series was shooting in Venice\u00a0at the Hotel Danieli when Borella, 47, reportedly collapsed in front of the crew.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/serietv\/netflix\/2025\/08\/22\/news\/diego_borella_morto_set_emily_in_paris_venezia-424802580\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La Repubblica<\/a>, medics were unable to save him after showing up around 7 p.m. on Thursday. The outlet states Borella reportedly suffered a\u00a0heart attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cEmily in Paris\u201d assistant director Diego Borella. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/diego__Borella<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, the show was shooting the final scene of Season 5.<\/p>\n<p>Production on the last episode has allegedly been stopped. Originally, the shoot was set to wrap on Monday, August 25.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Borella was reportedly on schedule to shoot the final scene before he collapsed. <\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Netflix for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Diego Borella on Instagram. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/diego_borella<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Venice health service said, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/emily-in-paris-diego-borella-death-netflix-b2812989.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Independent<\/a>, \u201cOur ambulance arrived at 18.42. Medics made attempts to resuscitate him. But in the end all efforts proved fruitless. At around 19.30, he was pronounced deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Borella was born in Italy and worked in Rome, London and New York throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Days before Borella\u2019s death, Lily Collins, who stars as Emily Cooper, shared some behind-the-scenes shots from filming. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoy ride to and from work with the best\u2026,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNiyzvEuXmf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2a8d2198-993c-4d28-82ae-360a8dc3730f&amp;img_index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she captioned the pictures<\/a> that included an image of her co-star Ashley Park.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lily Collins on set of Season 5 of \u201cEmily in Paris.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All 10 episodes of Season 5 are set to debut on Netflix on December 18.<\/p>\n<p>The fan-favorite series, created by Darren Star, follows Emily, an American marketing executive navigating her life in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>However, new episodes will see the fashionista relocate from the French capital to Italy. The fifth season will be set in Rome and Venice.<\/p>\n<p>The series first ventured into Rome during Season 4. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cIt was so great to go from Paris to Rome because you\u2019re still in Europe and you\u2019re still feeling that romance and passion of Europe, but you\u2019re getting to experience a different part of history which was really fun,\u201d\u00a0Collins, 36, told<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/emily-in-paris-going-to-italy-season-4-1235975740\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0<\/a>at last year\u2019s premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix, meanwhile, shared a synopsis for the upcoming season earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow the head of Agence Grateau Rome, Emily faces professional and romantic challenges as she adapts to life in a new city. But just as everything falls into place, a work idea backfires, and the fallout cascades into heartbreak and career setbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lily Collins walks on-set during the production of Season 5. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSeeking stability, Emily leans into her French lifestyle, until a big secret threatens one of her closest relationships. Tackling conflict with honesty, Emily emerges with deeper connections, renewed clarity, and a readiness to embrace new possibilities,\u201d the statement revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming project also stars Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, William Abadie, Lucien Laviscount, Minnie Driver, Eugenio Franceschini, Thalia Besson, Arnaud Binard, Paul Forman, Bryan Greenberg and Mich\u00e8le Laroque.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Bravo, 37, hinted at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/25\/entertainment\/lucas-bravo-hints-hes-done-with-emily-in-paris-does-not-stimulate-me\/\">being done with \u201cEmily in Paris.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lily Collins is seen filming on the set of \u201cEmily In Paris\u201d on August 16, 2025 in Venice, Italy. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/world\/europe\/article\/lucas-bravo-emily-in-paris-actor-bxb2dgvlm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Times<\/a>, the actor said in an interview with the French newspaper<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tvmag.lefigaro.fr\/programme-tv\/series\/lucas-bravo-s-interroge-sur-son-avenir-dans-emily-in-paris-j-aimerais-que-gabriel-retrouve-un-peu-de-panache-20241024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Le Figaro<\/a>, that he was feeling finished with the show because \u201cLife is short. It takes five months to shoot this series. Do I want to sacrifice them by telling something that does not stimulate me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bravo added, \u201cI do not want to be a part of a cog that does not tend to take the intelligence of viewers into consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the star did decide to reprise his role.<\/p>\n<p>Bravo also told The Hollywood Reporter<em>\u00a0<\/em>that he was\u00a0hoping his character, Gabriel, would see some growth in season five.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lily Collins was spotted in Venice filming her hit Netflix series \u201cEmily in Paris.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">SirioPx \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe made a few choices that made me kind of grow away from him,\u201d admitted Bravo. \u201cWe were very much alike in season one, but now, I don\u2019t really know. I think I feel like he needs to get his shit together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the \u201cTicket to Paradise\u201d alum isn\u2019t the first person to criticize the storylines on the show.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Brooklyn sports writer Greg Wyshynski\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/22\/why-emily-in-paris-is-a-hate-watch-phenomenon\/\">told The Post<\/a>, \u201cRemember that scene in \u2018Goodfellas\u2019 where they slice the garlic with the razor so it just melts away in the pasta sauce? That\u2019s how thin the characters, plots and stakes are for this television program.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lily Collins walks on set in a black and white polka dot dress. <span class=\"credit\">Mirco Toniolo\/AGF\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cNo one learns. No one grows. Emily is less protagonist than a passenger in the back of a Parisian taxi \u2026 But it\u2019s a good hate watch because it\u2019s not aggressively bad or infuriating. It\u2019s just pretty and it\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Marston, a London\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jennyinneverland.com\/link-social-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blogger<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/22\/why-emily-in-paris-is-a-hate-watch-phenomenon\/\">also told The Post,<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s definitely quite problematic in parts, hugely stereotyped and highly unrealistic. Particularly in the way that Emily\u2019s Internet fame took off almost literally overnight! All of these things are enough to make you inwardly cringe but because it was such a quirky, fun and light-hearted watch, that\u2019s what kept people tuning in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Borella, an assistant director on\u00a0the Netflix show \u201cEmily in Paris,\u201d has died. The series was shooting in Venice\u00a0at the Hotel Danieli when Borella, 47, reportedly collapsed in front of the crew. Per\u00a0La Repubblica, medics were unable to save him after showing up around 7 p.m. on Thursday. 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