“Emily in Paris” creator responds to Kyiv character criticism

• Darren Star talked about some of the plots from the most recent season.
• He also addressed the controversy-generating Kyiv character.
• The show’s creator pledged, “Next time we’ll be better.”

‘Emily in Paris’ season 03 began streaming on Netflix this week on December 21.

Show creator and executive producer Darren Star talked about some of the plots from the most recent season while addressing the controversy-generating Kyiv character criticism from earlier this year.

In his most recent interview, Darren talked about the second season of the show’s Ukrainian immigrant storyline, in which Petra, played by Daria Panchenko, first met lead character Emily (played by Lily Collins) in French class before going shopping together and stealing a variety of high-end items.

The episode drew controversy when it was broadcast earlier this year, Darren now says, “Can I say one little thing about that? We cast this actress and just asked her, where are you from? She said Kyiv, so we made her Ukrainian.”

He continued, “It wasn’t written like, she has to be Ukrainian; it was written as anywhere, it could have been Romania, it could have been Russia.”

Darren said, “This show is an equal opportunity offender to all cultures that’s always meant to be lighthearted, never meant to cause harm or anything. So I think it was bad timing.”

The show’s creator pledged, “Next time we’ll be better.”

Darren also discussed a few of the complaints that the programme portrays a “romanticized version of life in Paris.”

“I think we wanted to touch on the realities a little bit more, I feel like this season the show has become a little more grounded,” he said.

He added, “We’re looking at it from all perspectives, it’s not just all from Emily’s point of view this season, it’s from some of the other characters’ point of view.”

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