{"id":90889,"date":"2025-09-02T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=90889"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:52:20","slug":"why-was-emily-in-paris-season-5-filming-stopped-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/why-was-emily-in-paris-season-5-filming-stopped-2\/90889\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was Emily in Paris Season 5 Filming Stopped?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Borella, the assistant director for <em>Emily in Paris<\/em>, tragically passed away at the age of <strong>47<\/strong> on <strong>August 21, 2025<\/strong>, in Venice, Italy. Reports indicate he <strong>collapsed on set<\/strong> while preparing for a final scene at <strong>Hotel Danieli<\/strong> and was later pronounced dead from a <strong>sudden heart attack<\/strong>. Despite the efforts of medical staff on site, Borella could not be revived, and filming for <strong>Season 5<\/strong> has since been <strong>halted<\/strong> in respect to his passing.<\/p>\n<h3>About Diego Borella<\/h3>\n<p>Borella was a <strong>respected Venetian filmmaker<\/strong> with professional training in <strong>Rome, London, and New York<\/strong>. He worked across <strong>visual arts, film, and literature<\/strong>, building a reputation for his dedication and artistry. He had been in Italy for the filming of the fifth season of <em>Emily in Paris<\/em> in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Reaction from the Cast<\/h3>\n<p><em>Emily in Paris<\/em> lead <strong>Lily Collins<\/strong> shared glimpses from the set on social media, captioning her post: <em>\u201cJoy ride to and from work with the best\u2026\u201d<\/em> though she did not comment directly on the tragedy.<\/p>\n<h3>About Emily in Paris<\/h3>\n<p>The Netflix series, created by <strong>Darren Star<\/strong>, follows <strong>Emily Cooper<\/strong>, a Chicago-based marketing executive navigating life and work in Paris. The show premiered on <strong>October 2, 2020<\/strong>, and gained international popularity for its fashion, romance, and Parisian backdrop. Season 5 was renewed in <strong>September 2024<\/strong> and was slated to start streaming on <strong>December 18, 2025<\/strong>, though production is now paused following Borella\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Diego Borella\u2019s passing is a significant loss to the <em>Emily in Paris<\/em> team and the international filmmaking community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Borella, the assistant director for Emily in Paris, tragically passed away at the age of 47 on August 21,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":90890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2262],"class_list":["post-90889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-emily-in-paris"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}