Lucas Bravo can't stop shading Emily in Paris and calling Gabriel 'not fun anymore'

Just when you thought he was finished dragging Emily in Paris during the press tour for his latest movie, Lucas Bravo shared another slight at the fan-favorite, Emmy Award-nominated Netflix original series that helped launch his acting career. And it's a long one.

Following the two-part release of Emily in Paris season 4, Bravo has been openly airing his grievances with the direction his character has taken. Not long after the release of the new season, which saw Emily and Gabriel get together then quickly split, that he didn't agree with the latest version of Gabriel and suggested a distance in his connection with the character.

Most recently, Bravo has been on the promotional circuit for his new movie Libre, and he's honestly answered questions about his role on Emily in Paris, which has thus cast doubt on the possibility that the actor will return for season 5. After calling the show's plots "archaic" and unstimulating, reprising his role as Gabriel in season 5 doesn't seem like something he's excited to do.

Lucas Bravo questions future on Emily in Paris (again)

In a new interview with IndieWire, Bravo further elaborated on his issues with the storytelling of the series and the limitations he feels as an actor. He says that he "grew apart" from Gabriel since the first season and doesn't appreciate how the character has become a bewildered, hapless plot device (my words based on his) and turned into guacamole (his exact wording).

Here's what the actor told IndieWire:

"The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in Season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take. I’ve never been so far away from him. In Season 1, there was a lot of me in him. But as they made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone, it kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole. I really grew apart from him."

- Lucas Bravo

According to Bravo, Emily in Paris is a show that sticks to the script and doesn't leave room for much improvisation from its actors. If it's on the page, it must be filmed. He seems to find that process limiting as he branches out and performs in indie films and other titles, especially when Gabriel himself as a character has limited storylines that are frequently in reaction to Emily or Camille.

As Bravo revealed to IndieWire, his contract for the series ended after season 4, which means ahead of the already confirmed season 5, there will likely be contract renegotiations with the cast before cameras begin rolling again in Paris and Rome. Gabriel was very much a big part of the season 4 cliffhanger, but Bravo's still questioning if he "want[s] to be part of season 5."

"I tried for seasons to bring nuances but we don’t have much liberty on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to comply. It makes me question if I want to be part of Season 5 […] because my contract ends at Season 4. I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self. Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore. It’s a comedy, everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I’m just slowly sinking into god knows what."

- Lucas Bravo

He's doubtful that the series will change course with how things have operated in the scripts moving forward since "the recipe" has proven successful with viewers around the world. The show will continue to be frothy and fun and operate among romantic comedy tropes because — news flash — the show is a romantic comedy. The "lack of risk" in the story, as he says, is a hallmark of the genre.

Even having publicly volunteered these complex and extensive critiques of the series in multiple interviews, Bravo insists that he maintains a love for the show and the people he works with. Understandably, he wants the show that he loves to be the best show that it can be, but with some of these thoughts, he seems to want Emily in Paris to be a different show altogether.

He's right that Gabriel isn't fun anymore and the show has taken him in a direction that has made the character hard to root for against Alfie and Marcello. But that also seems to be where we're at in Emily's story because first and foremost, this is her story. Again, we'll have to wait and see what Bravo decides about season 5 and if he'll be back as a series regular, recurring, or not at all.

Keep checking Netflix Life for more Emily in Paris season 5 news and updates!