I wish Emily in London was a spin-off

She’s had croissants by the Eiffel Tower, sipped espresso by the Colosseum, and now maybe it’s time for fish and chips on the London Eye?

Emily in Paris star Lily Collins has told the BBC she would love to get an Emily in London spin-off because it “would be so much fun”.

Collins, 35, has been living in London for the past few months while she prepares for her West End debut in Barcelona.

The romantic thriller stars Collins as an American tourist who has a one-night stand with a handsome Spanish man played by Money Heist’s Alvaro Morte.

Speaking after the show’s premiere night, Collins tells me she thinks her Emily in Paris character, Emily Cooper, would love London.

“She would definitely go to Portobello Road and buy antiques, obviously visit Big Ben and Hamleys toy store.

“She would also definitely try to get into Buckingham Palace,” says Collins, adding that Emily would like to have tea with the king and “try to make the guards smile, but I’m not sure she would be able to do that.” What”.

The Netflix romantic comedy series tells about the life of American marketing manager Emily Cooper, who works in a marketing firm in Paris. In the fourth season of the series, Emily moves to Rome to open a new office.

The hit series has been renewed for a fifth season, but the filming location has not yet been announced.

Cooper’s potential love for London is based in part on Collins’ own thoughts about the city, which she says really “feels like home”.

You can imagine that the A-lister has been enjoying the best things London has to offer, but it seems she likes the simple pleasures best.

“I love the subway, but most of all I love sitting in the front of a double-decker bus and looking out the window.

“I don’t even have a plan where I want to go, I just sit and look at all the sights and people.”

“Just try and enjoy”

Collins, who will perform eight West End shows a week for several months, says she relaxes by “walking the dogs with her husband on Hampstead Heath”.

“I go there so often, it’s really huge and it really feels like the countryside, even though you’re in London.”

Walking in nature isn’t the only thing Collins does to relax; she explains that she listens to dance music before a performance.

“My makeup takes a while, so I’m just sitting in a chair with really loud dance music – usually Dua Lipa, Lizzo music – but now I’m trying to change it up a bit.”

Her co-star Morte, 49, says his pre-show ritual involves some really silly dancing.

“I start dancing behind the set when the audience enters the theater,” he says, adding that he likes to be nervous.

“I use nerves to prepare to connect with the audience, and there is a saying in Spain that the day you go on stage without nerves means the show will be bad.”

The Money Heist Madrid actor says that when he plays the main villain of the Netflix show, the professor, his goal is to “enjoy every minute, and when the plan is made, just try to have fun.”

“Excellent”

The game Bess Vol received mixed reviews from critics.

Clive Davies of The Times awarded Barcelona two stars, saying Collins was “struggling to live up to his character”. City AM’s Adam Bloodworth wrote that the actress “can’t save the soft two-hander”, also giving the show two stars.

After completing a set of two-star reviews, Chris Wiegand of The Guardian found the performances “enjoyable” but said it was “hard to get invested in any character”.

Other critics were more enthusiastic. Claire Allfrey of The Telegraph wrote about it that Collins was “one to watch”, adding that she and Morte “turn a rather dated two-hander into something really impressive”, giving it three stars.

Fiona Mountford of i awarded the play five stars, calling it “one of the best things I’ve seen on stage all year” and praised Collins’ performance as “superb”.

Barcelona plays at the Duke of York Theater until January 11