“I really chucked it at her,” Park tells PEOPLE of the on-screen squabble in season 5
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NEED TO KNOW
- Ashley Park opened up to PEOPLE about filming the croissant fight scene with Lily Collins in season 5 of Emily in Paris
- At PaleyFest LA 2026, Park revealed the thing she “will never forget” about shooting their on-screen squabble
- The actress also said that her and Collins’ Emily in Paris characters are “inspired” by their off-screen friendship
In the latest season of Emily in Paris, Ashley Park’s character pelts her friend with baked goods. It’s not a moment that will leave Park's head any time soon.
Season 5, which arrived on Netflix in December, sees Mindy Chen (Park) hurling croissants at on-screen bestie Emily Cooper, portrayed by her off-screen friend Lily Collins. At PaleyFest LA 2026, Park opened up to PEOPLE about the fight — and the part of it that she “will never forget.”
Asked about the scuffle at the festival’s Emily in Paris panel on April 10, Park told PEOPLE, “Oh my gosh. Well, that was actually interesting, because we always say that so much of our characters are inspired very much by our own friendship. Like, we’ve never had a fight like that.”
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Park, 34, continued, “We’ve never had a conversation like that. We communicate very well, and we’re like, ‘Oh, I guess this is the time where our characters can kind of learn this lesson.’ ”
As for the actual physics of the pastry fight, Park explained that “croissants are very light, so in order to aim it properly, you have to really chuck it hard. And so I was not aiming it correctly so well. I think the take that they use, I really chucked it at her.”
“I will never forget the imprint of croissant crumbs on her face,” she said of Collins, 37, before recalling how the actresses would check in with each other between takes: “And to do that to her friend — we had to stop. I was like, ‘Are you okay?’ ”
Park also told PEOPLE that before their on-screen squabble, she and Collins “were almost resistant to that storyline and tiff between them, but we really grew to be excited about it, because I think that having altercations or conflict with people that you care about, and being able to communicate through it, only makes you stronger.”
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An additional layer to the story — well, besides the flaky ones in the croissants themselves — was the fact that the Emily in Paris stars’ relatives were in town as they filmed the fight, Park said.
“What was difficult — what was interesting — is that actually that scene with the croissant was the first time our parents ever visited Paris, and so they were on set with us that day,” she told PEOPLE at PaleyFest LA. “So that was already fun. But, I mean, we were laughing so hard.”
“What was difficult about that was not necessarily the acting part — it was actually a fun challenge for us — and it felt like we were stepping into our characters, rather than just bringing ourselves into it,” she continued. “But we were filming along this end, there [were] boats going by, shouting our names, with people on it — tourists.”
But the distraction seemingly proved to be a welcome addition to the intense scene, with Park recalling, “I think they actually used that take in it.”
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Collins told PEOPLE at the season 5 premiere that filming a different scene with her on-screen BFF left her in tears. “One of my most fun moments was shooting the scene with Ashley where we have our face masks on and we couldn’t stop laughing — we were crying,” Collins shared, adding, “It’s always fun with Ashley.”
“Going to Venice was epic, you know, I’ve never been to Venice, so shooting with Ashley in the streets of Venice was really magical,” she added of her longtime costar.
Emily in Paris has been renewed for a sixth season following the success of the latest season. Production for the show's latest installment begins in May, with the cast and crew heading to Greece and Monaco to film, Netflix previously confirmed to PEOPLE.
Emily in Paris seasons 1 through 5 are streaming now on Netflix.
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