Going back to Gabriel for a minute, it seems he’s very happy to not have the pressure of getting a Michelin star, at least for the time being. But how long can he really put that on the back burner before the itch to achieve one comes back? And what’s next for Luc and Marianne?
Well, I don’t think it’ll completely go away. But I do feel like the idea that Luc’s girlfriend was not truly a Michelin inspector was on the table for a long time. She seemed like a bit of a kooky character who was a Michelin inspector. It felt like she had to keep up appearances because that’s why Luc was interested in being back with her again. But at the same time, she always gave him good advice.
Let’s move on to Sylvie and her takedown of Louis de Leon given his very inappropriate workplace behaviour. She’s the same Sylvie, but there’s much more vulnerability this time around, and a willingness to do something that she previously was hesitant to do. Talk to me about her growth this season.
Yeah, and I think that was established in season three when they had lunch and she alluded to something in their past that she was willing to sweep under the rug. But I think in season four, when she realizes it’s something that’s still ongoing and affecting other people’s lives, and she has the opportunity to speak up, it’s not something that she wants to do. I don’t think it’s in her DNA at the beginning. She doesn’t want to expose her vulnerability, and I think when she does it, it has some real ramifications in terms of her personal and professional life.
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What was the most challenging part of these first five episodes?
I think it was really just at the beginning, just getting our feet wet again after being away for so long from doing the show with the writers’ strike and everything. And also the weather was cold. It was the first time we filmed in the winter. I really wanted to have the change of seasons in winter, which just looks beautiful and it’s fantastic for this show, but it probably rained every single day we filmed there. It was a challenge. We finished filming in May in Rome, but we started filming in January in Paris.
Part two premieres on September 12, and based on this interview, it sounds like there’s a lot in store in the back half. Give us your best tease, Darren.
I love the first half, but the second half is just like a roller coaster. Part two, for me, is the show on steroids.
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