Lily Collins & Ashley Park may play best friends in ‘Emily in Paris,’ but their bond goes way beyond the screen. Watch as Ashley confesses she lied to Lily about her relationship with co-star Paul Forman, only for Lily to reveal she knew all along. From discussing their favorite and least favorite love interests from the show, to revealing the sentimental prop Lily took from set to keep her company when Ashley had already wrapped, the two are clearly inseparable. Plus, find out which celebrity (or should we say celebrity couple) they’d love to see Emily take on as a client.
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00:00That day that that stuff came out, we were filming a scene and I couldn't stop staring at your mouth.
00:04I was like, wow!
00:07Hi, I'm Lily Collins.
00:08And I'm Ashley Park.
00:09And today we're going to let Elle ask us anything.
00:13Okay.
00:14When did you know we would become best friends?
00:17Oh my God.
00:19I think I knew the second that our mutual agent.
00:24Kevin.
00:25Yes, yeah.
00:26He called me and he said, okay, so I have this amazing client.
00:30She's going for Mindy.
00:31I can't speak highly enough about her.
00:33Here are the reasons why I love her.
00:34I think you're going to love her.
00:35And I love Kevin.
00:36And so I was like, whoever Kevin is vouching for, I know.
00:39And the way that he was speaking about you, I was like, I have this feeling that life is
00:43going to imitate art.
00:44And I just kind of knew.
00:45And then when we met at the table read, I was like, oh, done deal.
00:48I knew that we were going to be like really connected and close as soon as we met.
00:53And I think our first day on set was really like our first time hanging out.
00:56Like it was my first time really in that like kind of high stakes environment.
01:01And you were just so there for me.
01:03And I was like, oh, this is going to be like a soul sister, best friend who's looking out
01:07for me always.
01:08So yeah.
01:08What is your most embarrassing on set story?
01:11I mean, not embarrassing.
01:13I think before me and Paul started dating, like the weekend of Lily took me time.
01:19I was like, what's going on with you two?
01:21And I was like, nothing, Lily.
01:23Like, trust me, nothing.
01:24I'm a professional.
01:26And then like and then we started dating and I was like, I've lied to Lily the entire time.
01:32It's embarrassing because Lily was like, Ashley, I know you.
01:34I know you so well.
01:35I was like, Lily, you apparently don't.
01:38Yeah, you know me very well.
01:39You definitely know me better than I know myself.
01:42Which of Emily's love interests is your favorite and least favorite?
01:46I mean, I don't know.
01:49You had like a bunch, season one.
01:52I would say the poetic guy that I met at Café de Fleur.
01:58Oh, the one in the opera?
01:59Bloop, at the opera house.
02:01I would probably say that that was my least favorite.
02:03That character, yeah.
02:04Yeah, that character.
02:05I mean, he was lovely, but like the character.
02:07And then I would say favorite.
02:10That's like, I mean, isn't that the question?
02:13Isn't that the question?
02:14I'll say a favorite that's like so not about like who she's going to end up with or whatever.
02:18When there's that one love interest first season, he was like, I like American.
02:23Oh my God.
02:24That guy was so funny.
02:25No, you know what's actually, which I think we all enjoy like laughing through our scenes
02:30is Timothée.
02:30Oh, Timothée.
02:31He's such a great actor.
02:32He's so funny.
02:33And he opens our season four.
02:35Yeah, he opens our season four.
02:36And like, honestly, all of our scenes with Camille's family are so funny.
02:42And like the attempts that he makes towards Emily are hilarious.
02:46We have fun like sparring back and forth.
02:48That's like a favorite to watch.
02:49Yeah.
02:50If you could raid the JVMA brand closet in real life, what would you grab first?
02:54Oh, it's really fun to throw that.
02:58It really is.
02:59I always gravitate towards shoes first.
03:01Shoes and purses.
03:02Yeah.
03:02Was this me or like Mindy?
03:04No.
03:05Me?
03:05I think honestly something like pretty versatile, like that I could pair with everything.
03:10There was a pair of like Versace shoes that I was like, okay, that's like, that was the
03:12first thing I picked up.
03:14Nice.
03:14And some like Valentino pumps too.
03:16I think I would always go towards a purse.
03:17It's just the way my mind works.
03:19I love bags.
03:21It's not kryptonite.
03:22Bags, all sizes.
03:25What advice would you give to someone stuck in a love triangle?
03:30Don't make it a square.
03:31I mean, yeah, don't make things more complicated.
03:33I don't know.
03:34Always just go back to yourself and listen to yourself and don't let yourself be highly
03:39impacted and influenced by outside sources.
03:42And it depends on what part of the triangle you're into.
03:45It depends on if you're the point of it and there's two people after you or if you're
03:48one of the other ends of it.
03:51Like the other side.
03:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:52It does.
03:53It's true actually.
03:54Situational.
03:55What is the most iconic Eurovision song?
03:57Windows 95 man.
03:59Epic performance.
04:01He strategically covered himself the entire performance, but on camera it looked like
04:05he was naked.
04:06And it was just the most like iconic Eurovision moment.
04:09Wait, I gotta see it.
04:10I mean, it was so funny.
04:11Kyle Hanagami, who's a friend of mine, he choreographed on our show this year.
04:15He choreographed the winning Eurovision artist, Chanel, like a couple of years ago.
04:21And that was like the most iconic performance I've ever seen.
04:23Eurovision is no joke.
04:25How did you perfect your character's scream face in Maxine?
04:28Oh, funny story.
04:30Oh my God, your mouth is huge.
04:32Yeah, well, she did say that to me.
04:34But have you seen?
04:36No, that's not what I was gonna say.
04:38What I was gonna say is, so my director, Ty West, he said to me, so we're thinking
04:43of doing this with your scream and it's gonna become a head.
04:45And we need to like make sure that the scream is like perfected.
04:47And like, I need to know what it's gonna look like.
04:49So we're gonna do a digital scan and blah, blah, blah.
04:50He's like, can you just like send me some selfies?
04:52It's like, but you weren't what you're thinking.
04:54I'm like, okay, how do you do that?
04:56So I sat like on a chair and I was like, ah, I was like by myself in my house.
05:03But I like took selfies of myself screaming.
05:05It was so weird.
05:06Like people think that poster, that photo of her is like somehow like computerized in
05:10some way.
05:10That's just my mouth.
05:12It's really big, I guess.
05:13I don't know.
05:14The day that that stuff came out, we were filming a scene and I couldn't stop staring
05:17at your mouth.
05:18I was like, wow.
05:21How would you describe Meryl Streep's presence in one word?
05:26There's so many words.
05:28The first word that popped in my head was effervescent.
05:30Oh, that's a great word.
05:31Oh, great.
05:31Then that's what it is.
05:32It's a great word.
05:33What's one proper wardrobe piece you've taken from set?
05:36Oh, there was this like fuzzy purse season one that I loved.
05:40But the only reason I really loved it is that it was like an emotional support animal when
05:44Ashley wrapped and left.
05:46So the purse sat on my chair and I called it Ashley because it was like my little thing
05:51I would pet.
05:51What?
05:52You have to tell me that.
05:53I still have it.
05:53It's in my closet.
05:54Oh, but I love it.
05:55Wait, I love it.
05:56Okay.
05:56Oh, what does a date night in Paris with Paul consist of?
06:00Oh, probably.
06:02Well, this past year, my health wasn't great.
06:05So we would do Deliveroo a lot and sit on the couch and watch a lot of like movies and
06:09stuff.
06:10That's so sweet.
06:10Yeah, we're very like Netflix and chill.
06:12Netflix.
06:15But probably just like walking around and like finding a new restaurant that's gluten
06:20free because he's celiac.
06:22What real life celebrity should Emily take on as a client?
06:26She doesn't need my help, but I would take on Victoria Beckham.
06:30Oh, love that.
06:31Doesn't need my help.
06:32She's killing it.
06:33But like I really would be down.
06:36That'd be fun.
06:36I would love to see what like Emily would do with that.
06:39Oh, it would just be a dream.
06:41Or David.
06:42We could market David's honey.
06:45Honey?
06:45David Beckham makes honey.
06:47I didn't even know that.
06:48And there you go.
06:49He keeps bees and we could maybe, you know, help with the honey.
06:53Love it.
06:53Keep it in the family.
06:55A little sweet.
06:56Which of Mindy's musical performances was the most fun to film?
06:58This year?
06:59Definitely in Rome.
07:01That was special.
07:01And it was also that musical moment was my rapping scene.
07:05And it was magical.
07:06You're so good at that.
07:07And it was a beautiful location.
07:09It was with you.
07:10And it felt very emotional.
07:12It was really emotional.
07:13If you could cameo on any other TV show, what would it be?
07:18Honestly, any of the Real Housewives.
07:20Really?
07:21Oh my God.
07:21Love this.
07:22I thought you were gonna say Great British Bake Off.
07:24I would.
07:24I would.
07:25I mean, totally Great British Bake Off.
07:26But like, honestly, I'd pop into any Housewives.
07:28Oh my God.
07:29You heard it here.
07:30Someone, someone get her.
07:32If blank was an Olympic sport, I'd win a gold medal.
07:36Oh, I mean, I wish it would be.
07:38I'm really into gardening these days.
07:40You are.
07:41But it would not be a gold medal.
07:42We're like not even in bronze category.
07:44Your pesto is great.
07:46Yeah.
07:47Prized pesto.
07:48Yeah, I like gardening these days.
07:49But that's probably not it.
07:50Yeah.
07:50I thought you were asking about you.
07:52I was like, honestly, what would I win?
07:54I was gonna say, I don't know.
07:55It's not you, but I just thought of Charlie playing pickleball.
07:58And I was like, thinking about how mean.
07:59I suck at pickleball.
08:00We've been playing pickleball.
08:01We're like, why isn't this an Olympic sport?
08:03Well, that's your answer.
08:04I would not win gold.
08:06Maybe napping in public places.
08:07Maybe you would like the slates.
08:08Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:09What's one fashion trend you regret participating in?
08:12Oh, I don't even know if it was a trend, but I trended it.
08:15Like it wasn't a trend.
08:16Okay.
08:17I definitely wore like blue metallic lipstick for a while.
08:23What?
08:23With your big screen mouth.
08:26Just with like literally every outfit known to man.
08:28And I love blue leopard print too.
08:31So I have like photos of like blue leopard print,
08:33like top and like pants and then like blue lipstick.
08:36Like I need to see these immediately.
08:39Yeah, it's a thing.
08:40Oh my gosh, love that.
08:42Yeah.
08:42And baggy cargoes.
08:44I was really into like the mid-half leggings.
08:47Oh, like Capri?
08:48No, those leggings, like I had to like blue, navy, gray.
08:50Did you put them like underneath skirts or anything?
08:53Yeah, I threw them on with everything.
08:54With moon boots too.
08:56Moon boots.
08:57Oh my God.
08:58Okay, yeah.
09:02Okay, last question.
09:03What is your go-to karaoke song?
09:05I had never participated in karaoke before Rome
09:09because I always was that person,
09:10like people expect you to sing well.
09:12And then I was like always in the corner
09:13having the heart to heart.
09:14Like if we went to karaoke, we would be chatting.
09:16Yeah.
09:16Yeah, always.
09:17And then, I mean, also we would definitely do a Spice Girls song.
09:20For sure.
09:21But I ended up at, Nikki, my assistant,
09:24had me meet her at a Irish pub in Rome
09:27where it was mostly like stag do's
09:29and like bachelorette parties and like college kids.
09:31What did you sing?
09:32Kelly Clarkson, Since You've Been Gone.
09:34Oh, that's a banger.
09:37That's a banger.
09:38Didn't sound great.
09:40It's Ashley Park singing, I'm sure it was a banger.
09:43Thanks so much for watching.
09:44Be sure to check out Emily in Paris season four,
09:47now on Netflix.