‘Emily in Paris’ Star Lucas Bravo Channels His ‘Darkish Facet’ in New Film (Unique)

Along with his ocean blue eyes and completely tousled hair, Lucas Bravo has mesmerized numerous followers taking part in horny chef Gabriel for 4 seasons on Netflix’s deliciously addictive hit, Emily in Paris.

A type of viewers: actress and director Mélanie Laurent, who sought out Bravo when she was casting her true crime movie Freedom about dashing French thief Bruno Lusak.

“She informed me, ‘Pay attention, this character is charming, sure, and you have confirmed that you are able to do that. Good for you. However now we have to pair that with hazard. And there is hazard in you,’” Bravo, 36, recollects Laurent saying. 

“I used to be like, ‘Actually? Me?’ And yeah, all of us have a darkish aspect. All of us have our traumas and darkness and undealt points and she or he went inside and she or he grabbed them and she or he helped me deliver them out. And it was very therapeutic,” he continues. 

For Sulak, who died in 1985 at age 29, robbing shops “wasn’t even concerning the cash,” explains Bravo, who says the famed thief was railing in opposition to capitalism. 

“It was the ’80s, the start of huge supermarkets, massive corporations,” he continues. “So he was extra easy and every part he was doing was to only create a special stratosphere to combat in opposition to this technique.”

Earlier than ripping off fancy outlets like Cartier, Sulak started with grocery shops, the place doe-eyed cashiers turned smitten whereas being robbed. Sulak, in any case, insisted on by no means firing a gun and at all times being well mannered to these he held up. Like Bravo, he was additionally straightforward on the eyes.

Sulak and his crew “would rob the grocery store and all of the cashiers could be interrogated after that and would take a look at the images and be like, ‘Oh, he was cuter. He was so charming and his eyes.’ And we’ve got transcripts of this, which is insane,” says Bravo.

Freedom will solely serve to lift Bravo’s profile, one thing the reserved Frenchman — the son of professional soccer participant Daniel Bravo and singer Eva Bravo — remains to be getting used to after Emily in Paris made him a worldwide sensation.

“My dad really despatched me a lovely textual content the opposite day as a result of he is at all times been the well-known entity of the household, particularly in France and in Paris the place he performed for a very long time,” says Bravo. “So I grew up seeing my father being acknowledged and appreciated and cherished.”

“And he texted me, ‘I used to be at this dinner the opposite day and somebody got here as much as me and informed me, ‘Oh, you are Lucas Bravo’s father.’ And my dad was like, ‘I felt so proud and that second and I wanted to share that with you.’ It felt very cute.”

Freedom streams on Prime Video Friday, Nov. 1.