{"id":44788,"date":"2021-12-27T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=44788"},"modified":"2021-12-27T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:59:56","slug":"is-ashley-park-fluent-french","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/is-ashley-park-fluent-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Oui Oui! Does Ashley Park Speak French Fluently In ‘Emily In Paris’ \u2014 Or Is She Just Blowing Our Minds?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Though Emily Cooper (Lily Collins<\/strong>) is the star of Emily in Paris<\/em><\/a>, it’s safe to say that Mindy Chen (Ashley Park<\/strong>) has become a fan-favorite ever since viewers met her in season 1.<\/p>\n

In the series, Mindy comes from a wealthy family. While living in China, she performed on a TV show called Chinese Popstar,<\/em> but things went awry when she got stage fright and was eventually made into a meme on the internet. She then decided to move to Paris to live out her dreams and be on her own<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During season 2, Mindy joins a band and belts out several songs, including “La Vie en Rose” in French.<\/p>\n

So, can the actress speak French in real life?<\/p>\n

“I took French all of middle school and high school, so I know how to conjugate every verb,” she revealed. “You learn a language when you’re in the country, and I thought it would all come back. I’m the kind of person who cannot say a sentence in French if it’s half-assed at all. I wanted it to be perfect. Mindy is an heiress<\/a>, so she has perfect English. She’s fluent in probably five other languages. It’s like secondhand to her. So, when I would have lines in French, I would say them over and over again. I’m determined to become more fluent.”<\/p>\n

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ST\u00c9PHANIE BRANCHU\/NETFLIX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Park \u2014 who has starred in many Broadway productions, including Mean Girls<\/em>, Mamma Mia!<\/em> and The King and I<\/em> \u2014 clearly has talent, and in the latest episodes, she gets to show off her incredible voice.<\/p>\n

“The music was my wishlist of genres. I was like, ‘We\u2019re global. I would love to do a K-pop song.’ And I couldn\u2019t believe we got the rights to ‘Dynamite’ by BTS. My favorite thing to do is interpret songs that are well-known and make them my own,” she said of her process. “I was like, ‘I love Celine Dion<\/strong> more than anything,’ and they let me sing a Celine Dion song and an old Broadway standard, ‘Diamonds Are a Girl\u2019s Best Friend.’ It was so fun<\/a> to do a variety of songs because I had no idea that when I was cast that Mindy would even sing.”<\/p>\n

In the season finale, Mindy blows the audience away when she sings a new bop.<\/p>\n

“Darren [Star]<\/strong> had come up to me and said, ‘I think we should do an original song,'” she recalled of how everything came together. “I was like, ‘Great. I don\u2019t read music though.’ Luckily, my friend Freddy Wexler<\/strong> (who had just won a Grammy and wrote the song ‘Stuck with You’ for Justin Bieber<\/strong> and Ariana Grande<\/strong>), was available to collaborate. It was very important to us that the song really is a story piece. As the song is being sung, the characters are going through something. Mindy and her love interest start writing the song, and they don\u2019t finish it. It\u2019s a big storyline moment<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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ST\u00c9PHANIE BRANCHU\/NETFLIX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, there you have it \u2014 while Park isn’t fluent per se, it sounds like she is getting there one step at a time. Oui, oui!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32465,"featured_media":44800,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[4054,23,3925],"yoast_head":"\nIs Ashley Park Fluent In French? 'Emily In Paris' Star Dishes!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is actress Ashley Park fluent in French? The star sings and speaks it well in season 2 of 'Emily in Paris.' Get details!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/is-ashley-park-fluent-french\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oui Oui! 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