Diego Borella, assistant director of Emily in Paris, died suddenly at 47 while filming season 5 in Italy. Production briefly paused before resuming Aug. 23.

A man working on the hit show Emily in Paris has died during filming in Venice for the fifth season. La Repubblica named the man as 47-year-old Diego Borella, who was an assistant director on the show. Medics were called to Hotel Danieli in the city at around 19:00 local time (18:00 BST) on Thursday, but were unable to save him, the newspaper said.

Diego Borella, an assistant director of Emily in Paris, has died. He was 47. Borella was pronounced dead after he collapsed while filming the fifth season of the hit Netflix show in Italy at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Friday, Aug. 22, local news outlets La Repubblica, Il Messaggero and Corriere della Sera reported.