Everything the cast hopes for next

Get ready to see more of Emily in Paris – and Emily in Rome!

On Monday, September 16, Lily Collins, who plays the title character, announced that Emily in Paris was renewed for season 5 on Good morning, America. In an Instagram video, the actress is seen sipping an espresso and saying: “There is no place like Rome.”

“It’s official: EMILY IN PARIS is coming back for season 5!” is the caption of the joint post with Collins and Netflix.

On Netflix Tudum, Creator Darren Star spoke about the news, which comes less than a week after Season 4 Part 2 of Emily in Paris premiered.

“We are thrilled by the incredible response to this season of Emily in Paris and I look forward to returning for a fifth time to continue Emily's adventures in Rome and Paris!” he said. “Emily will be present in Rome. That doesn't mean she won't be in Paris, but she will be present in Rome.”

Starr explained that he wanted to take the cast to “unexpected places,” and that’s exactly how Emily ended up in Italy. Collins also spoke to Tudum about her return to the title role and says she is looking forward to diving deeper into her relationship with her latest crush, Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini).

“Marcello is a whole different adventure that we want for Emily because ultimately we want to give Emily a better work-life balance,” she said. “We want Emily to be able to smile unconditionally. We want her to go beyond her vacation mode. And he comes at just the right time.”

“I feel like there's a real spark and a real connection and a real romantic connection between them,” Star added. “A lot of that will continue to play out next season.”

On September 10, Collins told PEOPLE that if there were a fifth season, she would like to see Emily “put her phone down more often. She wears more flats. She explores more of Italy. And maybe we get to know her family.”

Lucas Bravo, who plays Emily's French lover Gabriel, wants the two to get back together. “For me, I hope they get back together because it's much more fun to do beautiful and cheeky scenes and funny scenes than to be despondent and melancholy for five months,” Bravo told PEOPLE.

Ashley Park, who plays Emily's best friend Mindy, hopes the title character finds happiness and “ends up with the person she feels comfortable with,” Park said.

“I think my biggest question for Emily right now is, 'Where will she end up?' Before, it was America or France? Now it's France or Italy. And that's why I'm happy if she and Mindy at least stay friends.”

She joked that she simply prefers not to do any more winter scenes. “We're not doing Emily in the winter. No, I don't want that. I'm telling PEOPLE publicly. PEOPLE, I don't want that. I don't want Emily in Alaska. I'd rather do Emily in space,” Park said, laughing. “I just want Emily on the beach. Emily on vacation.”

At the premiere of the second part of the fourth season on September 10, Franceschini told PEOPLE that he was confident about returning to the hit series.

“The role is a great joy for me and an awareness of the future [that] I can do it,” he said. “So I hope my work lives up to the expectations of the series. [standards] and that is the most important thing.”

He revealed that when he got the role, he was already busy with other projects. It was only after filming that he was able to enjoy the success of the show, he said.

“For me it's an unexpected gift because everything happened very quickly,” enthused Franceschini. “When I was selected, I was filming a TV series here in Italy and so I didn't have time to realise what was happening.”

Star also met PEOPLE at the premiere event and said he is already brainstorming the characters' next steps.

“There are so many possibilities, but there are definitely some ideas,” he revealed. “It's really a fun story to tell over and over again.”

The series quickly reached No. 1 on Netflix when the fourth season was first released in August. It had nearly 20 million views in its first four days and remained in the top 10 for four weeks in a row in 93 countries, according to Tudum.

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Part 1 and 2 of Emily in Paris Season 4 is now streaming on Netflix.