""When I run into people in the street, they're very respectful," he went on. "They connect with my work, they recognize me, but they talk to me like you would talk to a person you don't know.""
""They don't do it on purpose, but some people just point at me and say just, like, ' Emily in Paris!' in the middle of the street, and startle me," Bravo said. "And I'm like, OK, what am I? Who am I? What's my name?""
""I was just like a heartthrob overnight. It feels a bit rushed. Too much attention for the quality of work I provided," he told in 2021, describing fame as "smoke" that "doesn't mean anything.""
""All the little things that define who you are and make you human once you're in that [heartthrob] category are perceived like a flaw. And I don't want to be perfect. I've been working against that. In France, they don't want good-looking. They want broken faces.""
Lucas Bravo, the French actor who plays Gabriel, described navigating increased public attention after Emily in Paris. He said most fan encounters are respectful, with people recognizing his work and speaking politely. He reported occasional startling interactions where fans point and shout the show's name in public, which he called objectifying. He reflected on becoming a heartthrob overnight, calling the fame rushed and like "smoke" that lacks real meaning. He said the heartthrob category can turn human traits into perceived flaws and that he resists pressure to appear perfect, noting a cultural preference for "broken faces."
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