Lily Collins shares moment hairstylist CUT BANGS for Emily In Paris role

Lily Collins underwent a major hair transformation for the highly-anticipated third season of Netflix‘s Emily In Paris, which premiered last Wednesday.

The actress, 33 – who plays series lead Emily Cooper: a stylish American marketing executive working in Paris – bravely cut a Jane Birkin inspired fringe for the shoot.

She thanked pro hairstylist Gregory Russell for ‘starting Emily’s new hair journey,’ as well as her own ‘fringe era.’

Makeover: Lily Collins (pictured) underwent a major hair transformation for the highly-anticipated third season of Netflix’s Emily In Paris, which premiered last Wednesday

Lily shared the nerve-racking moment when Gregory took the first chop in a video shared to Instagram on Tuesday.

A makeup-free Lily can be seen sitting on a stool with a pink satin cape around her as Gregory meticulously parts out her brunette tresses.

After creating the perfect section, Gregory pins back a portion of her soon-to-be bangs in order to work in layers.

As Lily smiles nervously, Gregory quickly grabs ahold of the bottom layer and goes in for the cut.

The chop: The actress, 33 – who plays series lead Emily Cooper : a stylish American marketing executive working in Paris – bravely cut a Jane Birkin inspired fringe for the shoot

‘Fringe era’: She thanked pro hairstylist Gregory Russell for ‘starting Emily’s new hair journey,’ as well as her very own ‘fringe era’

Lily couldn’t help but let out a nervous laugh as she watches strands of her hair fall to the floor.

Gregory is then seen fine tuning the actress’ bangs by cutting into them to create a soft U-shape instead of a blunt fringe.

Lily looks thrilled with the results as she continues to smile for the camera.

Taking to the caption, the daughter of Phil Collins poked fun at Emily’s self-cut ‘trauma bangs’ in the comedy series’ latest season.

Nerves: Lily shared the nerve-racking moment when Gregory took the first chop in a video shared to Instagram on Tuesday 

 Taking to the caption, the daughter of Phil Collins poked fun at Emily’s self-cut ‘trauma bangs’ in the comedy series’ latest season. ‘Not exactly trauma bangs… unlike Emily, I didn’t cut these myself!’ she wrote

‘Not exactly trauma bangs… unlike Emily, I didn’t cut these myself!’ she began.

‘Big thank you to the master @gregoryrussellhair for inducting me into my fringe era and starting Emily’s new hair journey…,’ concluded Lily, who boasts over 27million followers.

Lily – who is no stranger to rocking bangs over the years – officially kicked off her ‘fringe era’ last December ahead of production on Emily In Paris season three.

She’d let her bangs grow out over the course of 2021, a year that included her wedding to director husband Charlie McDowell, 39.

Before/After: Lily – who is no stranger to rocking bangs over the years – officially kicked off her ‘fringe era’ last December ahead of production on Emily In Paris season three

She’d let her bangs grow out over the course of 2021, which included her wedding to director husband Charlie McDowell, 39; the couple seen in February 2021

Filming for season three began in June 2022. The hit series films on location in Paris, France.

Ahead of the series premiere last Wednesday, Lily expressed her gratitude to the city for allowing the show to film there over the summer.

‘I mean, shooting at the top of the Eiffel Tower will definitely go down in the books of something I never thought that I would get to say that I’ve done, let alone do, and it was just a real joy,’ she remarked to Entertainment Weekly.

She continued: ‘And I feel very, very grateful to the city of Paris for opening up the city to us and allowing us to film in all of these iconic locations. It makes the show the show and we’re so grateful.’

Filming for season three began in June 2022. The hit series films on location in Paris, France 

Grateful: Ahead of the series premiere last Wednesday, Lily expressed her gratitude to the city for allowing the show to film there over the summer; Lily seen in Emily In Paris season three

Lily also revealed that she would love to see her on-screen character remain in Paris, rather than moving elsewhere in search of love. 

The actress told the site: ‘I would want to continue exploring Paris and have all the experiences.

‘Also, it’s not a bad place to be knowing that there’s a train ride away to many other countries.

‘So I would definitely want to stay in Paris and explore all the other countries that were nearby and pop over for an adventure somewhere.’

Staying put: Lily also revealed that she would love to see her on-screen character remain in Paris, rather than moving elsewhere in search of love; Lily seen with co-star Ashley Park in season three

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