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.

Tragedy struck the set of Emily in Paris Thursday after assistant director Diego Borella collapsed and died during filming. He was 47. “We are deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of a member of the Emily in Paris production family,

The cast of Emily in Paris has resumed filming the latest season two days after assistant director Diego Borella died during production.