Minnie Driver Car Crash Tweaks Emily In Paris Schedule
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- Minnie Driver announced in an Aug. 6 Instagram 'Paris Update' video that she was in a 'really bad car accident' while driving on a country road in France, showing herself in a neck brace back in London.
- Driver said she has a sprained neck and is 'in shock,' crediting the Kia EV2 she and her friend were riding in for allowing them to walk away from the T-bone crash.
- Emily In Paris production schedule remained 'virtually intact' — only one scene involving Driver was rescheduled, since she had a pre-planned filming break, and she's expected back once she recovers.
- Driver's Princess Jane, introduced in Season 5 as an old friend of Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), became an equity partner at Agence Grateau in the finale; creator Darren Star told Deadline in November: 'I love Minnie, love working with her. She was so terrific on the series this season.'
- Season 6 — the show's sixth and final season, produced by Paramount TV Studios and starring Lily Collins — began filming in May, shooting in Greece and Monaco before settling in Paris for the bulk of production.
- The series previously accommodated co-star Ashley Park in 2024 when she recuperated from critical septic shock, starting Season 4 production without her and integrating her back after recovery.
Why it matters: Final-season shoots have zero reschedule slack, yet only one scene moved — a narrow outcome made possible by Driver's pre-planned filming break coinciding with the crash. Her Princess Jane is now structurally embedded in Season 6's plot after becoming an equity partner at Agence Grateau, so any prolonged absence would have rippled into the final-season storylines rather than a single scene.
