Lily Collins portrays Emily in the Netflix series “Emily in Paris.” (Stephanie Branchu/Netflix)
Actor Lily Collins has two projects in hot rotation on Netflix these days. She’s the Emily from Chicago who takes a job in Paris in the fan favorite series “Emily in Paris,” recently renewed for a second season, and she has a pivotal supporting role in David Fincher’s Oscar-magnet biopic “Mank,” playing “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s typist/secretary Rita Alexander, who also serves as something of a moral compass as arguably the most “regular” person in the Hollywood fable.
I hope you’ll indulge me for just a couple of paragraphs before we proceed with my conversation with Collins.