Leshem and Hagar Ben-Asher discuss their latest series and working with the real-life inspiration for the show.
The Big Picture At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the mind behind the Israeli series that inspired HBO’s Euphoria, screenwriter Ron Leshem, visited Collider’s studio at the Cinema Center by MARBL to talk with Editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub about co-creating his latest series Bad Boy. Leshem joins series director and co-creator Hagar Ben-Asher to discuss bringing this true story to life and the creative liberties inspired by the man himself.
BEN-ASHER: So I'd say it's the best show that you ever saw in your life, right? That's how we start. It's a show based on the true story of a stand-up comedian in Israel. This guy spent his entire youthhood in juvie, and the beauty of his story is that he became a stand-up comedian in prison. So basically, it's a juvie show, but told through the eyes of a storyteller, of a comedian, with the perspective of humor. That's how I tell it to my friends and family.
BEN-ASHER: It pretty much carries this suspense element. I think that more than anything, we want the audience to engage, obviously, with the characters and the sensibility of the characters and their relationships. But there's always a very intense dramatic element to each and every one of the episodes.
I just figured out what happens in Episode 3 – I’ve not spoiled anything. One of the things, though, is I thought you did a really good job at building the tension and having a realistic depiction of what could happen to just survive. I've heard so many stories about prison, I don't know how much is true or not, but I got the feeling that it felt very realistic to me.
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