‘Bad Boy’ Co-Creator Ron Leshem: ‘The Human Capacity to Feel Compassion and Empathy for Those Who Are Different Is Dying’

Speaking to Variety ahead of the International Emmy Awards where his compelling coming-of-age series “Bad Boy” vies for a Best Dramatic Series award, Ron Leshem reflects on what brought him to create the show alongside Daniel Amsel, who co-created the original Isreali “Euphoria” with him, actress-writer-director Hagar Ben-Asher and Amit Cohen, a co-creator-writer on “Red Skies” and “No Man’s Land.”

The eight-episode series debuted on Netflix in early May where it ranked number one in 22 territories for multiple weeks in some, particularly in Israel where it made a sweep of the Israeli Academy Awards for Television, including best drama. It…