{"id":2167148,"date":"2025-11-19T19:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2167148"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:49:24","slug":"bad-boy-co-creator-ron-leshem-the-human-capacity-to-feel-compassion-and-empathy-for-those-who-are-different-is-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bad-boy-co-creator-ron-leshem-the-human-capacity-to-feel-compassion-and-empathy-for-those-who-are-different-is-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bad Boy\u2019 Co-Creator Ron Leshem: \u2018The Human Capacity to Feel Compassion and Empathy for Those Who Are Different Is Dying\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Speaking to Variety ahead of the International Emmy Awards where his compelling coming-of-age series \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt28688946\/\">Bad Boy<\/a>\u201d vies for a Best Dramatic Series award, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2129572\/\">Ron Leshem<\/a> reflects on what brought him to create the show alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11883697\/\">Daniel Amsel<\/a>, who co-created the original Isreali \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8772296\/\">Euphoria<\/a>\u201d with him, actress-writer-director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2132387\/\">Hagar Ben-Asher<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3679827\/\">Amit Cohen<\/a>, a co-creator-writer on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt23136682\/\">Red Skies<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0283509\/\">No Man\u2019s Land<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The eight-episode series debuted on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a> 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. 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