'Euphoria' Original Creator on the LONG JOURNEY to Success — Ron Leshem

Ron Leshem is an Israeli-American television producer and writer, best known for creating the first incarnation of HBO's hit teen drama "Euphoria," in Israel, before the show was ultimately cancelled after one season in 2012. Ron is currently an executive producer of the US version of Euphoria. Additionally, one of Ron's first writing projects EVER, "Beaufort" was nominated for an Academy Award in 2007 for Best Foreign Language Film. Ron has also co-created and written the television series No Man's Land (Hulu), Valley of Tears, and The Gordin Cell. In addition to his career as a television executive. He is also a bestselling author, having had his works translated into 20 different languages. As a novelist, he has won some of the top Israeli literary awards, among them the prestigious annual Sapir Prize for Literature in 2006. Ron shared that production on Season 3 of Euphoria will begin in October, 2022.

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ Euphoria getting rejected by all the major networks at first in the US, including HBO, where it would later end up.

+ The process Ron went through, releasing Euphoria in the Israeli market at first and getting called into a government office and chastised for not portraying their youth in a better light.

+ D.A.R.E's open letter to HBO and Euphoria cast and crew for negatively influencing today's youth and Ron's thoughts on it.

+ Avoiding the wrong partnerships and harvesting the right ones.

+ The metaphor for characters always banging on doors and being indicative that the characters are always looking outside of themselves and pointing fingers vs. looking within.

+ The problem with networks mandates and creating generic algorithms new shows must fall into, and how that ends up with out of the box shows succeeding.

+ The original life experience that lead Ron's first draft for Euphoria.

+ How today there are so many different distractions that we are unable to have any long thoughts anymore.

+ What separates those who sustain success and lose it.

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