Ten years after being forced to retire from "Survival" due to a heart problem, Michael Lewis returns to the format to close the circle.
On Saturday night, the new season of reality will air on Network 13, and Lewis, a model, actor and network star, will once again try to pick up the title of Last Survivor.
"It was an amazing experience this time, and very different from the first time," Lewis says.
"It's going to be interesting because people will know Michael, not just Michael Lewis."
Did the fact that you were already in "Survival" make it easier for you? Did you feel you were coming more prepared?
"I don't think you can really prepare for this thing one hundred percent, because you never know what's going to happen and who's going to be. It helped me understand what I'm getting into, but it did not prepare me for what happened in the end of the game. There's an element to this game. "Very tough. You have to survive every second."
Wondering whether to go for the same format again?
"The production of 'Survival' tried several times to get me back so I could make a correction, but each time I felt unprepared. This year it felt right to me and also came out with a nice timing, exactly a decade after the previous time."
What's the difference between Michael of that season and Michael of the new season?
"I'm much more mature, collected and whole, and less traumatic. It's hard for me to explain in a few sentences what happened to me at the time, and what I've been through since he made me do this thing again, but it felt right to me."
Did fitness help you?
"Fitness definitely helps in 'survival', but it's just a small part of the game. The game is very social and strategic, and if you do not have certain character traits - you can not succeed in it. To survive you have to socialize and be strategic. These are much more important traits. "Survival" than fitness. "
Are you sociable?
"I am a very sociable person, but I will not always feel comfortable using strategy to move forward in life, because it is important for me to be honest and real. Sometimes it hurts me. Let's just say that on this island it has not always helped me."
Criticize you for not serving in the IDF because of heart problems, but you did participate in a reality show that required physical effort.
"The IDF did not want me, and I contributed in a different way to the state and society.
It’s something I do to this day, constantly thinking about how I can give back, and I do it from the beginning of my career to the present day.
I do not take to heart what people say.
If someone blackens me, it is my duty to respond elegantly. "
What else are you doing these days?
"I go back to lecturing on my lecture called 'One Percent.' "One percent of people who know how to disengage from prejudice and do everything to fulfill themselves."
