Regardless of Proudly owning Manhattan following his actual property brokerage, Ryan Serhant made a shock admission about not needing for the present to function onscreen home gross sales.
“All the things is actual [on the show] as a result of the whole lot else is large and everybody has a facade, everybody lies. Nothing is actual, I imagine nothing,” Serhant, 41, quipped throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly. “So it might be a disservice to the world to create one other pretend actuality TV present.”
Serhant had “actually zero curiosity” in manufacturing success.
“I used to be completely nice going into filming if we do no offers. However we tried actually laborious. Even when all of the offers died or fell aside and the corporate needed to file for chapter,” he joked. “That’s the season finale of a present that I’d watch. It’d be horrible for my actual life however it might be the fact of it. It’s refreshing in a means that I haven’t seen on this format earlier than.”
The true property mogul and CEO of SERHANT beforehand appeared on Bravo’s Million Greenback Itemizing: New York from 2012 to 2021. He then starred within the 2017 spinoffs Sell It Like Serhant and Ryan’s Renovation. Serhant’s historical past with actuality TV allowed him to assist make Proudly owning Manhattan stand out as an actual property present that prioritizes distinctive storytelling.
“What made season 1 so particular — and the rationale I needed to do it — is as a result of I spent 10 years on Million Greenback Itemizing New York for Bravo. I needed to make a deal present. Individuals love Shark Tank and like deal reveals within the scripted world reminiscent of Succession and Gossip Lady. Proudly owning Manhattan will not be in regards to the drama. It’s in regards to the offers,” he famous to Us. “It’s also about what occurs due to the offers — they usually’re actual offers.”
Serhant inspired viewers to observe alongside on-line.
“One of many enjoyable issues about Proudly owning Manhattan is folks can watch the present after which observe alongside on social media, on the MLS and within the press. They’ll see if a deal is basically closed,” he defined. “It’s what makes this present so totally different.”
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Along with starring in Proudly owning Manhattan, Serhant’s position as govt producer allowed him to lean into his creativity when it got here to the present’s construction.
“To do one thing large and scary that folks haven’t seen earlier than like speaking to [a] digital camera in a actuality present, having voiceovers and we now have one takes on this present. Or the digital camera simply follows the again of my head as I’m about to go do one thing insane and there’s drones flying by way of town — it simply actually units the world,” he famous. “It lets the viewers know this isn’t one thing you’ve seen earlier than and that is value watching. … I give Netflix a number of credit score for permitting us to play and permitting me to actually, actually push the envelope on format.”
Proudly owning Manhattan is streaming on Netflix.
