Lior Raz had already written a new season of 'Fauda' when Oct. 7 changed everything; now, ahead of the show’s return, he speaks about war, trauma, Hollywood fame, the pilots’ protest and life between red carpets and parenthoodThere are moments when life catches you completely off guard, even if you are the man who writes the fears of an entire country. Lior Raz is used to building scenarios on “Fauda,” breaking them down piece by piece, distilling the drama and then carrying out the mission the way Doron Kabilio likes to. But then comes the twist where reality takes the script, crumples it up and remakes it without asking for the copyright.During the first phase of the war with Iran, actress Mélanie Laurent arrived at Raz’s home. She had joined the cast of “Fauda” as a high-profile addition, a Hollywood star with the pedigree of her iconic role as Shoshanna in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” Back then, Laurent played the hunted, but proud, Jewish woman hiding in Nazi-occupied Paris. At Raz’s house, she became a friend seeking shelter from Iranian missiles, arriving as a temporary guest before becoming part of the household and family in Ramat Hasharon. She went down to the safe room, learned to count the seconds between sirens and even experienced her first Shabbat kiddush. No production, no director, once again she found herself inside a Jewish story of fear and shelters. Only this time it was not a movie. It was Israel.8 View gallery Lior Raz (Photo: Ilya Melnikov)Raz, who has already written nearly every imaginable horror scenario for “Fauda,” found himself living through one he could never have imagined.“When we were filming the new season of ‘Fauda,’ the first war with Iran started,” he recalls. “Mélanie Laurent was stuck in Tel Aviv. We acted together in the Netflix films ‘6 Underground’ and ‘Operation Finale.’ We became close friends and she joined the new season of ‘Fauda.’ I told her, ‘Come stay with us.’ I thought there’d be one or two explosions and that would be the end of it, but Mélanie ended up living with us for about a month.”"Shoshanna" fleeing for her life again.