The creators behind hit banking show Industry say they want to make an “entertaining” series that keeps people’s attention. About graduates pursuing a career in finance, the series was discussed at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Tuesday with creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, actor Sagar Radia and Bad Wolf chief executive Jane Tranter. Advertisement Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington is joining the BBC and HBO series as Lord Henry Muck, the chief executive and founder of a green tech energy company, named Lumi, which is about to go public.
When asked about how Harington was persuaded to get naked in the new season, which has begun airing in the US, Down said: “It didn’t take much persuasion.” He added that the British actor asked “can I be naked?” Advertisement Kay said that each season of the show, they are unsure if it will be renewed so that is why there is always a culmination at the end. Advertisement He said: “If we burn all our best ideas and we give the audience a satisfying conclusion, we might even have the challenge of, then how do we write our way out of this, which will be even more fun.
” Kay also spoke about people saying the show is “designed for dealing with short attention spans”, and is for a “TikTok kind of brain”, referencing the social network which has short videos. He added: “Me and Mickey never discussed that apart from I guess the editing style in the first season, that kind of speed of editing and making score and stuff..