There are some major casting updates for Industry Season 4. Series regular Harry Lawtey will not be back in Season 4, and The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Max Minghella joins in a new role alongside four more new stars.
Lawtey, who has played Rob since Season 1, was not among the list of returning stars provided by HBO on February 20. An HBO rep confirms that Lawtey will not be in Season 4 due to scheduling conflicts. Rob’s heartbreaking Season 3 ending is now his character’s exit.
Industry gives an insider’s view of the blackbox of high finance following a group of young bankers as they forge their identities within the pressure cooker environment and sex and drug fueled blitz of international bank Pierpoint & Co’s London office. Season 3 concluded on September 29, 2024, with a finale full of shocking developments (it was renewed for Season 4 on September 19). Here’s a breakdown of all there is to know so far about the show’s future. Season 3 spoilers ahead!
Who is in the Industry Season 4 cast?
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Minghella is the first new cast member announced for Industry‘s fourth season, HBO announced February 20. The announcement also confirms that Kit Harington will be back as Henry next season.Kiernan Shipka, Jack Farthing, Toheeb Jimoh, and Amy James-Kelly will also make their debuts in the fourth season.
Minghella will play Whitney Halberstram, the CFO and Founder of Tender, a payment processor entering a growth phase. Shipka plays Hayley Clay, an “executive assistant at payment processor Tender,” per Variety. Farthing plays Edward Smith, a “troublemaker and long-time friend of Henry’s (Harington).” Jimoh plays Kwabena Bannerman, a “trader at Mostyn Asset Management.” And James-Kelly plays Jennifer Bevan, a “newly promoted Minister in the Labour government.”
They join returning cast that includes Myha’la as Harper, Marisa Abela as Yasmin, Ken Leung as Eric, Sagar Radia as Rishi, Harington as Henry, and Miriam Petche as Sweetpea.
Industry has a history of not explaining why certain characters are no longer around, but select guest stars have returned, like Sarah Parish‘s Nicole Craig, who was shockingly killed off at the beginning of Season 3.
When does Industry Season 4 premiere?
A release date will be announced at a later time, but production begins in March 2025 in the UK. Season 4 will consist of eight episodes like each season before it. Season 4 production is reportedly starting in the coming weeks.
What happens in Industry Season 4?
Industry is created, written, and executive produced by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. Down and Kay told Deadline in December that Michael Clayton is inspiring Season 4’s plot.
“We want to write a corporate thriller,” Down said, adding that the Tony Gilroy film is “the greatest corporate thriller of all time.”
Other plot details are being kept secret for now. A Season 4 description was not provided when the series was renewed in September.
What happened in Industry Season 3?
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Season 3 is proof that networks need to let shows cook. The HBO finance drama delivered its most captivating season yet with its third go, with episodes that feature bold structural swings and dastardly, shocking betrayals from the characters.
The season began with Harper working for a new, “moral” hedge fund after she was fired from Pierpoint by Eric (Ken Leung) at the end of Season 2. Harper started further down the food chain than she would have liked at this new job, but she schemed her way into the good graces of her new job’s No. 2 in command, Sarah Goldberg‘s Petra Koenig.
Harper made quick work of starting up a new, buzzy fund with Petra, which made their paths cross with her former colleagues at Pierpoint. As her reunion with Eric in Europe revealed, getting Pierpoint to be the sales reps for her new fund was Harper’s version of revenge against her former boss.
Yasmin (Abela) was haunted by a fateful trip on her disgraced father Charles’ (Adam Levy) yacht all season. The heiress was hounded by paparazzi at every corner as the search for her missing dad continued. She was shacking up with Robert (Lawtey) in the meantime in a house they shared with Harper, and the romantic tension between Yas and Rob continued all season.
Harington’s Henry threw a wrench into everything. His Elon Musk-inspired CEO found himself being investigated for corruption by the UK government after the IPO launch of his company, Lumi, went south. The company tried to make Rob, their Pierpoint rep, the fall guy, and he was reluctantly still connected to Henry after the dust settled. Yas and Henry got into a romantic and kinky fling as well, making Rob (and in an odd but unsurprising development, Eric) jealous.
Harper, who’s now obsessed with insider trading, became privy to some key information about Pierpoint becoming a sinking ship. The penultimate episode of the season showed Pierpoint in potential ruin, with the big wigs at the company trying every avenue to save it. Eric proved himself to be more cutthroat than Harper when he betrayed his longtime friend and colleague, Bill Adler (Trevor White). And the other shocking twist of the season came when a flashback revealed that Yas was involved in her father’s death (he fell overboard and she did nothing about it), and Harper helped keep the secret. The complicated friends had a big falling out that has yet to be resolved.
Rishi (Radia) also had a noteworthy episode focused on his gambling addiction and the havoc it wreaks on his personal and professional life.
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