"Clwb Ifor Bach, a night club in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is the kind of venue whose sticky floors hold generational memories of first intoxications. One evening in July, about a hundred young people lined up outside-girls in crop tops and short skirts, boys in baggy pants and tees. Once admitted, they gathered in knots on the dance floor, holding drinks in plastic cups."
"This was not a typical night out, though: the assembled had responded to a casting call and were about to be extras in a charged scene for Season 4 of "Industry," the HBO drama about the world of finance and associated realms of power. A stage beside the dance floor had been curtained off. There, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the two Brits who created the show, huddled with a small team around several monitors, assessing the scene as it would appear onscreen."
Konrad Kay and Mickey Down left brief City banking careers and created Industry, an HBO drama portraying finance, ambition, and power. They conceived the show after short stints at different banks and draw on their long friendship from Oxford. The 2020 debut established Pierpoint & Co., a fictional bank whose trainee program rewards ruthless behavior and offers few permanent positions. The series centers on young professionals granted sudden money and influence who navigate amorality and competition. Production for Season 4 used real locations and local extras in Cardiff, with the creators writing and directing episodes.
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