Industry creators receive messages from financial bros romanticizing the show and its story.
Industry co-creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay told the Wall Street Journal that they regularly get messages from people who say the show got them into the financial world.
“Everything of this nature, everything that’s going on in this world, has to feel very seductive in this first act, because you basically have to convince the audience to think that these people are having a good time, and you have to lean in,” Down explained.
“And then the third act is usually when it all goes to hell and you reveal that the person’s search for this thing isn’t going to be constructive, it’s actually going to destroy him. And a lot of financial bros just look at the first act and just think, ‘Okay, that looks like fun, I can do drugs and have a lot of sex and that looks like rock ‘n’ roll.’ And they don’t really watch the third act where it all implodes,” he added, explaining why people misunderstand the show.
He continued, “It’s weird because I still get LinkedIn messages and there’s usually a whole bunch of messages from people saying, ‘Bro, I love your show. I got into finance.'”
Kay emphasized that people perceive such shows with a “level of dishonesty” and call the characters sociopathic, while traits like “avarice, blind ambition” exist in everyone.
For those unfamiliar, Kay and Down are ex-bankers and launched the show as newcomers to the film industry. Their show follows recent college graduates trying to make it in the financial world. Industry cast includes Marisa Abela, Kit Harington, Harry Lawtey, Myha’la and more.
