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Golden Globes ‘Succession’ Plan: ‘Industry’ Could Follow In HBO’s Other Financial Drama
HBO’s “Succession” kicked off its 2020 awards run with two major Golden Globe wins, earning Brian Cox his first Globe for portraying billionaire patriarch Logan Roy and claiming the top honor for Best Dramatic Series. However, the financial family drama did not produce new episodes in time for the upcoming 2021 contest, leaving the race open for a new drama series to capitalize on. With the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) demonstrating its love of dramatized high finance and economic intrigue, they may see a worthy successor in the new HBO series “Industry.”
Integrated into the world of finance and currency exchange in the UK, “Industry” follows four recent university graduates who land highly coveted temporary jobs at Pierpoint Bank in London. Competing with each other for a permanent spot on the team and navigating the whims of their bosses at the sales counter, this relentlessly ambitious but self-doubting foursome form alliances, rivalries and unleash endless permutations of inter-office romance.
Although it lags behind its competition in our current combined odds, the “Industry” could easily attract the voters of the Globes. More than any other major awards body, the Globes love to discover and crown a new series ahead of time, leading the way for the Screen Actors Guild and the Emmys. It certainly doesn’t hurt that three of last year’s nominees – “Big Little Lies,” “Succession” and “The Morning Show” – are out of the question in 2021, leaving plenty of room for an unexpected newcomer. And while HBO has several eligible new dramas, including “Lovecraft Country,” “Perry Mason,” “We Are Who We Are,” and “The Outsider,” “Industry” has the benefit of airing right now, so it will be the most. fresh from the group in the minds of voters.
If the Globes coin “Industry” with their first series offering, look for a matching nomination for their star Myha’la Herrold. She plays Harper, the show’s ambitious, impressive, brave, and slightly deceptive female lead who hopes to prove her worth in the world of investment banking, which she considers a true meritocracy. Although this is an ensemble show, Harper is arguably the eyes and ears of the public in the often confusing culture of international finance, and Herrold is magnetic and unpredictable on paper.
Herrold is also a long way from a nomination at our current odds, but a surprise offer is not out of the box. Just look back at the first season of “Succession,” when Kieran Culkin was barely on the radar in 2019, but he still scored his first of two straight offers for the show. So there is a chance that this new investment is a smart bet on the Globes.
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