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I know even less than the average Joe about finance, he says with a laugh.
What a great thing to play.
At some point, I let that stuff go and really just had fun with it.
Spoilers ahead for the season-one finale ofIndustry.
Leung says theIndustrycast probably wont return to Wales to film the new season until next summer.
She later tells Daria she was terrified, and we see her in tears.
But she tells Sara that Eric may have locked the door absentmindedly.
Does Eric realize how menacing he was?Well, what do you think?
What do you see?
Theres no right or wrong answer.
Theoretically, she could have gotten up and walked out.
We see that when Eric goes to unlock the door, he doesnt remember he locked it.
He needed to get a lay of the land, how much trouble hes in.
Seemingly, she has screwed him over.
So thats where it came from.
This situation is unique in that Eric is not in a power position.
Hes in a kind of desperate desperation that shes never seen.
Ordinarily, he doesnt care what anybody thinks.
He changes his clothes on the trading floor.
Suddenly he cares a lot.
He doesnt want anybody to see.
He doesnt want anybody to walk in on them accidentally.
So this is a new him.
But maybe that is part of why she stays.
He then gives Harper her bonus early which she learns is 25,000 more than the other grads got.
When she asks Eric why now, he says she deserves it.
She doesnt seem convinced.
I mean, what is it were getting at?
Or is that confusing it more?
Daria suggests that Eric makes Harper feel special.
Is she acting against her own interests?You would have to ask her.
I mean, what youre saying happened looks correct on the face of it.
So I think one could say that she is paying him back for that.
To say what she did is siding with the old boys club, I dont know if thats fair.
She is saving him.
In the elevator, Harper asks him what he said to Felim to win him back.
He laughs and says he has no fucking idea.
Does he really not remember?[Laughs.]
I think there were times when he did and times when he didnt.
I dont remember which take they used.
When the elevator door opens, Harper gets out and Eric stays behind and looks … perplexed, relieved?
So if I just tell you, it kills the scene.
If I say, Okay, this is what I did to prepare for this scene.
This is how I played it.
This is what it reminded me of.
I mean, its not its inappropriate.
So I dont know how to answer that.
Its this.I knew, and this is what I said.
And fuck it I have no idea.So let me play that.
And then a year goes by and somebody asks me, What were you thinking about in that moment?
I dont know how to answer that.
Harper is in a place of power that she wasnt in before.
So the tables are turning.
I dont know where we go now.
A gauntlet is thrown when Daria is fired.
Logically, Sara might be the next one in the crosshairs.
Eric knows that it was a close call.
Does he go back to his old-boys-club ways when he knows that change is coming?
Hes a smart guy.
How does he negotiate having survived this close call?
I dont know how that translates into Can she trust him?
It depends on what the writers have in mind for them to go through.
Eric survived the guillotine that cut off his tie, so anything can happen.
Youre not online, but if you were, youd see that youre the show fan favorite.
What does that say about us as the audience?People like loose cannons.
They like to watch that.
When things do happen with Eric, theyre loud and kind of attention-getting.
I think thats what people are gravitating to.
Whats the next crazy thing that hes going to do?
Speaking of which, whats with the epithet-filled repartee between him and his wife?
[Laughs heartily.]
Hopefully well see more of her in season two.
Shes even more powerful than he is in her world.
So theyre like this crazy power couple that, like, who knows?
Anything could be happening to them.
Hopefully well see more about that.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
