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Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Marisa Abela on ‘Industry’ Success and ‘Back to Black’ Criticism

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Conde Nast & Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The newly minted BAFTA winner talks her ‘Industry’ breakthrough, Harry Lawtey’s exit from the series, and the backlash to her Amy Winehouse biopic: “It’s difficult to be in the spotlight when it’s not all rainbows and sunshine.”

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0:00.0

The Handmaid's Tale returns for a sixth and final season, bringing the culture-defining series to an explosive end.

0:08.4

Starring Elizabeth Moss, this season finds June's unyielding spirit and determination pull her back into the fight to take down Gilead.

0:16.7

Deemed by Collider, a powerful finale for one of TV's best shows,

0:21.3

The Handmaid's Tale is for your Emmy consideration in all categories,

0:25.4

including Outstanding Drama Series and all other eligible categories.

0:30.1

For more information, visit fyc.hulu.com.

0:44.5

Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.

0:45.2

I'm David Canfield.

0:49.7

Today on the show, I'm chatting with Marisa Abela, who stars in industry as Yasmin Karahannani,

0:55.7

a wealthy publishing heiress who was trying to make it as a banker.

0:59.3

If you've seen the most recent season of the show, you know, just how intense things have gotten for her character in nearly all aspects of her life.

1:07.1

As if that wasn't enough, Marisa jumped from filming season three of industry straight into shooting back to black, the much disgust and not uncontroversial biopic in which she played Amy Winehouse.

1:18.2

I spoke with Marisa about how she handled all that scrutiny around the portrayal, what she thinks about Yasmin's evolution on industry, and what it was like making Black Bag with Stephen Soderberg,

1:28.7

Michael Fastbender, and Kate Blanchett. Good company. Marisa, thanks for joining the show.

1:36.2

Thank you. Thanks for having me. We are so excited to have you, as people who listen to this podcast

1:41.0

know, industry is my great cause, this award season and my favorite drama.

1:46.5

So it's a thrill.

1:47.5

It's a thrill to have you here.

1:49.4

I feel like I'm not alone though.

1:50.7

I'm wondering if you've kind of noticed people sort of finally getting on the train.

1:55.7

No, I mean, for season three, I definitely felt just like a big shift in the way that the people felt about industry and how

2:01.6

seriously it was taken as a drama.

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