Kit Harington Officially Breaks Silence on 'Industry’s' "Fantastic" Final Season [Exclusive]

HBO's cutthroat exploration of the financial world is quickly approaching the end. Back in February, just before Season 4 wrapped up, the network announced that it had picked up Industry for its fifth and final season. While the show was still on the rise, with the most recent run surpassing Season 3 in viewership, creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay decided it was the right time and came up with an ending designed to take the young bankers and traders of Pierpoint & Co out on a high note. All the main players are bound to be back in the fold, including Myha'la and Marisa Abela as rivals Harper and Yasmin, as well as Yasmin's erratic husband played by Game of Thrones alum Kit Harington.

Since Season 3, Harington has been along for the ride as Sir Henry Muck, the wealthy yet troubled CEO of the green energy start-up Lumi, haunted by his father's suicide. While the attention has primarily been on the rise of Harper and Yasmin to greater heights as they sate their personal ambitions, his time on the show has been a rollercoaster so far. From seeing his company collapse and dealing with sexual harassment allegations to marrying Yasmin in an arrangement to save her reputation and finding a new job as the CEO of Tender, life has been complicated for the aristocrat, though the finale saw everything come crashing down. Yasmin is done with him and even sells him up the river amid the collapse of Tender, forcing him to ultimately face consequences and go to trial for fraud. With his future uncertain, Yasmin embracing evil, Harper appearing hopeful, and Whitney (Max Minghella) on the run, there is still runway left to explore before business is closed for good.

In an interview with Collider's Christina Radish for his new series, A Tale of Two Cities, Harington gave an update on the status of Season 5 and what's next for him after all the tumult Muck just went through. He not only confirmed that production is well underway, but expressed his excitement for where he's heading after Henry's house arrest. It would've been a fine place to end his arc now that he's out of Yasmin's orbit and the point is made about how the wealthy never truly face consequences, but the actor credited the creators and co-showrunners for crafting something special that made him eager to return.

"Yeah, we’re filming it at the moment. I can’t tell you anything about the story, really, obviously. It would have had to have been a great story to bring me back. I said to them, 'I don’t know where else you’d take this.' He’s gone through the wringer, for me, personally. And they came back with this amazing idea. I’m really excited about it. We’re in the midst of filming it at the moment. It’s astonishing. They’re really just incredible writers, Mickey [Down] and Kon [Kay]. I think they’re going to see this season out the right way, having read it. I think everyone is going to love it."

'Industry's Final Season Will Continue to Be an Engrossing Ride

Industry has, in a sense, picked up the torch from Succession as HBO's go-to show about high-powered movers and shakers often doing questionable to downright awful things to climb the ladder and secure their futures. Whether you know much or care about the financial world, Harington assures that Season 5 will still be well worth the watch for the drama and relationships. "The final season is no different," he continued. "It’s no different in that respect. You will be hurtled along, understanding maybe half of it, but just completely whisked away by the story. It’s fantastic."

In the meantime, he'll soon be trading the modern financial industry for late-1700s Europe with MGM+'s new series adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. Harington will star as Sydney Carton, a similarly erratic character who is called upon by Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) to aid her. The story follows Lucie after she receives a letter from a French émigré and Carton's near-lookalike named Charles Darnay (François Civil) revealing that her father, who's been believed dead for the past 20 years, may actually be alive. However, Darnay is arrested for treason before he can guide her back to France, leading her to seek Carton's services as a lawyer to save him. The meeting of these three begins a powerful love triangle that binds them together through life, death, triumph, tragedy, and heartbreak despite their differences.

Filming is underway on Industry Season 5. In the meantime, A Tale of Two Cities premieres on MGM+ on September 6. Stay tuned here at Collider for more on the HBO show's last dance as more details come out.