‘Industry’ Star Marisa Abela On Finding Inspiration In ‘Real Housewives’ & Unpacking Yasmin’s Desperate Need For Power: “She Operates From A Place Of Fear”

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In the final season of HBO's Industry, Marisa Abela's character Yasmin Kara-Hanani makes a sharp turn toward ruthlessness after her firm collapses and her ally Henry loses his leverage. Abela draws inspiration from Real Housewives for the character's desperation, describing Yasmin as someone who "operates from a place of fear" and will stop at nothing to claw back power, even at the cost of her friendship with Harper. The actress unpacks how this heel turn reshapes Yasmin's arc in the show's endgame.