- Kiernan Shipka says she expected the racy Season 4, Episode 3 scene in HBO’s Industry to generate conversation.
- Shipka views the role of Haley as a deliberate move into more adult, mature parts after growing up onscreen.
- The scene features Haley with Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Henry (Kit Harington) during a business trip at a castle.
Shipka expected a strong reaction
Kiernan Shipka, who joined HBO’s Industry for Season 4 as Haley, says she knew the episode that aired this week would get people talking. When she read the script for Episode 3 and saw the ménage à trois scene, she says she immediately thought, “yeah, that’s going to get people talking.”
From child actor to more grown-up roles
Shipka, 26, started acting on Mad Men at age 6 and later starred as Sabrina in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She told reporters the part of Haley felt like a turning point — a role that aligned with her life as a young adult and allowed her to play someone more complex and overtly adult.
What happens in the scene
In the episode, Haley becomes entangled with Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Henry Muck (Kit Harington) while the group is staying at an Austrian castle — a location actually filmed in Wales. Yasmin invites Haley into a private encounter that escalates into an intimate moment involving the three characters. Shipka described Haley as a character who understands the power dynamics of sex and uses that awareness to her advantage.
Haley’s role in Season 4
Haley works for Whitney Halberstram, the founder of Tender, an app in the show positioned to become a full-service bank despite its origins processing payments for adult content sites. Shipka’s Haley is at once a party girl and a quietly strategic presence: she handles logistics for Whitney but also navigates the social terrain of the wealthy and powerful people who orbit Tender.
Cast and context
The scene has drawn attention in part because it pairs actors from different eras of Shipka’s career — from Mad Men’s Sally Draper to sharing a scene opposite Kit Harington, known for Game of Thrones. Marisa Abela’s Yasmin, meanwhile, has been a central figure this season, and the dynamic among the three characters raises questions about power, ambition and performance in high finance.
Shipka on choosing adult work
Shipka said she did not necessarily set out last year to specifically find a more adult role, but choosing Haley feels aligned with how she sees herself now. She framed the part as an opportunity to explore a character who is both young and worldly, someone who plays social power as deftly as she handles more traditional job duties.
The episode continues to circulate on social platforms and among viewers, underscoring how a single provocative scene can shift perceptions about an actor’s career trajectory. For Shipka, it’s part of a larger creative progression — one that signals she’s steering toward more mature, challenging work.
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