“Her spirit was a through line,” Herrold beams, speaking tofrom New York. “I was always talking to Lena because we’re like homies. I want to create things in the way she does.”-produced drama, one of the rare shows to make “sexy banking drama” not sound like such an oxymoron. Rich with fresh new faces and shot between Wales and London, the slick series follows a new batch of graduates at a central bank, forced to compete for precious few positions while navigating torrid romantic entanglements.
Harper, Herrold says, has a similar M.O. Some of her choices may be misguided, “but I can get how she got there because we are starting at the same place.” Producers searched far and wide in the U.S. and U.K. to cast Harper. Herrold recalls a Zoom conversation with writers Konrad Kay and Mickey Down. A couple of days later, her management called and asked if she wanted to meet the director.
Herrold connected with the material on an emotional level. She’s more measured about the whole “banking drama” concept. “You just add a bunch of numbers to it and it’s a finance drama,” she smiles.