Industry star Marisa Abela questions explicit scene removed from BBC broadcast of season three

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industry Star Marisa Abela has questioned the BBC's decision to cut a scene from the show's final season.

The hit HBO drama, which follows a group of young graduates as they navigate the cutthroat world of finance in London, has received rave reviews since its first season aired in 2020.

The series, a co-production between HBO and BBC, has earned a reputation as the “wildest” show on television thanks to its hilarious characters and frequent sex scenes.

In a new interview with The timesone of the show's stars spoke about the third season scene that was deemed too explicit for British viewers.

Abela, 27, plays Yasmin Kara-Hanani, the privileged daughter of publishing billionaire Charles Hanani (played by Adam Levy).

In the first episode of season three, which aired in the US in August, viewers saw Charles' erect penis during a sexual encounter with a pregnant co-worker on his superyacht.

However, the explicit scene was edited out by the BBC when the series finally landed in the UK this week (October 1).

When asked about the omission from the British broadcast of The timesAbela asked, “What will they do?” Put something else on top?”

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“Are they going to blur it out?” she continued. “It’s pretty shocking, to be fair. But that’s not the point.”

She also argued that the inclusion of the penis was not unnecessary as it showed the dysfunctional dynamic between her character and her father.

Elsewhere in the interview, Abela spoke about her own sex scenes in the series.

“I don’t necessarily hold back on sex. I understand it’s part of the show,” she said. “I think I’m just more cautious now about what’s being seen.”

Abela, who recently played the role of Amy Winehouse in the controversial biopic about the musician Back to blacksaid of appearing nude: “The nudity aspect didn't bother me in the first or second season – I thought, 'If it's in my contract, I'll do it.'

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“It was part of Yasmin and part of the fact that she was so comfortable and very free. And it didn’t have a lot of emotional weight for me.”

“It's not that anyone forced me to do anything I didn't want to do, but I didn't necessarily want to question the directors,” she said.

“But I think now I'm more aware of the impact of doing it over and over again. And I'm more aware that I can say, “Do you mind staying on my back instead of coming around the front?” “It looks like I'm not carrying anything from behind.”

In a four star rating from industry season three, The IndependentNick Hilton's TV critic wrote: “For people who want a quiet evening in front of the TV, industry is a terrible option. It’s relentless, nasty, sexy, vulgar and all the other adjectives usually reserved for Berghain’s TripAdvisor reviews.”