Last November, the Duchess of Sussex was seen and photographed on a studio backlot in LA. We quickly learned that she had taken a small role (a cameo, really) in an upcoming feature film called Close Personal Friends, which stars Lily Collins and Jack Quaid. Sources told People Mag that Meghan loved being back on set, even if she felt a bit rusty. Before this, her last role was in Suits, and she wrapped up her acting career in the fall of 2017. But what if she came back? What if she started acting again, for real? A few weeks ago, Eric Roberts was extremely enthusiastic about “amazing” Meghan and he proclaimed that she will definitely come back to acting. It seems like Eric isn’t the only one enthusiastic about Actress Meg. According to this extremely positive story in Page Six, Meghan is being inundated with acting offers.
Meghan Markle has been “bombarded” with work offers following a former co-star’s revelation she is planning a return to acting. Studios and production companies have tabled offers to the Duchess of Sussex for a range of roles, including horror and even soap operas, a senior Los Angeles casting agent exclusively told Page Six.
The avalanche of deals came after her former “Suits” co-star, Eric Roberts, publicly declared at a red carpet event last month that 44-year-old Markle was plotting a comeback to Hollywood.
The casting agent told us that directors and producers have been “scrambling in the last couple of weeks” over the opportunity to hire Markle, who already filmed one part for an upcoming Amazon movie last year.
“Meghan has been the hottest talking point in Hollywood circles in the last couple of weeks,” the agent claimed. “The very suggestion that she is planning to come back to acting has prompted interest the likes I have never seen in my three decades in the business.
Offers for leading roles and development proposals have flooded in,” our insider continued. “We are talking purveyors of genres including rom coms, drama, sitcoms and even soap operas. We cast across the board and everyone wants to be in the conversation.”
The agent also described the mother of two as a “unicorn,” because her signing onto any project would generate “stratospheric” hype and headlines.
“The reality of the excitement is because having Meghan in a screen project is a big deal on several fronts,” our source explained. “The primary opportunities seen by executives are how much attention Meghan’s return would bring to a project, which would prompt potentially tens of millions of investment money… And the reason for that is that the interest and publicity for her return would mean potential huge viewing figures or cinemagoer ticket sales – not just in the US, but around the world.”
But given that the Duchess of Sussex “walked away” from acting after getting engaged to Prince Harry in 2017, the agent noted that there’s “a huge question mark in town around who represents her interests today.”
“Agents, studios, production houses and even writers are trying to find connections to Meghan through her old agents, businesses and charity.”
The fascinating development has emerged even though Markle has refused to act in Netflix projects, despite her having a multi-million-dollar deal.
“It is irrelevant how her Netflix shows have fared, because this is Meghan back to her first career, which she’s enjoyed experience and success in,” the casting agent shared. “Her standing as an actress has always been solid and she was immensely popular in ‘Suits.’ A return to her being involved in dramatics on screen, rather being in the drama with her family issue off screen is very appealing.”
“Agents, studios, production houses and even writers are trying to find connections to Meghan through her old agents, businesses and charity.” I mean… she’s represented by WME. That was pretty big news in 2023 when Ari Emmanuel apparently met with her personally and convinced her to sign on. While various people have tried to claim that WME “dumped” her, there’s been no confirmation of that. But the larger point is that Meghan is still a hot commodity, and people know that casting her will bring their film tons of free publicity. Plus, she’s just watchable and beautiful on-camera. Do I really think that Meghan is going to go back to acting in a real way? Eh, not really. But I enjoy pro-Meg stories and I loved this one.
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