Meghan Markle reportedly in talks for UK-filmed Netflix series
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Meghan Markle is reportedly in advanced talks to join Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen, which films in the UK, marking a potential return to acting as she and Prince Harry relocate the family back to Britain. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a role is being written for an as-yet-unannounced third season, so its size remains unclear, though sources say the opportunity was a significant factor in the couple's decision to move. The development reinforces the wider news that the Sussexes intend to make Britain their base again, following a summer trip they reportedly enjoyed enough to extend their stay.
The couple's children, Archie and Lilibet, have been enrolled in a British school starting in September, with the family expected to live privately outside London rather than resume royal duties, and they are not expected to give up their homes in California and Portugal. Markle previously starred in Suits for seven seasons before leaving in 2017 ahead of her royal engagement, and had an overall deal with Netflix that produced Harry & Meghan, Polo and With Love, Meghan before being downgraded to a first-look arrangement last year; Netflix also dropped its partnership with her As Ever lifestyle brand in March. Netflix had not confirmed the reported casting at the time of reporting.
- Meghan Markle reportedly in talks to join Netflix's The Gentlemen, filmed in UK
- Move ties into Harry and Meghan's planned relocation back to Britain
- Children enrolled in UK school; couple to live privately, no royal duties
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Meghan Markle stepped back from her acting career in 2017 when she left the US legal drama Suits to marry Prince Harry, becoming a working member of the British royal family. In 2020 she and Harry gave up their royal duties and moved to California, where they later signed a deal with Netflix that led to shows including the documentary Harry & Meghan and the lifestyle series With Love, Meghan, though that arrangement was scaled back to a less exclusive deal last year.
The couple are now reportedly planning to move their family back to the UK, with their children, Archie and Lilibet, said to be starting at a British school in September. They are expected to live privately rather than resume royal responsibilities, and would keep their homes in California and Portugal alongside a UK base.
This matters because a return to acting, on a UK-based Netflix production, would mark a shift in Markle's career since leaving both Hollywood and royal life, and because it adds detail to the wider question of what the Sussexes' relationship with Britain and the royal family looks like going forward.
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Originally published by The Hollywood Reporter as “Meghan Markle in Advanced Talks to Join Netflix Show After She and Prince Harry Move Back to the U.K. (Exclusive)”.