{"id":601956,"date":"2026-08-23T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/601956\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:18:11","slug":"meghans-casting-in-the-gentlemen-reportedly-withdrawn-meghan-the-duchess-of-sussex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/601956\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan\u2019s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn | Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Duchess of Sussex\u2019s casting in Guy Ritchie\u2019s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on Saturday: \u201cI learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/netflix\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The development comes a day after reports that the Duchess of Sussex was in talks to make her acting return in The Gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">According to Variety, Meghan was in discussions to join the third season, which has yet to receive an official greenlight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Gentlemen series is a spin-off from the 2019 crime comedy film of the same name, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Charlie Hunnam, with Guy Ritchie acting as creator of both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The duchess made her name in the legal drama Suits, in which she played the character Rachel Zane for seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Her other small-screen appearances include CSI: NY and 90210, while film roles have included a small part in the comedy Horrible Bosses and 2015\u2019s crime thriller Anti-Social. She also led two Hallmark movies: When Sparks Fly and Dater\u2019s Handbook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">She recently filmed a cameo playing herself in the Amazon comedy Close Personal Friends alongside Brie Larson and Jack Quaid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/aug\/19\/prince-harry-and-meghan-moving-back-to-britain-this-month\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">return to live in Britain<\/a> this month, six years after leaving for the US, it is understood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The couple and their two children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, are expected to relocate to a property believed to be outside London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">King Charles was reportedly informed last Sunday that his son and daughter-in-law would return to Britain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Why are Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the UK? \u2013 The Latest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787473091_259_1920.jpg\" height=\"259\" width=\"460\" class=\"dcr-18dqxt1\"\/>Why are Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the UK? \u2013 The Latest<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Last year the Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a fresh multi-year film and television deal with Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Harry and Meghan struck the original five-year deal in 2020, reportedly worth $100m (\u00a378m), which resulted in a number of projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Meghan\u2019s main release with the streamer was the lifestyle series With Love, Meghan. The show received negative reviews from many critics, with the Guardian\u2019s Chitra Ramaswamy calling it \u201ctoe-curling stuff\u201d in a one-star review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duchess of Sussex\u2019s casting in Guy Ritchie\u2019s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported. 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