{"id":248039,"date":"2025-11-06T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248039\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:03:08","slug":"meghan-markle-mocked-after-latest-hollywood-headline-grab-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248039\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle mocked after latest Hollywood ‘headline grab’ | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghan Markle<\/a> was criticised by a PR expert<\/a> for her decision to return to acting by playing herself. The Duchess of Sussex dominated headlines on Wednesday evening, hours before Prince William\u2019s major speech<\/a> at the Earthshot Prize Awards in Brazil, when it emerged that she is finally making a comeback to acting<\/a> after she was spotted filming a new movie in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry<\/a>\u2019s wife was snapped filming Close Personal Friends at Amazon MGM Studios in Pasadena, in what is her first time back on set after eight years. The film features a star-studded cast, including Lily Collins, Brie Larson, Jack Quaid \u2014 son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid \u2014 and Brit Henry Golding.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the Duchess will have only a small cameo in the film, which is about two couples\u2014one famous and one not\u2014who meet in Santa Barbara and become fast friends.<\/p>\n

Now, a PR expert has criticised the Duchess and her team for blowing the news out of proportion, particularly on a day of such significance due to William\u2019s appearance in Brazil.<\/p>\n

She also criticised her for opting to play herself, thus potentially missing a future career comeback.<\/p>\n

Renae Smith, founder of The Atticism<\/a>, told the Express: \u201cI think calling this a \u2018return to acting\u2019 is generous. Playing yourself isn\u2019t exactly a career comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call it acting any more than I\u2019d call another Oprah interview acting, it\u2019s still just Meghan being Meghan, but this time with better lighting and perhaps a better storyline.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a PR standpoint, it feels more like a headline grab than a professional reinvention.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Smith added: \u201cStrategically, it\u2019s confusing too. She\u2019s spent the past couple of years trying to reposition herself as a businesswoman and philanthropist, then as an influencer\/lifestyle brand – but definitely not a performer.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this move muddies the narrative: is she building a brand, or chasing relevance? My guess is she\u2019s going for \u2018anything that will get attention\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meghan’s latest offering in Hollywood<\/a> is directed by Jason Orley, who has also written the script alongside Isaac Aptaker.<\/p>\n

The Duchess of Sussex has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle was criticised by a PR expert for her decision to return to acting by playing herself.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,2744,2745,100,103624,103626,102647,103627,3566,3567,103625,3565,223,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-248039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-harry-and-meghan","tag-harry-and-meghan-news","tag-meghan-markle","tag-meghan-markle-acting","tag-meghan-markle-film","tag-meghan-markle-hollywood","tag-meghan-markle-larson","tag-meghan-markle-latest","tag-meghan-markle-latest-news","tag-meghan-markle-movie","tag-meghan-markle-news","tag-royal-family","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}