Meghan Markle ‘offered dream role’ in Hollywood comeback

Meghan Markle’s agent is said to be involved in talks with a major studio as the former Suits star plans her next move.

Meghan Markle has been offered a “dream role” in a spin-off series of Suits, the show that sparked her rise to fame as a young actress before she married into royalty, it has been claimed.

And according to insiders, the Duchess of Sussex could even take on a role as director in at least one episode of the rebooted legal drama, which is called Suits: Los Angeles.

NBCUniversal has given the drama the go-ahead and Aaron Korsch, the show’s original creator and a friend of Meghan’s, has already written new episodes, according to The Express.

A senior production source claimed Meghan’s agent was engaged in contract talks with the studio giant.

Meghan Markle won fans as Rachel Zane in the smash-hit legal drama Suits.

The Duchess of Sussex could be making a long-awaited Hollywood comeback. Picture: AFP

“This is shaping up to be one of the biggest TV deals of the year,” the source told The Express.

The insider also claimed executives are “prepared to pay what it takes” to secure Meghan, who won a legion of fans before she met Prince Harry by playing the role of feisty paralegal Rachel Zane.

As rumours swirled that the show could mark Meghan’s Hollywood comeback, her former co-star Patrick J. Adams hinted she may be involved.

He teasingly referred to their characters in the show, Michael Ross and Rachel Zane, by saying: “Sure. Mike and Rachel in Seattle. They gotta come down to LA, they gotta fix some stuff.”

Universal International Studios boss Beatrice Springborn last year publicly confirmed Suits: Los Angeles was being made.

Rumours are swirling that Meghan Markle may be returning to acting. Picture: Getty Images

“It is amazing-looking people in great clothes but at the core of it, you can’t have a show that’s successful with just that. It has to have great storytelling and great character work.”

It comes after an unprecedented blockbuster year for Suits, which ran from 2012 to 2019.

A Nielsen report has revealed how the ensemble drama had a massive surge in popularity in 2023 after it was acquired by streaming giant Netflix, racking up 57.7bn viewing minutes in the US.

Viewing figures in the US for the legal drama outranked those for Ted Lasso, which was the year’s most watched original series — rather than acquired like Suits — on a streaming platform.

The popular Apple TV+ series about a hapless soccer coach, created by and starring Jason Sudeikis, racked up 16.9bn viewed minutes across all 24 of its episodes, Deadline reports.

It comes after Meghan and Prince Harry were flown out to Jamaica on a private Gulfstream IV jet by Paramount Picture executives for the premiere of the new movie Bob Marley: One Love.

The couple were spotted chatting to Paramount CEO Brian Robbins, who lives close to the Sussexes in the celebrity haven of Montecito, The Sun reports.

Originally published as Meghan Markle ‘offered dream role’ in Hollywood comeback