Meghan’s
casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn
Duchess
of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy
Ritchie’s crime caper
Nadeem
Badshah
Sat 22
Aug 2026 22.23 BST
The
Duchess of Sussex’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been
withdrawn, it was reported.
Tina
Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on
Saturday: “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3
of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash
in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward.”
The
development comes a day after reports that the Duchess of Sussex was in talks
to make her acting return in The Gentlemen.
According
to Variety, Meghan was in discussions to join the third season, which has yet
to receive an official greenlight.
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.
The
duchess made her name in the legal drama Suits, in which she played the
character Rachel Zane for seven seasons.
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’s crime thriller
Anti-Social. She also led two Hallmark movies: When Sparks Fly and Dater’s
Handbook.
She
recently filmed a cameo playing herself in the Amazon comedy Close Personal
Friends alongside Brie Larson and Jack Quaid.
The Duke
and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain this month, six
years after leaving for the US, it is understood.
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.
King
Charles was reportedly informed last Sunday that his son and daughter-in-law
would return to Britain.
Last year
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a fresh multi-year film and television
deal with Netflix.
Harry and
Meghan struck the original five-year deal in 2020, reportedly worth $100m
(£78m), which resulted in a number of projects.
Meghan’s
main release with the streamer was the lifestyle series With Love, Meghan. The
show received negative reviews from many critics, with the Guardian’s Chitra
Ramaswamy calling it “toe-curling stuff” in a one-star review.
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