Meghan Markle may not have seen the success she had hoped for with her divisive Netflix show With Love Meghan, but that doesn’t mean her time on screen is over. Au contraire, it seems like Netflix cancelling her show after just two seasons could be a blessing in disguise, as it may pave the way for her to return to what she did before meeting Prince Harry: acting!
Last year, it was reported that she would be making a cameo appearance as herself in the Amazon MGM Studios comedy Close Personal Friends starring Brie Larson, Lily Collins, and Jack Quaid. But one of her former Suits co-stars thinks a full-fledged return to acting is on the horizon…
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Meghan Markle's Former 'Suits' Co‑Star Thinks She Will Make A Comeback: 'She's Going To Be Fantastic'
According to reports, Meghan's former Suits co-star Eric Roberts, who played Charles Forstman in the hit legal drama, has hinted that she could and should return to acting in the near future. And would be doing the world a disservice if she didn't!
"I think she should come back. I think she will come back," Roberts, whose sister is Oscar-winner Julia Roberts – told RadarOnline, before predicting that "she's going to be fantastic and blow everybody's mind."
His wife Eliza, who is a casting director and friend of Meghan's, couldn't agree more, and chimed in: "It is time. And Meghan needs to come back to work. I feel like her whole family will support it, and she is amazing."
Casting Director Hails Meghan Markle's 'Star Quality'
Eliza went on to reiterate that Meghan only stepped away from acting because it conflicted with her life as a working royal, especially as far as some of the steamier scenes were concerned. But perhaps that won't be as much of a problem now that they have stepped down as working royals.
Reflecting on Meghan's choice to quit acting and even shut down her lifestyle site The Tig after her relationship with Prince Harry went public, Eliza said: "It is tricky because of the monarchy. Her role in Suits was very sexy. Her making love with another man, that was just – they've never seen anything like that."
"I understand the intention, and she thought she'd be satisfied with doing good works in the world. But she needs to be acting," she went on, before singing Meghan's praises even further.
"She is a young woman who needs to be acting. Meghan is a star," Eliza praised. "From the second you see her, she just has star quality. It doesn't matter. It was always going to happen."
Internet Reactions
As expected, the internet didn't have good things to say, with many people questioning her acting ability, and others quipping that she never stopped – a harsh reference to the ongoing reports of her being fake and putting on a show and not being genuine.
"Return to acting? She never stopped acting!" exclaimed one Daily Mail reader. "She's not given up acting. Everything she says or does is an act," agreed a second. "But she never stopped acting, she should have won all the awards for the last 8 years!" concurred a third, as a fourth echoed: "She has never stopped acting. Acting loving mother, wife, philanthropist, friend, businesswoman. It's all been an act."
"I'm curious to know what Eric bases his opinion on? The cooking show, the mediocre Suits performance, the Oprah interview?" asked a fifth, as a sixth chimed in: "'I feel like her whole family will support it.' Really? So that's Harry and the two kids then, as she's not speaking to any of the rest of her or his family and hasn't been for years now."
"Really? Because I've read that Hollywood wants nothing to do with her," noted a seventh, as an eighth slammed: "She was never a star." A ninth added: "Hollywood comeback? You can't have a comeback when you weren't there in the first place. She was a Canadian Cable TV actress!" "I'll never watch anything she's in," declared a tenth.
X was also full of criticism. "This is going to be a disaster," predicted one non-fan. "She was a middling c list actress. There's nothing to return to. The STARS of suits (not her) carried the show & it was just on a small cable tv channel," slammed a second.
"One minute they're coming back to UK next now she's going to back to acting in LA. Media tells us a different story every day. They just sound desperate publicity seekers," criticized a third.
"She wasn't a good actress before so why would anyone think she'd be good now?" asked a fourth, as a fifth echoed: "That would be great if she could act. ""She's past her prime in Hollywood standards!" exclaimed a sixth harsh X user.
