Meghan's not much of an actress, says LIZ JONES, but even she's let down by the ... trends now
‘You wouldn’t even know where to look without me.’
This is Meghan Markle, giving her love interest a good dressing down.
In this case, however, her glassy-eyed ire is aimed not at a supposedly hen-pecked Harry, but instead at her co-star, Mike (played by Patrick J Adams, who has all the macho heft of a daffodil), in Suits.
The TV legal drama, which first aired a decade ago and ran for nine steel and glass seasons, has been snapped up by the BBC in a curious move, given it’s been available on Netflix for over a year, becoming the most streamed show of 2023.
Meghan Markle got her big break when she joined the cast of Suits in July 2011
The BBC have snapped up Suits even thought it has been available on Netflix for more than a year, becoming the most streamed show of 2023
Meghan, playing Rachel Zane, does her valiant best but, as a reviewer commented when the BBC announced its scoop: ‘Beneath all the smart-ass dialogue there isn’t a lot of real depth.’
The Suits wedding scene in which Meghan's character Rachel says 'I do'
Meghan was in Suits before she married into the Royal Family, but she only became well-known in the UK when she she met Prince Harry - and 'paraded in a cream coat around the gardens of Kensington Palace'
We all know that Meghan was in Suits before she married into the Royal Family (well, we know now - I'd never heard of Meghan until she paraded in a cream coat around the gardens of Kensington Palace.)
And it’s no longer a pre-requisite for royal brides to have never had a life, a previous husband, or even gainful employment.
It’s not even particularly awful that the Duchess of Sussex is seen in her bra on screen. Having fictional sex! We are all grown up enough to separate fact from friction.
No, my problem with Suits is that it's humourless trash, although we can’t blame Meghan for that.
She will have taken the job on the strength of a pilot.
These series are always a gamble. I’m certain that when was cast in the role of Rachel Zane, the pencil-skirted paralegal who has a huge chip on her shoulder, given she hadn’t gone to Harvard, Meghan saw it as a chance to portray a strong black woman who takes no prisoners, a feminist confident enough to expose her Victoria’s Secrets.
She won’t have been able to
