Meghan Markle has signed on to star in comedy Close Personal Friends, a new film starring Lily Collins and Brie Larson. Markle will appear as herself in the Amazon MGM film – her first acting gig in eight years since marrying Prince Harry, per Deadline.
The Duchess of Sussex was spotted on set in Pasadena, California, while filming alongside Larson and Collins, as well as Jack Quaid and Henry Golding. People quoted an unnamed source as saying: “Meghan was on the set today. She seemed very relaxed and happy. She introduced herself to everyone and was very sweet and down-to-earth.”
Close Personal Friends was first announced back in August, with production beginning one month later in London. Most of the details about the film are being kept under wraps, but the premise revolves around a couple who befriend a famous pair during a trip to Santa Barbara.
The film will mark Markle’s first acting role since she exited the long-running legal drama Suits in 2018, where she portrayed series regular Rachel Zane for seven seasons. The 44-year-old made the decision to leave the show to focus on her responsibilities within the royal family ahead of her wedding to Prince Harry, with whom she tied the knot with in 2018. In 2020, the couple announced that they were stepping down as senior members of the royal family and moving to the United States along with their two young children — Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.
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