Meghan Markle in Talks for 'The Gentlemen' Season 3
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- Meghan Markle is in early talks to join Season 3 of Netflix's 'The Gentlemen,' with reps for both Markle and Netflix declining to comment and no contract yet in place.
- 'The Gentlemen' Season 3 has not been officially renewed by Netflix, even though Season 2 is set to premiere on Sept. 3 and the Guy Ritchie series was a hit for the streamer in its first run.
- The series stars Theo James as an aristocratic soldier who inherits a massive estate and discovers it sits atop an underground cannabis empire — a plot that could shape what kind of role Markle would play.
- Markle already has an Archewell Productions deal with Netflix that has produced 'With Love, Meghan' (which launched her As Ever brand), 'Heart of Invictus,' and the docuseries 'Harry & Meghan.'
- Markle is also set to cameo as herself in the upcoming Amazon MGM comedy 'Close Personal Friends' alongside Brie Larson and Lily Collins — a detail the Netflix-centric framing overlooks but which shows her acting comeback isn't tethered to a single streamer.
- The casting talks come days after Markle and Prince Harry announced they are moving back to the UK with their two children for an 'extended period,' six years after relocating to California.
- Deadline Hollywood was the first to report Markle's potential 'Gentlemen' role; Australian outlet News.com.au first reported on Friday that she had been 'offered a role in an upcoming project based in the U.K.'
Why it matters: This would mark Markle's first substantial scripted TV role since 'Suits' wrapped in 2018, and it's landing through her existing Archewell-Netflix infrastructure rather than an outside casting push — meaning Netflix gets star-driven publicity essentially for free. The timing also ties her return to acting directly to the family's UK relocation announcement, though the fact that Season 3 hasn't been officially greenlit underscores how preliminary everything still is.
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