Everything Meghan Markle Has Said About Her Time on ‘Suits’ Over the Years: ‘I Never Thought My Life Would Be That Awesome’
usmagazine.comFrom performer to princess! Before she crossed the pond for love, Meghan Markle was a successful actress in the states — landing her biggest role on the legal drama Suits.The USA Network series, which ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2020, was set at a fictitious New York City law firm and followed Mike Ross (Patrick J.
Adams) as he used his photographic memory to talk his way into a job working for attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), despite being a college dropout.While the show primarily focused on Harvey and Mike winning lawsuits and closing cases, Markle portrayed Rachel Zane — an ambitious paralegal and daughter of one of the best lawyers in the city (played by Wendell Pierce) — who eventually became a love interest for Adams’ Mike.“Before Suits, I did a pilot every single year.
I even did a pilot for ABC with Patrick J. Adams, who plays Mike Ross on the show, like six years ago. He’s the rough-around-the-edges guy, I’m the polished girl, and there’s that, ‘Will they ever be together?’ tension,” the California native told Marie Claire in 2013, noting that she considers her character Rachel “such a good friend.”While a source exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2017 that the Fringe alum was said to be “much more reserved” with her Suits costars after her romance with Prince Harry broke in October 2016, the insider added that the Archewell founder enjoyed her final days on set before leaving the series earlier that year.“Meghan was extra pleasant on set and more personable, really engaged with the cast and crew,” the insider revealed at the time, adding that she spent a great deal of time with her on-screen family. “The whole cast and crew were getting along better than ever.
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