Meghan Says She's 'Done' Acting With No Plans to Return: 'Absolutely Not'

Meghan Markle has announced that she has no intention of returning to her career as an actress and has said that the Hollywood industry has "has shifted quite a bit since I was a part of it," in a revealing new interview with Variety.

The duchess was due to be honored as a member of the magazine's 2022 class of Power of Women, however, the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 meant that she was unable to attend the ceremony, which was attended by Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton on September 28 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts.

In an interview published after the official mourning period for the late queen had ended, the former Suits actress discussed, for the first time since her marriage in 2018, her relationship with Hollywood and how this will play a role in her future.

While Meghan and Prince Harry are creating digital content including a documentary series, through their joint production company Archewell Productions, the duchess said she had absolutely no intention of returning to her role as a screen actress.

"The industry has shifted quite a bit since I was a part of it," Meghan said.

"I left Suits right after the 100th episode in 2018. I didn't think I'd ever be in the entertainment industry again. But the entire culture has changed; streamers have changed things. The ability to create zeitgeist moments like we had in the '90s — where everyone would tune in at the same time for a show or gather for one moment? — that doesn't happen anymore..."

When asked categorically if she'd ever consider a return to acting, she responded:

"No. I'm done. I guess never say never, but my intention is to absolutely not."

This, however, doesn't mean that she's not excited to build on her role, alongside Harry, steering the direction of Archewell Productions in creating visual content for audiences to enjoy.

Speaking about the ethos that guides these projects, Meghan explained that the core of Archewell Production's content derives from a love story, influenced by their own.

"So much of how my husband and I see things is through our love story," she said.

"I think that's what people around the world connected to, especially with our wedding. People love love. I'm not excluded in that sentiment. And our definition of love is really expansive: Partner love, self-love, the love of community and family. We use that as the baseline of the kind of shows and documentaries we want out there."

While discussing how, through her husband's work with the Invictus Games, that love stories can be found in all aspects of the struggles and successes of life, she also reflects that not all of the couple's future work will be so serious.

"For scripted," she said of potential film and television content, "we want to think about how we can evolve from that same space and do something fun!

"It doesn't always have to be so serious. Like a good rom-com. Don't we miss them? I miss them so much. I've probably watched When Harry Met Sally a million times. And all the Julia Roberts rom-coms. We need to see those again."

So far, Archewell Productions have not released any visual content through their exclusive content creation deal with Netflix, though the docuseries Heart of Invictus has been in production for a number of months.

Meghan is currently releasing weekly episodes of her solo podcast Archetypes, the first major content released through the Sussexes audio production company, Archewell Audio.

Update 10/19/2022 9:35 a.m.: This story has been updated with additional information.

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