Meghan Markle Thought She Blew Her 'Suits' Audition, But the Show's Creator Disagrees!

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Meghan Markle originally didn’t think she was going to get the role of Rachel Zane on Suits. On Tuesday’s episode of the “Sidebar” podcast, Suits creator Aaron Korsh and producing director Kevin Bray gave inside knowledge of how they chose to cast Rachel, who had to be “both strong, beautiful, and likable.” Keep reading to find out more… “[Meghan] came in at Tribeca, and she read for us, and everybody was just done.

It’s 4:00 in the afternoon, and I was like, do you guys see her? I ran out and got her, brought her back in, and I think I said, ‘Charm them,’ or some little note,” Aaron said of the future Duchess of Sussex. “I remember.

She thought she blew it and was not gonna get a callback, and then she was wrong. It was a difficult role to cast, and I think we knocked it out of the park,” Kevin recalled.