Meghan Markle dropped from consideration for Guy Ritchie series after 'intense' UK backlash: report

Meghan Markle is no longer being considered for a role in Guy Ritchie’s "The Gentlemen," according to royal biographer Tina Brown.

"I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series ‘The Gentlemen’ has been withdrawn," Brown, who is the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote Saturday on her "Fresh Hell" Substack, The Hollywood Reporter reported. "The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward.