A week ago, the Duchess of Sussex was seen and photographed on a studio backlot. We quickly learned, via an exclusive from the Sun, that Meghan had taken a small role in the MGM/Amazon film Close Personal Friends. The Sussexes’ team wasn’t squirrelly about the news – after the Sun published their exclusive, People Mag got a confirmation about Meghan’s cameo role and we learned that she spent a day or two working on the film. Hilariously, there were also claims that Meghan has always fielded tons of offers but this was the first time she felt like saying yes. All in all, it was bad news for the Other Brother, who pitifully fumed and raged about how everyone “sabotaged” his big, keen trip to Brazil. Tom Sykes even claimed that “Meghan Markle’s PR team then leaked news of her ‘return to acting’ to The Sun midweek, instantly derailing British coverage of the Earthshot Prize.” LMAO. Meghan didn’t leak sh-t to the Sun, but I think her team did confirm the news to People, as I said. In any case, Meghan was nervous about stepping onto a film set after all this time!

Meghan Markle is excited to be back on set. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, is making her return to acting in the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios film Close Personal Friends, where she’ll play herself in a small part.

Meghan was photographed on the Pasadena, California, set on Wednesday, Nov. 5, and an insider tells PEOPLE, “She introduced herself as ‘Meghan.’ Everything about her was very sweet and calm.”

“She genuinely seemed excited to be on set,” the insider adds. “She was joking that she felt a bit rusty, but it was obvious that she had rehearsed and that it was a big deal for her to be back. And she was great.”

“She had a very warm energy, too. She was super pleasant to be around,” the source says.

PEOPLE has reached out to a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex for comment.

Close Personal Friends — starring Brie Larson, Lily Collins, Jack Quaid and Henry Golding — will follow a couple who befriend a famous couple during a trip to Santa Barbara, per The Hollywood Reporter.

[From People]

“It was obvious that she had rehearsed and that it was a big deal for her to be back.” So cute. Of course she rehearsed! Of course she was prepared! That’s her whole deal, being prepared and working hard. It’s nice to hear that she had a good time and that people were happy to see her. I haven’t really considered the idea that she might take on more acting work, but if she wants to do it, then so be it. It reminds me of when Netflix got the rights to stream the entire run of Suits, years after it aired, and suddenly Suits was the biggest TV show ever, with millions of people binge-watching it. I wonder if a few directors and producers took note of that.

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