[The following story includes spoilers for the Suits season seven finale.]
Wendell Pierce is sharing the one piece of recommendation he gave Meghan Markle earlier than she married Prince Harry and left Fits on the finish of season seven.
Pierce and Markle portrayed father and daughter Robert and Rachel Zane within the USA Community present that gained a brand new degree of recognition in 2023. The actor opened as much as E! Information in regards to the tender phrases he shared with the actress-turned-Duchess of Sussex earlier than she departed the present.
“I’m all the time reminded of the final day working with Meghan, which was the marriage scene previous to her engagement to the Prince,” Wendell informed the publication. “I mentioned, ‘Meghan, your life goes to be a whirlwind. You’re going to be on this bubble.’”
He continued, “‘I simply need you to do not forget that it doesn’t matter what occurs, you all the time have associates. And I hope you depend me in that quantity.’”
The Wire star defined that the season seven finale, through which Rachel marries Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) earlier than they transfer to Seattle to start out their very own legislation agency, was becoming, contemplating she married Prince Harry the next yr. The finale marked the tip of each Markle and Adams’ time on the present.
“I’m so grateful that I used to be in a position to categorical that to her earlier than the whirlwind engagement in a marriage and turning into the Duchess,” Pierce mentioned of his dialog with the duchess.
Pierce was invited to the royal marriage ceremony in 2018, however, not like his Fits co-stars, he couldn’t attend as a consequence of scheduling conflicts. Nevertheless, he and Markle did reunite after she and Prince Harry stepped again from their royal duties and moved to the USA. The onscreen father-daughter duo noticed one another at an occasion final yr the place she acquired an award.
Fits gained new life when all 9 seasons had been added to Netflix in 2023. It spent many of the summer season and fall on the highest of the streaming charts and, on the finish of the yr, it turned the most-streamed present within the historical past of Nielsen’s rankings.