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11-29-2017, 09:15 PM
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-meghan-markle-got-her-big-break-suits-1062369
It was her chemistry with Patrick J. Adams that won her the role, says Jeff Wachtel, who served as co-president of USA when Markle was cast. "One of the things that we needed at the beginning with Suits was Patrick's character comes in as the hottest thing in town: he's brilliant, has a photographic memory and fakes his way into being a lawyer and then he comes up against this girl who turns out to be the love of his life," says Wachtel. "We needed somebody who had a real authority to shut him down and still be the coolest thing around. And they had it right away. It was a lot of fun."
It was her chemistry with Patrick J. Adams that won her the role, says Jeff Wachtel, who served as co-president of USA when Markle was cast. "One of the things that we needed at the beginning with Suits was Patrick's character comes in as the hottest thing in town: he's brilliant, has a photographic memory and fakes his way into being a lawyer and then he comes up against this girl who turns out to be the love of his life," says Wachtel. "We needed somebody who had a real authority to shut him down and still be the coolest thing around. And they had it right away. It was a lot of fun."