Meghan Markle’s ‘Suits’ co-star Rick Hoffman reveals how she hosted holidays on set
Rick Hoffman has no objections to Meghan Markle’s latest venture.
Seven years after Hoffman starred with the Duchess of Sussex, 44, on the hit legal series “Suits,” the actor, 55, is still a fan of her work.
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Markle debuted her lifestyle series, “With Love, Meghan,” this past spring, with Season 2 hitting Netflix in August.
“I’m a TikTok fanatic,” Hoffman exclusively told The Post, while promoting his film “London Calling.”
“I like doom scroll. So I’ve seen snippets [of ‘With Love, Meghan’] and it’s exactly what Meghan used to do when we were celebrating holidays up in Canada,” he confessed.
“Meghan would love to prepare things, cook things. And I would mess them up because I would, by accident, slice a turkey not the right way to try to help, and it wasn’t the [right] presentation,” he continued. “It was that kind of thing.”
“Suits” also starred Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, Patrick J. Adams and Abigail Spencer and was shot in Canada. Being away from their real-life families made the cast come together even more for holidays and special occasions.
“I remember Meghan preparing it once, and I was trying to help, and I’m like, ‘I’ll carve it,’” Hoffman recalled. “And she’s like, ‘No!’ I was like the messed-up older brother. It was that kind of thing, ‘What are you doing?’”
Markle’s departure from “Suits” was announced in November 2017. She left the show after seven seasons following the start of her relationship with Prince Harry. The legal drama continued until 2019, eventually ending with Season 9.
The former actress went on to marry Harry, 41, in 2018, and the pair later welcomed kids Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4. The couple stepped away from their senior royal duties in 2020 and now live in Montecito, Calif.
While Markle’s acting return isn’t on the docket anytime soon, Hoffman is still under oath to serve up top-tier entertainment.
The actor stars in the new action comedy “London Calling” alongside Josh Duhamel, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Arnold Vosloo.
Per the film’s synopsis, “After fleeing from a job gone wrong, a down-on-his-luck hit man (Duhamel) must babysit the son (Taylor) of a crime boss (Hoffman) and show him how to become a man.”
“This was literally right after the strike,” Hoffman recounted about shooting the project. “Which was now two years ago or whatever it was. And ultimately, I just loved the idea of the action and the comedy infused.”
Playing a crime boss was an “exploratory type of experience” for the “Thanksgiving” vet, telling The Post he was careful not to make his character “so harsh.”
“I had talked with [director] Allan [Ungar] about certain subtleties. The fake tan, the Trump tan that he gave himself, those types of things were all exploratory,” Hoffman explained, revealing Ungar was always willing to give his ideas a shot.
Along with an incredible director, the movie’s location wasn’t too shabby either.
“It was the first time I had anything in Cape Town,” Hoffman said. “I mean, my first girlfriend when I was 19 years old was from there, and I remember the stories about it. For me, it was an 18-hour flight. I just thought this better be remotely enjoyable. It was beyond. It was like you were on a different planet. One of the most beautiful areas of the world.”
The “Hostel” alum teased that he and Duhamel, 52, got into some “mature shenanigans” during their time in South Africa — but not too much because, as he noted, his co-star’s wife was expecting.
At the time of filming, Duhamel’s wife, Audra Mari, was pregnant with their first child, a son named Shepherd.
“Josh was hoping to get finished, to have his baby, to be there for his baby,” revealed Hoffman. “So he was enjoying it, but at the same time, he’s like, ‘Gosh, I hope there’s no early [arrival].’ He made it within three days.”
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