Meghan Markle’s pal has opened up about his “chemistry” with the Duchess of Sussex.
The Duchess of Sussex and Patrick J. Adams had an on-screen romance in Suits, meaning it was important that the pair had a connection on camera.
Adams, who played lawyer Mike Ross, said during an episode of Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast that Meghan, 43, was immediately comfortable and at ease during the audition.
Referencing the failed 2008 show Good Behavior, Adams said: “So, Meghan and I had done a pilot before—a terrible, terrible pilot together.
“There was a setting up of a romantic relationship in the pilot of that particular pilot too.
“And then we never saw each other again, the pilot failed, it was terrible, and it went away. And so we had never seen each other nor spoken to each other again.”
Adams later auditioned to play Mike Ross in Suits, got the part and was then included in the audition process for the role of Rachel Zane, acting out a scene from the show with different candidates.
He added: “So when I went in to do the chemistry reads with Rachel, she [Meghan] was right there.
Patrick J. Adams attending Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018
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“And she said ‘Hi.’ And I went, ‘Oh my God, so good to see you.’
“I think just knowing each other and getting to calm down and not have those nerves of just getting to know one another really helped that chemistry read.
“And it was just pretty clear that we had an easygoing thing when we went into that room.
“And it was pretty clear that she was gonna get the part from the minute we did the chemistry read.
“It was just so much easier than it was with anybody else.”
Prince Harry previously wrote about his jealousy of Meghan’s “chemistry” with Adams in his memoir Spare.
He wrote: “I’d made the mistake of googling and watching some of her love scenes online.
“I’d witnessed her and a castmate mauling each other in some sort of office or conference room…It would take electric shock therapy to get those images out of my head. I didn’t need to see such things live.”
