Halle Berry & Zoe Saldana In Line To Play Meghan Markle In Film About Assassination
June 1 2018, Published 5:50 p.m. ET
Breaking Celebrity News has learned exclusively two of Hollywood’s biggest stars are being lined up to play a Meghan Markle character in a disturbing film that depicts she will divorce Prince Harry before being assassinated.
A script is doing the rounds with Hollywood and British film studios that tells of a former actress marrying an English prince.
The character is then doomed to follow Princess Diana’s footsteps and endure a bitter divorce from her Royal husband before the film shows her being assassinated after being outspoken about the Royal Family.
Meghan lookalike Zoe Saldana, 39, is wanted to play the former actress as she is now.
It’s understood the scriptwriter also wants Halle Berry, 51, to play an older version of Meghan for the second and third acts of the film that chart a nasty split from the Royal family.
A well-placed film industry source said the script is a “winner” with an “epic” plot structure that is “guaranteed to make a mint at the box office” due to its “controversial and edgy” nature.
It is believed the script has been written by a well-established British writer who specializes in satire and it will spark a bidding war between studios.
The source added: “The plot of the film is clearly based on Meghan Markle’s life, though the movie does not name her.
“It tells of a struggling actress who marries an English prince, only to be cast out of the Royal family because she is too anti-establishment – just like Diana was.
“The second half of the film charts the actress’ life after she divorces the prince and how she is hounded by the press once she leaves the Royal family.
“It will also hint she is in danger of being assassinated for being too outspoken and learning too many secrets about the Royal family, and will also show her dying in a probable assassination set up.
“Many people believe Diana was assassinated when she left the Royals, and so the film will hint at all that.”
The insider went on: “The film will be hugely controversial, and that’s why it should be a hit at the box office.
“Its message is that Meghan joining the Royal family will not change anything about that institution and show she is in danger of being eaten up by the institution before she is driven over the edge, just like Diana.
“It is basically a very art-house film as it does not name Meghan or Harry, but explores the struggles an ordinary person finds themselves in when joining an extraordinarily pressured environment like the Royal family.”
The source said the script had been written with Zoe and Halle in mind, but no approach had yet been made to the two stars as scriptwriters and producers are only starting to work on getting funding for the flick.
Meghan has already been portrayed on screen by Jamaican actress Parisa Fitz-Henley, 40, in CNN’s TV movie A Royal Romance.
The film was panned as “pathetic” by critics.
But our source said the new film being proposed based on Meghan’s life would be “nothing like a TV movie."
They added: “It will be big budget and a big-name director will be wanted to helm the project and give it some weight, as it tackles huge themes about class and conspiracy theories.”
There are already signs of tension between Meghan and the Royal family.
Her official web page on the Kensington Palace site was changed after it glossed over her acting career, which included raunchy sex scenes in US comedy drama Suits.
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