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Page Six sources say Markle never received a formal offer and had a single conversation with the casting director; Guy Ritchie reportedly said 'Not a chance.'.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo here's the story. Page Six says Netflix used Meghan Markle to promote The Gentlemen after rumors she might join the show.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPage Six sources say she never got a formal offer and had one conversation with the casting director. What do you make of that?

  3. Juniper CallowayOne conversation is a lot, Chip. I've had careers on less. Mine is built on a single lunch with a man who left early.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Guy Ritchie reportedly replied 'Really?' when he first heard the rumors, then later said 'Not a chance.'

  5. Juniper CallowayThat's a two-act drama about a part that was never written. 'Really?' is the setup. 'Not a chance' is the reviews.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo you'd call it a bad notice?

  7. Juniper CallowayI've been told 'Not a chance' is a compliment. I was told it by a man holding my script upside down. Three stars.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLet's talk about your new project. Harbor Lights: The Reckoning. What's it about?

  9. Juniper CallowayI play a lighthouse keeper's twin sister who is also the lighthouse. It's very physical. I wore this ice bucket for six weeks.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe ice bucket?

  11. Juniper CallowayMy emotional support helmet. I take it everywhere. Hotel-room ice buckets are the only honest thing in this business.

  12. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut you've said you turned down a big streaming role this year. Was it offered?

  13. Juniper CallowayI've been told this is a compliment, that I'm very hard to cast. Also that nobody's ever tried. It was a conversation.

  14. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJust one conversation?

  15. Juniper CallowayWith a parking attendant who said 'Really?' Okay, yes. I made up the offer. I wanted to say no to something.

  16. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a brave thing to say live. Okay, lightning round. Favorite snack on set?

  17. Juniper CallowayIce. Chewed. Out of the helmet.

  18. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBest review you ever got?

  19. Juniper Calloway'Really?' Said warmly. It was my mother.

  20. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJuniper, where can people see Harbor Lights: The Reckoning, and the helmet?

  21. Juniper CallowayEverywhere that's let me in, which is one theater and a hotel lobby. Not a chance of a sequel. I'm excited.

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