A rising Hollywood star has described the experience of acting with Meghan Markle as ‘insane’.

But Jack Quaid – the son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid – did not expand further on working with the Duchess of Sussex, limiting his response to five words.

Meghan, 44, is to appear alongside Jack, Lily Collins, Brie Larson and Mr Quaid, as well as British heartthrob Henry Golding, in new rom-com Close Personal Friends.

And Mr Quaid was more keen to speak about his co-stars than Meghan, who plays herself and is rumoured to be ‘ready to return to acting’.

Asked about working with the former Suits star, Jack Quaid said:  ‘Yeah – no, it was insane’ before swiftly moving on to chat about the ‘main cast’.

Without mentioning Meghan again, he told Entertainment Tonight on a red carpet in Rome this week: ‘The main cast of it is myself, Brie Larson, Henry Golding and Lily Collins, which is just an incredible group of people to be a part of. 

‘And every day, we went to set and we just tried our best to make each other laugh.’

‘I thought it was going to be more of a rom-com — I’m calling it a com-rom, I think it’s more comedy. But it’s about two couples, I don’t know if I can say anything else, but I just had a blast making that movie’.

Last November, looking every inch the Hollywood star, a giddy Ms Markle was photographed on set in California arriving to shoot the new movie.

While Jack Quaid kept his cards close to his chest, source told PEOPLE that Meghan was ‘very relaxed and happy’ on the set.

‘She introduced herself to everyone and was very sweet and down-to-earth,’ they said.

Meghan Markle was back on a movie set and acting again for the first time since she left Suits,  as she prepared to film a scene in the upcoming film Close Personal Friends 

Jack Quaid described the experience of acting with Meghan Markle as ‘insane’

Meghan Markle will return to acting after the unravelling of her exclusive $100 million Netflix deal, a friend and former Suits co-star insisted to the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview.

And veteran actor Eric Roberts said he believes a Hollywood comeback by the former TV star will ‘blow everybody’s mind’.

‘She will come back,’ Julia Roberts’s brother said, speaking on the red carpet at a charity gala last week alongside his casting director and manager wife Eliza.

‘It is time. And Meghan needs to come back to work. I feel like her whole family will support it, and she is amazing,’ Eliza added.

The couple reflected on Markle’s future amid reports that her Netflix exclusive production deal and business brand As Ever collaboration has been downgraded to a first-look deal.

The brand is continuing independently.

Roberts, 69, who played shady billionaire Charles Forstman on the legal drama, developed a friendship with Markle while shooting the hit USA Network show.

Eliza claimed the 44-year-old stepped away from Suits because the Royal Family had concerns about her ‘very sexy’ screen character, paralegal Rachel Zane.

‘It is tricky because of the monarchy. Her role in Suits was very sexy,’ she said.

‘Her making love with another man, that was just – they’ve never seen anything like that.

‘She worked so hard to get there. That was just too much,’ Eliza said. ‘Women don’t give up their jobs for a marriage anymore.

‘I understand the intention, and she thought she’d be satisfied with doing good works in the world. But she needs to be acting.

‘She is a young woman who needs to be acting. 

‘Meghan is a star,’ added Eliza. ‘From the second you see her, she just has star quality. It doesn’t matter. It was always going to happen.’

Meghan is starring in the film alongside Henry Golding, Brie Larson, Lily Collins and Jack Quaid (left to right)

Eric Roberts was definitive in his opinion about Markle’s potential comeback.

‘​​I think she should come back. I think she will come back,’ he said. ‘And I think she’s going to be fantastic and blow everybody’s mind.’

In the last few years The Sussexes have seen deals fall apart and have been hit with negative comments from industry insiders. 

The couple signed a reported $20million deal with Spotify, which produced only one 13-episode podcast, Archetypes, before the parties split. 

Meghan had plans for her ‘passion project’, a Netflix animated series called Pearl, which was canceled before it got off the ground as their lucrative partnership was drastically paired down. 

Reports of the size of the couple’s original deal with Netflix have ranged from $30 million to $100 million, while two sources told Variety last week that the figure was $60 million. 

One Spotify executive labeled them as ‘f***ing grifters’, though there has been no proof of any wrongdoing by the former Royal couple.

Roberts, who has appeared in over 800 films including The Dark Night and The Expendables, described Markle as a ‘really cool person, really easy, laid back, kind, smart’.

He and Eliza, 73, knew her before she and Prince Harry met each other. 

‘She’s a good mom. She is a caring, loving, kind mom. That’s all you need to know about somebody,’ said Eliza. ‘And same with him.’

 They insisted that supportive Harry would back his wife’s career U-turn, after walking away from Hollywood following their 2017 engagement.

Eliza said that the ‘magic’ of Suits could even return – despite the ill-fated Los Angeles-based spin-off being canceled after one season last year.

The Duchess of Sussex starred as paralegal Rachel Zane in US legal drama Suits for seven seasons between 2011 and 2018

The powerhouse pair spoke as Roberts, who has been nominated three times for Golden Globes, was honored with a Legacy Award at Charmaine Blake’s The Night Of Many Stars gala in Los Angeles on March 15.

The couple reckoned that the door could be open for Rachel Zane to return to screen, teasing that a Suits project may be green-lit in the future.

Roberts was unimpressed with the NBC reworking, Suits LA.

‘I don’t really have anything to say except it was a mistake. They made a boo-boo,’ he said.

Eliza was upbeat that a comeback of the original cast may happen.

‘You never know,’ she said. ‘They may have made offers. 

‘I think they thought starting fresh would avoid the comparison. Instead, that created the comparison. But I think they should try again.

‘There’s magic there.’

The Roberts spoke openly before the luxury event, which benefits the Faber Ryan Youth Foundation empowering underserved youth through arts programs, mentorship, and life-enriching opportunities.

Roberts was honored with the Legacy Award ‘for his extraordinary and enduring career in film and television spanning decades of acclaimed performances’.

Smiling on the red carpet, Roberts graciously attributed his success to his spouse.

‘What do I owe my success to? My wife and the fact that I have the greatest job on the planet’, he said.

‘The old days were more fun because they were more precious. Everything mattered more,’ he reminisced.

‘But now that it’s all kind of like instant coffee, it’s about speed. It’s about getting it done in five minutes.

‘It’s very ineffectual now,’ he said. ‘But it’s fun because it’s like a race.’

Eliza, 73, spoke with pride about her husband’s varied career, which includes movies Runaway Train and The Specialist.

‘It’s the diversity,’ she said. ‘I love that he was the character in Suits, and two minutes later he’s the character in Righteous Gemstones. 

‘That’s like old-school acting, without any affectation. It just kind of emerges with good writing.

‘And also, you appreciate it so much when you begin. The first part you get, you’re so elated. ‘Trying to hang on to that feeling. of really appreciating being a working actor, to me that is really important.

‘It’s paramount. That’s the most important thing.’

Roberts was given a standing ovation at the Oscar Sunday celebration, created by Blake, which also saw guests enjoy an elegant three-course dinner, luxury gift bags, celebrity media interviews, and an after-party celebration featuring a high-fashion runway presentation by Beatta J Collection.