Suits: Why Did the Royal Family Take 'Poppycock' from Meghan Markle's Character?
The Palace was actively changing Meghan Markle’s part in Suits long before she married Prince Harry, and the show’s creator Aaron Korsh found it “a little irritating.”
Suits was a reasonably popular TV show when it came out, but after eight successful years running, the series ended in 2019. Four years have passed since then, and now, out of nowhere, Suits suddenly sees a massive resurge in popularity on multiple streaming platforms to the point where it begins setting new records!
Amid the general confusion and appreciation of the show, its creator, Aaron Korsh, recently gave an interview to The Hollywood Reporter and reflected on the second wave of popularity of Suits. Korsh believes that the main reason for this resurge is that the show has “inherent optimism to it” that people desperately crave these days.
We can definitely see that, and honestly, considering how good Suits has always been, we’re not surprised it’s still widely appreciated by the fans. However, during the interview, Korsh shared a few other revelations, including those about how the British royal family was interfering in the production of Suits for years!
Apparently, the Palace was heavily advising the creator of Suits against executing some of his ideas for the show when they involved Meghan Markle, and Korsh admits that though it was not often, the royal interference was “a little irritating.” For example, he was prohibited from giving Markle’s character a charming line.
"My wife's family, when they have a topic to discuss that might be sensitive, they use the word 'poppycock.’ So, in the episode, Mike and Rachel were going to have a thing, and as a nod to my in-laws, we were going to have her say, 'My family would say poppycock.' And the royal family did not want her saying the word," Korsh shared.
The creator of Suits assumed that the royal family didn’t want anyone making cut clips of Markle saying “c*ck,” so he had to switch “poppycock” for “bullsh*t” in the final version of the episode. It was a personal bummer for him since he’d already promised his in-laws that their favorite word would be in Suits, but what can you do?
Years later, Aaron Korsh is still confused about this whole ordeal: to this day, he has no idea neither what member of the royal family was “proofreading” his scripts nor how they were getting their hands on those scripts in the first place. But it’s the Palace’s business, so your guess is as good as ours — or Korsh’s — on the matter.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter