
Royals’ Hollywood gamble echoes a century of outsider misfires
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Netflix-backed move to pursue Hollywood projects is portrayed as the latest outsider bid to crack Tinseltown, joining a long legacy of famous entrants—like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Howard Hughes, Edgar Bronfman Jr., and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton—whose attempts yielded few credits, though some argue success remains possible if their creative instincts align with the moment.


