Meghan Markle ‘pressured’ to lie about her age

ROYAL bride-to-be Meghan Markle has said she was pressured to lie about her age to land better acting jobs.

She said agents wanted her to fib at auditions over fears she would be instantly rejected by producers once she passed the age of 30, The Sun reports.

In a recently-resurfaced interview from 2015, Markle said: “I think that as women actors, the industry can assume they have a shelf life.

“I’m always told, ‘Don’t say your age’. I’m 33 and I’m really comfortable with that. I think if anyone has a problem then it’s their problem, not mine.

“I think in television, you are seeing a shift of women who are not in their 20s who play strong women.”

Markle, now 36, also revealed that a director once demanded she buy him cheesecake at an audition — highlighting how male movie bosses exert their power on young actors.

She said: “I had $20 in my bank account. There was this audition for this film and the director said, ‘You know I think you’re really something, but if you want to get the part you should bring me some cheesecake’.

“And I was like, ‘I’m sorry?’. So I spent my last money on this cheesecake and I didn’t get the part.

“But, there are these power-hungry people that take advantage when you are young and impressionable and want it so badly.

“Maybe he can send me some cheesecake now!”

This story originally appeared in The Sun and is republished here with permission.