In the Hallmark movie "When Sparks Fly," Meghan Markle plays Amy Peterson, a journalist who returns to her small town to cover the Fourth of July celebration, per Hallmark's description. While home, Amy is enlisted as wedding planner to her best friend Sammie, who's engaged to Amy's ex-boyfriend Hank. As Amy struggles to balance the demands of Sammie and her editor, she wonders if sparks will fly between her and her former beau.
Meghan opened up to TV Goodness about how refreshing it was to get to play Amy. "I wanted to do a romantic comedy. When the script came in, it was exactly the kind of project I wanted to be part of," she told the outlet. "It was light and easy, and it was a departure from Rachel [on 'Suits'], who is so refined and polished. Amy Peterson is very opposite and closer to my true personality. It was fun to eat ribs and get barbecue sauce all over my face and run around in jeans all day."
The actress even got to wear her own pair of Converses while filming. "I brought them with me to Vancouver, " she said. "And I told them I thought it was really, really important as a character choice, and also to preserve my feet, that Amy wear these shoes."
But for Markle, having comfortable feet was less important than establishing a comfortable relationship between Amy and Sammie. "[You] see that Amy never wanted to hurt her best friend, but it's complicated when you love someone," she said." I loved seeing how forgiving Sammie could be and how touching that whole moment could be."
