THE MIX, WITH THE PAIR TAPPING
INTO MARKLE’S HOLLYWOOD ROOTS.
NBC’S JOE FRYER HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: ALMOST SIX MONTHS
AFTER THEIR SPLASHY ROYAL EXIT,
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
ARE WORKING ON A GRAND ENTRY,
WITH THE KING OF STREAMING.
NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE DUKE
AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX SIGNED A
MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH NETFLIX TO
PRODUCE SCRIPTED AND
NON-SCRIPTED SHOWS, FILMS, AND
EVEN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING.
MEGHAN WAS PERHAPS HINTING AT
WHAT’S TO COME DURING AN
INTERVIEW LAST MONTH WITH THE
"NINETEENTH."
>> IN THE WEEKS HAPPENING AFTER
THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE
PEACEFUL PROTESTS WE’RE SEEING,
IT SHIFTED FROM SADNESS TO A
FEELING OF INSPIRATION.
I THINK TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT
ARE BEING MADE RIGHT NOW IS
REALLY -- IT’S SOMETHING I LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF.
AND BEING A PART OF USING MY
VOICE IN A WAY I HAVEN’T BEEN
ABLE TO.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, THE
COUPLE SAYS, IN PART, OUR FOCUS
WILL BE ON CREATING CONTENT THAT
INFORMS BUT ALSO GIVES HOPE.
WE ARE PLEASED TO WORK WITH THE
TEAM AT NETFLIX, WHOSE
UNPRECEDENTED REACH WILL HELP
SHARE IMPACTFUL CONTENT THAT
UNLOCKS ACTION.
>> HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE A BIG
GET.
I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS A SLICE
OF THE SUSSEX PIE BECAUSE THEY
GARNER ATTENTION.
THEY GARNER EYEBALLS.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, THEY REALLY
APPEAL TO A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC.
>> Reporter: A SOURCE FAMILIAR
WITH THE DEAL SAYS HARRY AND
MEGHAN HAVE HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING WITH AN ANIMATED SERIES
THAT CELEBRATES WOMEN ALREADY IN
DEVELOPMENT, ALONG WITH A NATURE
DOCU SERIES.
A GENRE MEGHAN DIPPED HER TOE IN
EARLIER THIS YEAR, NARRATING
DISNEY NATURE’S "ELEPHANTS."
>> THIS IS A SIDE OF ELEPHANTS
WE RARELY SEE.
>> Reporter: THIS WON’T BE
NETFLIX’S FIRST ROYAL
RENDEZVOUS.
>> STADIUMS WERE PACKED.
THE SPORT WAS INCREDIBLE.
>> Reporter: PRINCE HARRY
APPEARED IN "RISING PHOENIX," A
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE PARALYMPIC
GAMES WHICH PREMIERED ON THE
PLATFORM LAST WEEK.
NOW, A CHANCE TO GET BEHIND THE
CAMERA AFTER SPENDING SO MUCH
TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
>> THEY SEE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY
A GLOBAL PLATFORM.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO
REALLY DABBLE IN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT STYLES, PROJECTS, THAT
REALLY GETS THEIR MESSAGE
ACROSS.
>> YOU SAW THERE, ROYAL EXPERT
VICTORIA, AND HER HOUR OWN
HONORARY EXPERT HIMSELF, EXPERT
KEIR SIMMONS.
THEY’RE BOTH HERE TO JOIN US AND
BREAK THIS DOWN FOR US.
GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD MORNING.
>> VICTORIA, LET’S START WITH
YOU.
I MEAN, WHEN THE COUPLE
OFFICIALLY STEPPED DOWN AS
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN
APRIL, WE THOUGHT, MAYBE THEY’RE
DONE WITH THE LIMELIGHT
COMPLETELY.
SO IS THIS A SURPRISE TO HEAR
THIS MOVE FOR THEM?
>> NO.
IT REALLY ISN’T.
CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION,
HARRY AND MEGHAN NEVER ACTUALLY
DEMANDED A TOTALLY PRIVATE LIFE.
WHAT THEY HOPED TO ACHIEVE WAS
MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR TIME.
THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN.
THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT HAD
ACCESS TO THEM.
SO I THINK THIS REALLY IS A
PERFECT PLATFORM FOR THEM.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
JUST BECAUSE THEY UTILIZE A
PUBLIC PLATFORM, IT DOESN’T GIVE
US CARTE BLANCHE TO INTERFERE IN
THEIR PRIVATE LIFE.
ANGELINA JOLIE CHAMPIONS THE
WORK OF THE U.N., BUT SHE’S ALSO
A MOVIE STAR, BUT IT DOESN’T
MEAN WE GET TO DISSECT HER
PRIVATE LIFE, AS WELL.
WHAT HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE HOPING
TO ACHIEVE HERE IS UTILIZING
THIS AMAZING PLATFORM THAT THEY
HAVE, GIVEN THEY’RE FORMER
MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, BUT
THEY’RE ASKING WE RESPECT THEIR
PRIVATE LIVES, AS WELL.
SEEMS FAIR ENOUGH.
>> IT SEEMS THEY KEEP NUDGING.
DO YOU THINK, VICTORIA, WE COULD
SEE MEGHAN ACTING AGAIN, ANY OF
HER FAMOUS FRIENDS POPPING UP,
OR HIS?
>> I THINK PEOPLE CERTAINLY HOPE
MEGHAN MIGHT ENTER THE ACTING
ARENA AGAIN.
IN THE STATEMENT THEY RELEASED
ON THIS NEWS, THEY’VE BEEN VERY
CLEAR THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR MEGHAN TO JUMP BACK INTO
SCRIPTED TELEVISION.
WE MAY SEE THEM CERTAINLY POP UP
IN DOCU SERIES, CHAMPIONING
THEIR CAUSES.
I THINK WHAT WE WILL SEE IS
MEGHAN AND HARRY DON’T HAVE ANY
EXPERIENCE PRODUCING,
NECESSARILY.
THEY’VE BEEN AROUND THE
TELEVISION SPHERE A LOT.
MEGHAN ACTING.
HARRY IN TERMS OF THE DOCUMENT
DOCUMENTARYIES HE DID AS A FORME
ROYAL.
THEY’RE GOING TO UTILIZE AN
IMPRESSIVE LINEUP OF FRIENDS
THEY HAVE WITH A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE.
TYLER PERRY, THE OBAMAS, OPRAH
WINFREY, ELLEN DeGENERES.
THIS IS A STABLE OF REALLY
IMPRESSIVE TALENT, ALL WITH A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
I THINK HARRY AND MEGHAN MAY
INITIALLY BE LEANING ON THEM, AS
THEY TRY TO FIND THEIR WAY AND
NAVIGATE THIS NEW PLATFORM.
>> KEIR, WE MISSED YOU WHILE YOU
WERE ON VACATION.
WE’RE GOING TO GET OUR MONEY’S
WORTH OUT OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
NETFLIX HAS 193 MILLION
SUBSCRIBERS WORLDWIDE, AN
ENORMOUS NUMBER OF TITLES THAT
SOMETIMES YOU CAN’T SCROLL
THROUGH.
HOW ARE MEGHAN AND HARRY GOING
TO HAVE THEIR CONTENT STAND OUT?
>> HEY THERE.
YEAH, LET ME TAKE TEN SECONDS TO
GET THIS OUT OF MY SYSTEM.
I HAVE MISSED YOU GUYS SO MUCH!
>> AWE.
>> MY GOODNESS.
IT FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME SINCE
WE LAST SPOKE.
SO IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS
OF NETFLIX FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN
IS THAT IT’S GLOBAL.
SO THEY WON’T JUST TALK TO
AMERICANS.
THEY WON’T JUST TALK TO BRITS.
THEY’LL TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD.
THEY’LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THEY’LL REALLY RELISH
THAT.
I THINK THERE’S THAT ATTRACTION.
I THINK THERE’S ALSO QUITE
STRAIGHT FORWARDLY THE
ATTRACTION OF THE MONEY.
WE’VE ALWAYS SAID THEY HAD THE
POTENTIAL TO MAKE AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND THEY ARE,
IT LOOKS LIKE, ABOUT TO MAKE AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I THINK THAT THE PRESSURE IS
THERE.
I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD FORGET
THIS.
BECAUSE, REMEMBER, HARRY AND
MEGHAN -- AND THIS IS ONE OF THE
REAL SHAMES FOR THE BRITISH
ROYAL FAMILY -- GET ENORMOUS
AMOUNTS OF ATTENTION.
THEY GET HUGE AMOUNTS OF CLICKS.
NEWSPAPERS SELL MORE NEWSPAPERS
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT HARRY AND
MEGHAN.
NETFLIX KNOWS THAT.
OF COURSE, WITH THAT ATTENTION
WILL COME PRESSURE.
AND THE PRESSURE WILL BE ON THEM
TO PRODUCE CONTENT THAT PEOPLE
REALLY LIKE.
>> YEAH.
>> IF THEY CAN’T MANAGE THAT,
EVEN WITH ALL THEIR BIG FRIENDS,
THEN THAT WILL BE TOUGH FOR
THEM.
SO I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD JUST
ASSUME THEY’RE KIND OF JUST
BATHING IN MONEY AND
CELEBRATING.
>> RIGHT.
>> I IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE
BITING THEIR NAILS A LITTLE BIT.
>> THAT’S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
HERE’S ANOTHER QUESTION, KEIR,
DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF HOW
THE QUEEN MAY FEEL ABOUT THIS
NEW VENTURE?
WOULD SHE APPROVE?
>> I THINK THE QUEEN WILL BE
FINE WITH IT.
SHE LOVES HARRY DEARLY.
I THINK SHE WILL JUST WANT THE
BEST FOR HIM.
PEOPLE FORGET THAT THERE ARE
LOTS AND LOTS OF RELATIVES OF
THE ROYAL FAMILY AND MEMBERS OF
THE ROYAL FAMILY EVEN, BUT
CERTAINLY DISTANT RELATIVES WHO
GO OUT AND DO JOBS AND LIVE
PERFECTLY ORDINARY LIVES.
THAT’S REALLY WHAT HARRY IS
DOING.
OF COURSE, WHAT MEGHAN IS DOING.
I SUSPECT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY MAY BE A LITTLE
JEALOUS OF THE MONEY THEY’RE
GOING TO MAKE.
>> THAT AND THEY’RE GETTING TO
BREAK FREE A LITTLE BIT.
>> THEY MAY BE JEALOUS OF IT.
>> I’M JEALOUS, TOO.
>> I THINK IT IS A BREAK FREE.
THAT’S THE ONE THING THEY’VE
WANTED TO DO, AND NOW THEY GET
TO DABBLE IN IT.
