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The drizzle cleared up as stars arrived at the Guildhall, with Vinnie Jones, Kaya Scodelario, Joely Richardson and Ray Winstone all in attendance.
When asked about the reports regarding Meghan, Jones said he's heard “only what you have".
But he joked: “We’ve got a lot of pretty women in this. So I’m not sure there’s room for any more.”
"Way above my pay grade," Scodelario said, while Bonneville commented he had “no idea” if there was any truth to the rumours.
Jama, meanwhile, said as a newcomer herself to the cast, she had no tips to share with Meghan.
“Oh my God, she’s a seasoned actor. I have no advice for her. She knows what she’s doing,” added Jama.
Ritchie, who also attended the premiere, did not speak to the press. But writer and executive producer Matthew Read told BBC News they were looking forward to "bringing up more energy and surprises in series two and further on in the series”.
Not a no then, I asked.
"I just don't think it's right to speculate at this stage, so I wouldn't like to say yes or no,” he added.
In the first series, Eddie Halstead (played by James) inherited his wealthy family's country estate following his father's death, much to the fury of his older brother Freddy. He then discovers the estate is partly being used to grow cannabis for an extremely successful underground drug empire.
This time around, the criminal enterprise is expanding out of the British countryside and into the lush lakeside setting of Italy.
On the second series, James said: "If you're going to do it, you've got to make sure it's better.
"So we worked, I hope, pretty hard to make sure we evolve the world. It was more complex, and we had more character development."
That was echoed by Scodelario, who plays one of the show's toughest and most assured characters, Susie Glass. She runs the cannabis farm under the estate's grounds.
"We've really tried to raise the stakes as much as possible," she said. "Some of the episodes take a much darker turn, but we still have the fun and the joy that everyone really liked about it."
Bonneville, another newcomer to the cast for series two, said working with Ritchie was "wonderfully chaotic, but with a great purpose in mind".
The actor, who previously starred in Downton Abbey, also joked there was no difference between the period drama and the criminal underworld of The Gentlemen. "It was exactly the same world," he said.
"No, it was fun to enter this slightly skewed world of the perverted aristocracy up to no good," he added.
"I'm sure it was going on at Downton Abbey, but now the lid is lifted on what really happens in these stately homes."
The Gentlemen series two is released on Netflix on 3 September.
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