Although the series has only been filming a short while, Amazon‘s insanely expensive and equally mysterious Lord Of The Rings television series has already cast one of its cast members into the fires of Mount Doom. Actor Tom Budge has reportedly left the series.
Budge, who had been cast in an unknown role in the mysterious Lord Of The Rings series, made the official announcement on his Instagram account.
The actor cited “creative differences” as the reason for his departure from what could have been a career-making show, saying:
It is with great sadness that I am writing to tell you I have departed Amazon’s Lord of The Rings television series. After recently seeing the first episodes shot over the last year Amazon has decided to go in another direction with the character I was portraying.
I must thank the creative team for their encouragement towards trying something that I believed was new, exciting and beautiful. And I sincerely thank the extraordinary cast and crew for their love, support and friendship over what has been a very difficult and unusual experience. Alas, some things just cannot be. Destiny my mother, I thank thee.
As the show is seemingly more mysterious than the Ring Of Power itself, Budge’s role in the series and how prominent it was is still completely unknown. We have no clue about the character Tom Budge was playing or whether the series will recast him or if they will simply write his character out of the story.
If the series is early enough into filming, they may be able to simply remove the character entirely and share any of his narrative purposes among the remaining characters. There is no real way to know until after the show comes out and any non-disclosure agreements are no longer relevant.
Budge was part of a rather expansive cast on the show, which is currently filming in New Zealand. Amazon’s Lord of the Rings television series is looking to be the most ambitious project the streaming giant has ever tackled and takes place hundreds of years before the events of the Peter Jackson films, which the project may or may not share a universe with. It is still unclear if this series is supposed to be the same Middle Earth we were introduced to in Jackson’s films or if it is an entirely new take. Due to the length of time in between the stories, it could be left ambiguous and up to the viewer to decide.
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