By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 13, 2019 8:30 am EST
If you were hoping to see Will Poulter slap on some elf ears or a cape, we have some bad news. Deadline says he’s no longer part of the Lord of the Rings TV series cast due to scheduling conflicts. As is the case with almost everything about this show, we have no idea what role Poulter would’ve played. In any case, the show now has to find someone new.
I’ll confess that I wasn’t sold on Poulter as an actor until this year, when I saw him in Midsommar. He’s so consistently funny as a s***-talking ugly American that I immediately wanted to see him in more things. Would he have worked in a Lord of the Rings show? Without knowing much about the series it’s hard to say, but sure, probably!
The series will focus on “previously unexplored stories based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s original writings.” The show is set during the 3,441-year period, known as the Age of Númenor, or the Second Age, long before the events of The Fellowship of The Ring. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director J.A. Bayona is helming the first two episodes of the show.
