Actor Will Poulter was set to be part of the ensemble cast for Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show, but he dropped out before filming started. At the time, it was reported that he backed out due to a scheduling conflict, and the actor himself has now confirmed this to be true and offered a little more insight.

"Unfortunately, there's no particularly interesting story, other than the fact that there was a last-minute change to the schedule, which meant that there was a clash for me and I was unable to do it," Poulter explained to NME.

Although he won't appear in the Lord of the Rings show, Poulter said there is no bad blood and he is excited to see the show come to fruition.