Tom Budge: Last News

The actor Tom Budge is out of a job after he parted ways Amazon's upcoming Lord Of The Rings series.The 38-year-old Australian star announced Sunday on his Instagram accounted that he had departed the prequel show amid creative differences with the streamer.He was originally announced to be playing an undisclosed part on the fantasy series back in January 2020, but it sounds as if the character will now be recast.

Michaela Zee editor“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is only days away, and the Amazon Prime Video series has earned mostly rave reviews with a few mixed reactions (and one flat-out pan) as critics returned to Middle-earth.As Variety chief TV critic Caroline Framke wrote in her review: “It’s safe to say that Amazon throwing the weight of its coffers at this property has resulted in a perfectly winning adaptation that unfolds swashbuckling adventures with clear reverence and affection for the considerable mythos behind it.”Set during the Second Age of Middle-earth (thousands of years before the events of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Hobbit”), the prequel series reintroduces characters from Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, including a young Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo). The Second Age consists of the rise and fall of Númenor, the creation of the Rings of Power and the formation of the Last Alliance.

Maxim Baldry has snagged a lead role in Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings series!