Jodie Turner-Smith has stepped away from Netflix’s upcoming “Blood Origin,” a prequel series to “The Witcher,” due to scheduling conflicts.
“Due to a change in the production schedule for ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ limited series, unfortunately Jodie Turner-Smith will no longer be able to continue on in the role of Éile,” a Netflix spokesperson told TheWrap.
Turner-Smith joined the show back in January, and was set to play the show’s lead character, Éile, “an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess” who “has left her clan and position as Queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician. A grand reckoning on the continent forces her to return to the way of the blade in her quest for vengeance and redemption.”
“Blood Origin” per the official description, is “Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin will tell...
“Due to a change in the production schedule for ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ limited series, unfortunately Jodie Turner-Smith will no longer be able to continue on in the role of Éile,” a Netflix spokesperson told TheWrap.
Turner-Smith joined the show back in January, and was set to play the show’s lead character, Éile, “an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess” who “has left her clan and position as Queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician. A grand reckoning on the continent forces her to return to the way of the blade in her quest for vengeance and redemption.”
“Blood Origin” per the official description, is “Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin will tell...
- 4/8/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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