Aidan Turner wasn’t allowed to ride his ‘Poldark’ horse near the cliffs for "insurance reasons".
The 36-year-old actor will return to screens in the titular role as Captain Ross Poldark for the final series of the hit BBC One period drama with trusty horse Seamus, but it has been revealed that a stunt man was used for scenes near to the cliff edge.
Speaking at a preview screening of the finale season, Aidan said: "I think the only thing, sometimes, is galloping by the cliffs, I wasn’t allowed."
Whilst executive producer Kare Thrussell expanded: "I think you had a stunt man for insurance reasons."
Although ‘Poldark’ is coming to a close after five series, bosses recently admitted they won’t rule out a return in the future.
Producer Michael Ray admitted the source material means there are plenty of stories left to tell on the small screen.
He said: "We want it to go out with a bang.
"The key to ending any series is the audience should want to know more but not need to.
"There are more books, so we will never say never on this. That’s it for now, but there’s always another story to tell."
For the new season, the story will depart from the books as the team look to fill in the 11-year gap between the events in seventh novel ‘The Angry Tide’ – which was featured in series four – and the eighth instalment ‘The Stranger From The Sea’.
The show’s creator Debbie Horsfield admitted she decided to look at what happened to Poldark and to delve into the tales author Winston Graham, who stories the series is based on, didn’t tell in his writing.
She said: "According to the books, he goes from mine owner to government spy. My question was, how on earth did he get there?
"That became the spine of series five. What happened? What decisions did he make that set him on that journey to book eight?"
Despite that, Horsfield wanted to make sure they remained true to the character and the novels, which means they won’t be departing in a major way by killing off the main character.
She added: "We’ve always been very clear that we would never create anything that contradicts the events in the remaining five books. Ross isn’t going to die."
Aidan Turner had stunt man for Poldark’s cliff edge horse scenes
