Keira Knightley Pulls Out of Apple TV+'s The Essex Serpent

People.com: Keira Knightley will no longer be starring in Apple TV+'s The Essex Serpent.

The British star, 35, has exited the streaming service's original series "due to family reasons" amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, her rep said in a statement to PEOPLE.

"Keira had to unfortunately pull out of The Essex Serpent due to family reasons," the statement reads. "As the COVID cases increase in the U.K. and additional lockdown and restriction rules are potentially being imposed, with so many unknowns, there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of child care required for the 4.5-month production."

Knightley is married to husband James Righton, with whom she shares daughters Delilah, 1, and Edie, 5.