Why was Amanda Peet replaced in the Gilded Age?

After actress Amanda Peet backed out of the nine-episode HBO series due to scheduling conflicts in April 2020, Coon took over her role as Bertha, the astonishingly wealthy (and widely unwelcomed) newcomer infiltrating Manhattan’s late 19th-century society.

What is the meaning of the word Peet?

Noun. peet (genitive peedi, partitive peeti) beet. (slang) cheap berry or fruit wine.