How do I manage iCloud storage for videos?

Hello, my first question to Community..
I have recently purchased 25GB storage from iCloud, and in turn, i then attempted to download 2 movies (rental from iTunes). One of the movies downloaded fine and is available for playback, however the other will not download - a message displays telling me I do not have enough storage space. When viewing storage options I can see 15.5GB of 25 is available, however the iPad device storage says it has only 2GB available space.
Now I would expect a movie to be approx 1-2GB in size, but not sure if I can use the iCloud space for such a movie (rental) download or not. All advice welcomed! Thank you

No, you can not use the iCloud storage space for movie rentals. You have to free up space directly on your device to download the movie.

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