‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’: Meet the Cast

Percy Jackson and the Olympians followers have lastly gotten their long-awaited TV adaption — and Disney+ has discovered its excellent forged.

The sequence, which relies on writer Rick Riordan’s e-book sequence of the similar identify, was first teased in May 2020. Riordan later confirmed the information in a January 2022 video announcement shared through Disney+.

“The wait is over, demigods,” he shared at the time. “I am thrilled to be the first to tell you that Percy Jackson and the Olympians is, truly, and for sure coming to your screens. the smart folks at Disney+ have given us the green light.”

The e-book sequence — which consists of 5 novels revealed between 2005 and 2009 — launched followers to a 12-year-old Percy Jackson, a Demigod who discovers that he’s the son of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. (The story was beforehand tailored into a movie and subsequent sequel starring Logan Lerman, a franchise that has been broadly criticized by followers.)

Less than one month after confirming that Percy Jackson can be hitting the small display screen, Disney+ revealed that Walker Scobell would tackle the function of the titular character.

“Walker Scobell is an incredibly talented young man who blew us away with his audition tapes for the role of Percy,” Riordan wrote through his weblog at the time. “It was obvious to me and the rest of the team that Walker had the perfect mix of comedic timing, sweetness, rebelliousness, snark and heroism to embody our hero Percy Jackson. … He is going to surpass your highest expectations from the very first line of the show.”

Next got here Leah Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri, who painting Percey’s confidants Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, respectively.

“Heroes in the making. 🗡⚡️🐐 Meet Annabeth, Percy, and Grover,” the official Disney+ Instagram account wrote in May 2022. Riordan, in the meantime, wrote through his web site that Simhadri “won” the “hearts” of the casting room, leaving the writer “laughing out loud with his delivery and timing.”

Jeffries, for her half, was Riordan’s “number one choice for Annabeth” after she first learn for the function. Leah is precisely the approach I imagined [her] in the books: sensible, robust and brave, a real daughter of Athena who has zero endurance for the foolishness of a sure Seaweed Brain,” he gushed. “Watching her act with Walker and Aryan, I saw Annabeth Chase come to life.”

The 8-episode sequence formally premiered in December 2023, with Disney+ releasing the first two installments earlier than adhering to a weekly launch schedule for the remainder of the season. In its first week, the present introduced in a whopping 13.3 million viewers, making it an immediate hit amongst followers.

New episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians air Tuesdays on Disney+.