There are a lot of things fans want to see happen in Disney’s upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. But above all else, they want to see Percy done right. The demigod son of Poseidon remains the heart and soul of Rick Riordan’s franchise, and Percy’s friendship with fellow demigod Annabeth Chase and satyr Grover Underwood continues to draw readers into this world more than 18 years later. Compared to the Percy Jackson films, whose versions of Percy, Annabeth, and Grover felt stripped of what made their literary counterparts so unique, the Disney+ show intends to keep these three as true to the books as possible.Thankfully, actors Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri seem to understand their assignment. Despite being newcomers to acting (last year, Scobell starred in Netflix’s The Adam Project, while Jeffries and Simhadri appeared in Beast and Cheaper by the Dozen), their personalities feel in sync with Percy, Annabeth, and Grover as individuals and co-stars. Being close to their The Lighting Thief ages — while the characters are 12, Scobell and Jeffries are 14, while Simhadri is 15 — certainly helps matters too. The Percy Jackson and the Olympians trio recently spoke with CBR, recalling their early history with the franchise and why Riordan encouraged them to “be yourselves” while developing these characters for the small screen.Aryan Simhadri: For me, it was the second book series I ever read. It’s what got me into reading. I read it in 3rd or 4th grade or something like that. The biggest thing I noticed that wasn’t in any other young adult series I was reading at the time was that it was written in the first person. So it felt like you were being told a story as opposed to having something being thrown at you. You know what I mean? It was so much easier to imagine all these fantastical, otherworldly things as real. You felt like you were there.
There are a lot of things fans want to see happen in Disney’s upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. But above all else, they want to see Percy done right. The demigod son of Poseidon remains the heart and soul of Rick Riordan’s franchise, and Percy’s friendship with fellow demigod Annabeth Chase and satyr Grover Underwood continues to draw readers into this world more than 18 years later. Compared to the Percy Jackson films, whose versions of Percy, Annabeth, and Grover felt stripped of what made their literary counterparts so unique, the Disney+ show intends to keep these three as true to the books as possible.
Thankfully, actors Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri seem to understand their assignment. Despite being newcomers to acting (last year, Scobell starred in Netflix’s The Adam Project, while Jeffries and Simhadri appeared in Beast and Cheaper by the Dozen), their personalities feel in sync with Percy, Annabeth, and Grover as individuals and co-stars. Being close to their The Lighting Thief ages — while the characters are 12, Scobell and Jeffries are 14, while Simhadri is 15 — certainly helps matters too. The Percy Jackson and the Olympians trio recently spoke with CBR, recalling their early history with the franchise and why Riordan encouraged them to “be yourselves” while developing these characters for the small screen.
Aryan Simhadri: For me, it was the second book series I ever read. It’s what got me into reading. I read it in 3rd or 4th grade or something like that. The biggest thing I noticed that wasn’t in any other young adult series I was reading at the time was that it was written in the first person. So it felt like you were being told a story as opposed to having something being thrown at you. You know what I mean? It was so much easier to imagine all these fantastical, otherworldly things as real. You felt like you were there.
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