Percy Jackson and the Olympians invites you to see the world as Percy sees it, quite literally.”When [co-showrunner] Jon [Steinberg] and Rick sent me the script for the first time, in the first scene description it said ‘Percy Jackson [12], and I just went, ‘Brilliant! Exactly right.'” director James Bobin told Entertainment Weekly on filming the premiere episodes of Rick Riordan’s Disney+ adaptation. This not only influenced his willingness to keep certain scenes at eye level, but make them an extension of Percy’s pre-teen worldview. As Bobin saw it, “The eyes of a 12-year-old are very different from the eyes of an older kid. I have a kid and a teenager, so I know this: A 12-year-old and a 17-year-old are different universes. A 12-year-old is still young-ish, but is learning so much and still has a really magical appreciation of the world.”While this encounter and its aftermath lay the groundwork for Percy’s dual goals of rescuing his mother and locating Zeus’ Master Bolt, the series’ creators repeatedly emphazised that Percy deems the former mission of greater significance. According to executive producer Becky Riordan, “We were in a meeting with the execs about how to show Percy’s journey, and they were like, ‘Well, Percy really needs to want to see his father. And so I had to say, ‘Hey, this is not the story. Percy is doing this for his mom. His father needs to earn Percy’s respect because he hasn’t been there for him.'”
Percy Jackson and the Olympians invites you to see the world as Percy sees it, quite literally.
“When [co-showrunner] Jon [Steinberg] and Rick sent me the script for the first time, in the first scene description it said ‘Percy Jackson [12], and I just went, ‘Brilliant! Exactly right.'” director James Bobin told Entertainment Weekly on filming the premiere episodes of Rick Riordan’s Disney+ adaptation. This not only influenced his willingness to keep certain scenes at eye level, but make them an extension of Percy’s pre-teen worldview. As Bobin saw it, “The eyes of a 12-year-old are very different from the eyes of an older kid. I have a kid and a teenager, so I know this: A 12-year-old and a 17-year-old are different universes. A 12-year-old is still young-ish, but is learning so much and still has a really magical appreciation of the world.”
While this encounter and its aftermath lay the groundwork for Percy’s dual goals of rescuing his mother and locating Zeus’ Master Bolt, the series’ creators repeatedly emphazised that Percy deems the former mission of greater significance. According to executive producer Becky Riordan, “We were in a meeting with the execs about how to show Percy’s journey, and they were like, ‘Well, Percy really needs to want to see his father. And so I had to say, ‘Hey, this is not the story. Percy is doing this for his mom. His father needs to earn Percy’s respect because he hasn’t been there for him.'”
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