'Percy Jackson' author Rick Riordan says the new Disney+ series is the faithful adaptation 'you've been waiting for.'
But with the advent of Disney+ and Disney's purchase of Fox, Riordan and his wife Becky realized there was a new opportunity to adapt the Percy Jackson books in a way that captured what readers love about them.
"It was the second book series I ever read, I think, and it left a huge impression on me," says Aryan Simhadri, who plays Percy's satyr friend Grover. "Like, not just, 'Oh, those books are cool,' but they helped me. I grew up with them, as I'm sure a lot of people did. I can't wrap my head around the fact that I get to be in something that I look up to so much.
"I'm playing a character that is a different person, different hair color, different skin tones, and all that. That's what the prototype was," Jeffries says. "Just to hear that I'm playing her different was like, 'Wow, I'm now gonna be an inspiration to other girls.'"For Riordan, making thecast more representative is completely in line with how the series started: As bedtime stories for his son, who was struggling to keep up with other kids in school.
"Meeting Rick was exciting because I've been looking at his face on the back of a book for four or five years," says Scobell, who plays Percy. "I think he is the coolest guy ever. You can really hear Percy in his voice when he speaks — Percy's sarcasm and personality shows through in Rick." | Credit: Disney/David Bukach
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