Disney+ has shared the first official image from the set of the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series in honor of Percy Jackson’s birthday today, August 18. The image features Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood in the woods. The actors don’t look much … Read more
Last week, it was announced that Leah Sava Jeffries would portray Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri would portray Grover Underwood in the upcoming “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series on Disney+. They join Walker Scobell, who will portray the titular Percy. Since then, there has been significant backlash to the casting of Jeffries, a Black … Read more
Two more actors have joined the upcoming Disney+ series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” according to Variety. Aryan Simhadri (Disney+’s “Cheaper by the Dozen”) has been cast as Grover Underwood, a satyr (half-human, half-goat) disguised as a 12 year-old boy who often puts the needs of his friends over his own, and isn’t afraid to … Read more