Disney+'s PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS Adds Five New Actors to the Cast
Five new actors have joined the cast of the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Those cast members include Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally, and Timm Sharp. The join the previously cast Aryan Simhadri, who will play Grover Underwood, Leah Sava Jeffries, who’s set to play Annabeth Chase, and Walker Scobell, who will play Percy.
The series adaptation is based on the Rick Riordan book series, and it just started production. “The live-action show tells the fantastical tale of the titular 12-year-old modern demigod (Scobell), who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. With help from his friends Grover and Annabeth, Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.”
Mullally (Will & Grace, Party Down, Children’s Hospital) will play Alecto, a.k.a. Mrs. Dodds. “Mrs. Dodds is Percy’s strict, irascible math teacher who may act monstrous at times, because she is. She’s one of the three Furies, known as Alecto, who loyally serves Hades, the god of the underworld.”
Mantzoukas (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The League, The Good Place) will play Dionysus, a.k.a. Mr. D. “The irritable and sarcastic Mr. D runs Camp Half Blood, a camp for the demigods.”
Kull (Super Pumped, NOS4A2, Big Little Lies) will appear as Sally Jackson, “Percy’s loving, protective and selfless mother. Sally raised her son knowing that one day she’ll have to give him up to the dangerous world of the Olympian gods.”
Turman (The Wire, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) will play Chiron, a.k.a Mr. Brunner. “Disguised as Percy’s Latin teacher Mr. Brunner, Chiron is the famed centaur and trainer of heroes who provides Percy with moral guidance when needed.”
Sharp (Enlightened, Blunt Talk) will play Gabe Ugliano, “Sally’s selfish, brash, and combative husband as well as Percy’s stepfather.”
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is set to hit Disney+ in 2023.