{"id":42183,"date":"2023-12-19T17:52:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1946625"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:50:41","slug":"who-is-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-actor-walker-scobell","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-actor-walker-scobell\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Percy Jackson and the Olympians actor Walker Scobell?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scobell has taken over from Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson! <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 19 December 2023 at 16:52 PM<\/p>

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A new Percy Jackson adaptation is upon us, and all of us who grew up with Logan Lerman<\/a> as the face of the franchise are feeling very old!<\/p>\n

Young actor Walker Scobell<\/a> has taken over the keys to Camp Half-Blood in the new Disney Plus series Percy Jackson and the Olympians<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with his co-stars, Leah Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood), Scobell has crushed it as Percy, with creatives on the show \u2013 including author Rick Riordan \u2013 praising his performance.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the character and actor.<\/p>\n

Who is Percy Jackson?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians.<\/span><\/figcaption> Disney<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

As first established in\u00a0Riordan\u2019s novel<\/a> Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson is a demigod, or half-blood, and the son of the Greek god Poseidon.<\/p>\n

The first novel and the series show his journey discovering that he\u2019s not just a normal boy and grappling with his newfound powers.<\/p>\n

He serves as the main character and narrator in the majority of the books. Scobell\u2019s not the only actor to have played the character, with Logan Lerman previously starring as Percy in the film series.<\/p>\n

Who is Percy Jackson actor Walker Scobell?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Walker Scobell.<\/span><\/figcaption> Mike Marsland\/WireImage<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Despite being so young, Scobell isn\u2019t a complete newcomer to the industry, and has already impressed audiences in movie The Adam Project<\/a>, in which he played a young version of Ryan Reynolds\u2019s character Adam.<\/p>\n

Last year, he also appeared in the movie Secret Headquarters, and is now set to take on a huge TV part in the form of the new Percy Jackson adaptation.<\/p>\n

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Scobell recently opened up to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about his new role, saying that, while he hasn\u2019t met Lerman in person just yet, the older actor has shared some messages and tips.<\/p>\n

He added of his version of Percy: \u201cWe stayed as close to the books as possible while making it entertaining and adding characters, so I think the biggest difference between the book and the show is that it\u2019s not from a specific point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did Walker Scobell audition for Percy Jackson and the Olympians?<\/strong><\/h2>