Author Rick Riordan shares new cast members of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney Plus namely Jessica Parker Kennedy, Suzanne Cryer and Adam Copeland. The author updated his personal blog about the ongoing production of the live action adaptation of his demigod book series.
Riordan shares bits of each actor’s characterization for the upcoming series. Being very much involved in the production, the author continues to surprise fans as well as himself as details unfold.
Percy Jackson Author Rick Riordan Posts Cast Update
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Starting off with Kennedy (CW’s The Flash) as Medusa in the series, Riordan notes that the actor left him highly impressed. He wrote:
I can tell you this is one Aunty Em you do not want to mess with. Her poised, powerful, elegant take on Medusa blew me away! And wait until you see some of the statuary in her Garden Gnome Emporium . . .
Next is Cryer (AMC’s Straight Man) as Percy Jackson’s Echidna. After mentioning the actor as mother to three Percy Jackson fans herself, Riordan notes that she is:
an incredible actor who brought menace and magic to her portrayal of Echidna, the Mother of Monsters. Percy and the gang have their work cut out for them when they go toe-to-toe with this primordial force of nature, along with her favorite little monster baby . . . who may not actually be a chihuahua.
Finally he writes Copeland (The Vikings)as the God of War, Ares, himself. Especially citing the actor’s 20-year professional run as “The Edge” in World Wrestling Entertainment, Riordan reveals he knew the actor to be the Ares they are looking for as soon as he saw the former wrestler’s audition tape. He exclaims:
He absolutely nailed it . . . This guy IS Ares the way I imagined him in the Percy Jackson series. He obviously knew the part, loved it, and was having WAY too much fun being the god of war. He even got a Harley-Davidson motorcycle so he could practice riding and get into character. That is commitment! Can’t wait to see him go mano a mano with Percy Jackson? Me neither!
Percy Jackson Author Rick Riordan Posts Cast Update
Image: Disney Plus
Indeed, production is going so smoothly and in no time at all, fans will be able to see the Percy Jackson and the Olympians adaptation that Riordan molded himself. There is nothing more reassuring than the creator of the source material being there in the production since day one.
Anticipated release of the Disney Plus series is early 2024.
