As a seasoned gamer with a penchant for mythology-based adventures, I must say that the casting of Andra Day as Athena in Percy Jackson Season 2 is nothing short of exhilarating! Having grown up devouring Rick Riordan’s books and eagerly awaiting each new installment, it’s a dream come true to witness such an iconic character brought to life by a talented actress like Day.
With production moving forward on “Percy Jackson” Season 2, it’s been confirmed that Andra Day, a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee known for her role in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” has joined the cast for the upcoming episodes of the popular Disney+ series. This will be Day’s first significant TV role, following her guest appearance as herself on Bel-Air.
Actress Day will be playing the character of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, who is famously known as Annabeth Chase’s mother. Furthermore, Disney has unveiled a fresh Season 2 snapshot that provides a sneak peek at the pairing of Day’s Athena and Leah Sava Jeffries’ Annabeth, depicting the on-screen mother-daughter relationship.
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Who is in the Percy Jackson Season 2 cast?
In a fresh and straightforward manner: The main characters in Percy Jackson and the Olympians include Walker Scobell playing Percy Jackson, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Glynn Turman as Chiron, and Toby Stephens as Poseidon. For Season 2, based on the second book in Rick Riordan’s Camp Half-Blood Chronicles series, The Sea of Monsters, new characters are set to appear: Daniel Diemer as Percy’s cyclops half-brother Tyson, Margaret Cho as Wasp, Kristen Schaal as Tempest, Sandra Bernhard as Anger, Timothy Simons as Tantalus, and Tamara Smart as Thalia.
In the latest show summary, we find that Percy Jackson has come back to Camp Half-Blood a year later, only to discover his world in disarray. His bond with Annabeth is evolving, he discovers he has a cyclops sibling, Grover is nowhere to be found, and the camp is under attack by Kronos’ forces. Percy’s mission to rectify this situation will lead him beyond familiar territory and into the treacherous Sea of Monsters, where the son of Poseidon awaits a hidden destiny.
The show was developed by executive producers Rick Riordan, Jon Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Rebecca Riordan, James Bobin, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D.J. Goldberg. It is produced by 20th Television.
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2024-11-12 00:40