‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians’ star Leah Sava Jeffries on tackling the beloved series: ‘It’s a great journey’

TheGrio.com caught up with Jeffries and the other two leads of the highly anticipated TV adaptation of author Rick Riordan’s best-sellers, which comes to Disney+ this month.

“Percy Jackson & the Olympians” is finally getting its small-screen moment. The beloved book series is getting the television adaptation treatment courtesy of series author Rick Riordan and Disney+, who’ll be taking viewers into the world of Greek gods, memorable monsters and Camp Half-Blood.

TheGrio.com caught up with the three series leads, including

Scobell spoke to how Riordan let the actors bring themselves to the roles. “I think when we got there, Rick kind of broke those expectations,” he shared, “and kind of let us go off and make the best versions of those characters.”

The first two episodes of “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 20, on Disney+, with the first episode also streaming on Hulu.

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