Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Summary
In the Disney+ TV seriesPercy Jackson and the Olympians , Walker Scobell portrays the titular character , but is he the right tallness for the Word of Poseidon?Percy Jackson and the Olympiansis found on the bookseries of the same name that also inspired two movies , Percy Jackson & the Olympians : The Lightning Thief(2010 ) andPercy Jackson : Sea of Monsters(2013 ) , as well as a musical free-base on the first book . Percy Jackson and the Olympiansin December 2023 is the first raid into video for the Greek myth stripling play dealership .
BothLogan Lerman and Walker Scobell have played Percy Jacksonnow on screen door , with Scobell pick out the lead role in the eight - episode first time of year for Disney+ . Unlike Lerman , who was a known amount before his functioning thanks to movies likeHootand3:10 to Yuma , Scobell was a much big question sign when he invite the character as Percy . Scobell only had two other act credits before this purpose , inThe Adam Projectas a younger translation of Ryan Reynolds ' character andSecret Headquartersas Charlie Kincaid . As Percy , Scobell had to see the in high spirits expectation of the fanbase , including how well his coming into court match up .
Percy Jackson and the Olympians includes a vast selection of ancient Greek magical items , each with their own unique ability , powers , and owners .
Walker Scobell Hit A Growth Spurt Filming Percy Jackson Season 1
In the midriff of filmingPercy Jackson and the Olympiansseason 1 , Walker Scobell strike a growth spurt ( viaTeen Vogue ) . In the nine months it take to film the first time of year , Scobell shoot down up from 5 ' 1 " to 5 ' 7 " . Percy Jackson is also years 12 at the starting signal of the series , making the 15 - year - old Scobell a decent match for that character in at least that regard . The first season ofPercy Jackson and the Olympiansis an adaptation of the first book in the series , The Lightning Thief .
In that leger , Percy tells the referee that his friend Annabeth , spiel by Leah Sava Jeffries , is quite a mo taller than him , which is not the instance in the series where they are about the same height , with Percy being just a hair taller . Scobell is somewhere between 5 ' 1 " and 5 ' 7 " in the show If Percy Jackson is the same sizing as the average American 12 - year - honest-to-goodness , thenhe should be somewhere between 4 ' 8 " and 5 ' 4"(viaCDC ) , ca-ca Scobell roughly exact with Percy ’s most potential height .
Percy Jackson’s Height Is Never Specified In The Books
Percy Jackson ’s pinnacle is never explicitly stated in the books , though he does often name that he is forgetful than Annabeth . A meeting place onRiordan Wikiclaims that theOfficial UK Percy Jacksonsite says Percy is 5 ' 10 " at years 13 . However , there is n’t much more information available than that andRick Riordan ’s websitedoes not have the stature of the characters station as the meeting place claims it does .
A key ingredient of thePercy Jacksonfranchise is that Percy does not know he is the boy of a god until the start of the Holy Writ . If his parturition mean that he was of exceptional height , something like 5 ' 10 " at the old age of 13 , that would certainly have been comment on by either himself or someone else . Instead , he ’s treat as a normal kid , indicate that Percy in the books and inPercy Jackson and the Olympians is an mediocre height for someone his age and that perhaps Walker Scobell is the one of exceptional height .
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