Percy Jackson And The Olympians Star Walker Scobell Discusses Present’s E book Adjustments

Warning! This text consists of spoilers for Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2, episode 5.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ titular star, Walker Scobell, has admitted how he actually feels in regards to the Disney+ adaptation’s story modifications. Whereas it is extensively agreed that Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a extra devoted adaptation than the 2010 and 2013 films starring Logan Lerman, the present nonetheless consists of a number of minor (and some main) modifications from Rick Riordan’s unique Percy Jackson novels.

Narrative modifications in e book diversifications are to be anticipated; novels and TV are vastly totally different types of storytelling, in spite of everything, and as such have totally different pacing, character growth, and storytelling wants. Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 1, for example, included extra scenes with Percy’s father, Poseidon (Toby Stephens), and gave extra depth to Camp Half-Blood’s traitor, Luke (Charlie Bushnell).

Season 2, equally, additionally consists of some intriguing modifications from the books, like Clarisse’s (Dior Goodjohn) prolonged function. For e book readers and long-time followers like Scobell, nonetheless, a few of these modifications can nonetheless be laborious to just accept, even when they do make sense throughout the context of the present. Throughout an interview with Backstage, Scobell admitted that it may be troublesome to “let it go.”

“It’s laborious for me to let it go, as a result of it’s been engraved in my head since I learn it in third grade,” Scobell defined. Scobell is sort of 17 years previous now, so he is been a fan of Riordan’s work for roughly 9 years. 9 years is a very long time to change into connected to a sure model of a narrative, so the actor’s hesitation is comprehensible.

Even so, Scobell additionally said that he understood why some modifications wanted to be made, and that his attachment to the supply materials does not change his dedication to the present. “I do know that some issues should be lower; issues change, and I feel there’s not loads I can do as an actor,” he stated.

“I form of simply absolutely embrace no matter they’ve modified as a result of joke’s on me if I don’t go all out and attempt to do my finest each day,” Scobell completed.

One of the vital noticeable modifications from the books happens in season 2, episode 5, “We Test In to C.C.’s Spa & Resort.” Within the episode, Percy and Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) are pressured to confront the legendary sorceress Circe (Rosemarie DeWitt) and the terrifying Sirens.

Within the second Percy Jackson e book, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, Circe and the Sirens characterize two separate, harmful encounters. Within the present, they’re intertwined, forcing Percy and Annabeth to confront their deadly flaws and depend on one another greater than ever earlier than. Pacing-wise, combining the 2 threats allowed this leg of their quest to be lined in a single episode.

It additionally made Circe a extra well-rounded villain, a lot in the identical means Disney+’s Percy Jackson modified Medusa’s story in season 1. Narrative and character modifications like these hold diversifications like Percy Jackson and the Olympians recent and thrilling for readers and non-readers alike. As Scobell stated, typically, it is nearly studying to embrace one thing new.

New episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiere Wednesdays on Disney+ and Hulu.