Just days after Leah Sava Jeffries' casting as Annabeth Chase in Disney Plus' Percy Jackson TV series, Alexandra Daddario is showing her support after several hateful comments surfaced online.Daddario, 36, originally played Annabeth Chase in the 2010 movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013's Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.Some fans were upset that 12-year-old Jeffries was cast since she is a Black actress and does not 'match' the character, since she was written as white in the original books by Rick Riordan, but both Daddario and Riordan came to her defense on Tuesday.
Support:Just days after Leah Sava Jeffries' casting as Annabeth Chase in Disney Plus' Percy Jackson TV series, Alexandra Daddario is showing her support after several hateful comments surfaced online Upset:Some fans were upset that 12-year-old Jeffries was cast since she is a Black actress and does not 'match' the character, since she was written as white in the original books by Rick Riordan, but both Daddario and Riordan came to her defense on TuesdayDaddario took to Twitter on Tuesday with a simple and supportive message for the young actress: 'Leah Jeffries is going to be an incredible Annabeth!!!'Jeffries was announced as Annabeth Chase on Thursday alongside 16-year-oldAryan Simhadri as Grover, weeks after Walker Scobell (The Adam Project) was announced as the new Percy Jackson.
Logan Lerman played Percy Jackson in the films, alongside Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson as Grover, though fans were upset about the casting of Jeffries.
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