Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” Season 2 has added Timothy Simons to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively.
Simons will appear in recurring guest star role in the Disney+ adaptation of the Rick Riordan book series, playing the role of Tantalus.
The character is described as “sardonic, manipulative, openly hostile, and rarely in a good mood… seeing as he is cursed with eternal hunger and thirst, but can never eat or drink.
Tantalus has been released from imprisonment in the Underworld to become the interim Activities Director at Camp Half-Blood, having replaced Chiron (Glynn Turman) who is under suspicion of having ties to Kronos.” Simons joins previously announced new Season 2 cast members Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho, who will play the Grey Sisters, as well as Daniel Diemer, who will play Tyson.
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