‘Percy Jackson’ Casts Courtney B. Vance as Zeus Following Lance Reddick’s Death: ‘I’ll Be Giving My Brother a Heavenly Hug’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comSelome Hailu Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Zeus. The role was originally played by Lance Reddick, who died at age 60 shortly after production wrapped on Season 1.
Zeus is the Greek god of the sky and the father of demigod Thalia Grace (recently announced cast member Tamara Smart). In Season 1, Reddick’s Zeus accused Percy (Walker Scobell) of stealing his master lightning bolt, which sent Percy and his friends Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) and Grover (Aryan Simhadri) on a nationwide quest to find it and stop a war between the gods.
Vance is best known for films like “The Hunt for Red October,” “The Preacher’s Wife” and “The Adventures of Huck Finn” as well as TV series including NBC’s “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” in which he played Ron Carver, and FX’s “The People vs.
OJ Simpson: American Crime Story,” in which he played Johnnie Cochrane. Among his more recent credits are HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” AMC’s “61st Street” and FX’s “Grotesquerie.” On Broadway, Vance originated the role of Cory in August Wilson’s “Fences,” and in 2013, he won a Tony for playing Hap Hairston in Nora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy.” He is repped by Yasmine Pearl at UTA and Darrell Miller at Fox Rothschild.
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