Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series at Disney+ has found its Grover Underwood and Annabeth Chase.Variety has learned exclusively that Aryan Simhadri will star as Grover with Leah Sava Jeffries set to play Annabeth.
They join previously announced series lead Walker Scobell, who will play Percy.The series adaptation of the Rick Riordan book series was ordered at the streamer back in January.
The live-action show tells the fantastical tale of the titular 12-year-old modern demigod (Scobell), who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt.
With help from his friends Grover and Annabeth, Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.
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