It’s been one year since his last day on set for “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” season one, but Aryan Simhadri still sometimes catches himself walking like a goat.
“I don’t even realize I’m doing it half the time,” he laughs. “It’s just a habit.”
At 17, Simhadri already has a long list of credits under his belt. From voice acting (“Adventure Time”) to Broadway (“Trevor: The Musical”) to a Disney Channel original movie (“SPIN”), he’s been running around the big screen since he first learned to walk. Even so, the grinning teen admits that nothing compares to “Percy Jackson.”
The latest adaptation of Rick Riordan’s beloved novel “The Lightning Thief,” the first season of the Disney+ show re-introduces the world to the titular Percy (Walker Scobell), son of a mortal woman and Greek god. After discovering his true identity, the young child of Poseidon finds himself at Camp Half-Blood — a safe haven and training facility for teenage demigods. Learning the realities of the monsters and myths he once believed to be bedtime stories, Percy teams up with new ally Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries) and protective satyr Grover Underwood (Simhadri) to lead a quest to the Underworld.
Premiering on Dec. 19, the show amassed 13.3 million viewers in its first six days. Two weeks ahead of the season finale, Simhadri sat down with Character Media to discuss the books, the filming process and all things demigod.
CM: We’re two episodes from the finale. How are you feeling?
AS: It’s been crazy. We started making this a year and a half ago, so now that we can finally put it out into the world, I think we’re all just happy that people seem to like it. It still doesn’t feel real sometimes.
CM: How has your life…
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