Tamara Smart has joined the cast of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. She will be joining the second season of the series as the beloved character “Thalia Grace,” daughter of the sky god Zeus. Smart will appear as a recurring guest star in season two of the epic adventure series. She will be alongside series regulars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, Dior Goodjohn, and Daniel Diemer.
Season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians is based on The Sea of Monsters. This is the second installment in Disney Hyperion’s bestselling Percy Jackson book series by acclaimed author Rick Riordan. Thalia is the Demigod daughter of Zeus. She made her last stand to protect her friends at the edge of Camp Half-Blood. Rather than let her die, Zeus transformed her into a tree that anchors the force field that protects the camp. Thalia is tough and prickly and has a rebel/punk sensibility. She is also fiercely loyal to her friends and distrustful of her father’s world.
Riordan said, “Thalia Grace is one of the most important characters in the Percy Jackson universe, so the right casting was critical. Thalia is a powerful warrior, a fiercely loyal friend, and a demigod rebel with a very ‘punk’ / ‘rage-against-the-machine’ sensibility. As soon as we saw Tamara Smart play this role, we knew we had found our daughter of Zeus. She was, no pun intended, electric. Tamara puts the ‘grace’ in Thalia Grace!”
The addition of Smart to the series as Thalia is very special as she previously worked with the late Lance Reddic, who portrayed Zeus in the first season of the series. In that previous project, Smart played Reddick’s daughter. Smart shared her thoughts on the connection saying, “I’m so grateful and excited to be joining the cast of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It’s so close to my heart. Lance Reddick and I always spoke about working together again, so it’s that much more special and important to me to play his daughter once more as Thalia, and to keep his memory alive. I feel his presence all around me and strive to make him proud on this exciting journey.”
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, Season two is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, Albert Kim, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson. Production of season two of the series is currently underway in Vancouver, BC. It will arrive on Disney+ sometime in 2025. The first season can currently be watched on Disney+.
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