Ryan Reynolds Reacts to Adam Project Co-Star's Percy Jackson Casting
Ryan Reynolds reacts to his The Adam Project co-star Walker Scobell being cast in the lead role in Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Scobell played the younger version of Reynolds' time-traveling hero Adam Reed in the 2022 Netflix sci-fi action movie. Now, he is set to play the titular demigod in Disney+'s adaptation of Rick Riordan's fantasy novel series.
Bringing the pantheon of Greek gods and their surrounding mythology into the modern age, Riordan's popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians novel series captured the hearts of many young fans as it explored the adventures of the demigod residents of Camp Half-Blood. Adapting the first novel, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Disney+'s upcoming show will see the young Percy Jackson grapple with learning that his father is the Greek god Poseidon while trying to clear his name after Zeus' powerful Master Bolt is stolen. With production set to begin soon, Scobell was revealed to be cast as Percy, after which several prominent figures took to social media to wish him luck.
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Among them is Reynolds, who takes to his various social media accounts to congratulate Scobell on his casting. Via both his personal Twitter account an Instagram story, Reynolds jokes that Scobell's casting makes him an older Percy Jackson, before praising the young actor for taking on the role, alongside an image of Scobell's The Adam Project character harnessing lightning in the Netflix movie. Check out both of Reynolds' congratulatory posts below:
I guess this makes me older Percy Jackson? Congrats Walker Scobell! You were always a demigod in my mind. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/PercyJackson?src=hash&ref_src=»
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