Disney+ announced today that Tamara Smart (Resident Evil) will join the cast of Percy Jackson and the Olympians for season 2 as the beloved character Thalia Grace, daughter of the sky god Zeus. The series was officially renewed for a second season in February, after premiering in December 2023.
Tamara Smart joins season 2 series regulars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, Dior Goodjohn and Daniel Diemer.
Season 2 is based on The Sea of Monsters, the second installment in Disney Hyperion’s bestselling Percy Jackson book series by acclaimed author Rick Riordan. Thalia is the Demigod daughter of Zeus who 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 camp. Tough and prickly, with a rebel/punk sensibility, Thalia is fiercely loyal to her friends and distrustful of her father’s world.
Riordan says, “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!”
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