We sent Melissa Nathoo to try to find out more about the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, but she had to contend with Walker Scobell and Aryan Simhadri's inside jokes! Luckily, Leah Sava Jeffries was there to keep things on track. Report by Nathoom. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 What a series to be a part of. Percy Jackson is massive.
00:05 I was a big fan of the originals with Logan Lerman,
00:09 obviously your predecessor, Walker.
00:10 So I'm curious, did you speak to him about this
00:12 before going into filming or anything?
00:14 I haven't spoken to him yet,
00:16 but I have gotten a couple of messages from him.
00:18 Like, we did a panel in New York,
00:21 and he sent in a message for that,
00:23 and he did an interview with Liam,
00:25 and he gave me a couple of pieces of advice,
00:27 which were really helpful.
00:28 Nice. Like, when you do a series,
00:30 obviously, as opposed to a film,
00:31 you can put so many more details, I think, in there.
00:34 Are there any little details about each of your characters
00:37 that you think that we should be looking out for?
00:38 Because I feel like they've added little things,
00:40 even like Annabeth, like, touching her, like,
00:43 the Yankees hat when she's, like, nervous and things like that.
00:46 Is there anything for you, for any of you,
00:48 that you think, look out for that?
00:50 That's a great question.
00:52 - That is a good question. - Don't have an answer.
00:53 - You go first. - Oh, yeah?
00:57 Yeah.
00:58 I think this isn't, like, an emotional thing,
01:00 but his physicality is something that we worked on a lot for Grover.
01:03 So, whenever he's kind of at camp, he has a certain posture.
01:07 Whenever he wants to run, he has a certain posture.
01:09 Just stuff like that, that kind of, like, tell his mood,
01:12 because he's a very empathetic character.
01:14 He feels things very strongly,
01:16 and we worked hard on trying to reflect that in his physicality.
01:19 Oh, nice. How about you, Walker?
01:21 This isn't really, like, an Easter egg.
01:24 It's just something I like that they added in the books.
01:27 You can look at the poster behind me, too.
01:29 It has that, like, in the dark, celestial bronze glows.
01:34 And so Percy's sword glows,
01:35 which I think is a really cool, like, detail that they added.
01:38 Super bright in the Minotaur.
01:40 - Yeah. - And in, like, the... yeah.
01:41 I always find it weird as well that you guys say Minotaur,
01:44 because I've always been brought up saying Minotaur.
01:46 Yeah, James Bobin always says Minotaur.
01:49 - Minotaur. - Yeah.
01:50 So, we've changed, like, we've done, like, multiple takes.
01:52 Like, the whole Minotaur sequence,
01:54 we did, like, half the take saying Minotaur.
01:57 - Half the take saying Minotaur. - Yeah, how about you?
02:00 Like, just like what you said about when she's, like, nervous
02:03 or, like, just, like, has, like, interaction with, like,
02:07 a sensitivity to her or, like, emotion.
02:10 I feel like a lot of times, like, if she's, like, being stubborn
02:13 or, like, a little bit of an argument
02:15 or, like, just being happy and stuff,
02:17 I really feel like...
02:19 What was I saying? Oh, yeah, I really feel like...
02:22 I'm blaming these two, because we know what you're doing.
02:25 What are you talking about? Preposterous.
02:27 - Too... - I don't know how you're coping with them.
02:33 - Honestly, well done. - That's what I'm saying.
02:35 Well done.
02:36 But, yeah, I feel like she does that a lot when she...
02:40 - You know, you know. - Yes, yes.
02:42 - That's her hat. - Absolutely.
02:44 A lot of things, obviously, happened to Percy from a young age.
02:48 A lot of remarkable things, which I think kind of mirrors
02:51 kind of what's happened with you guys, right?
02:52 Like, young, a lot of crazy things are happening.
02:55 What would you say so far has been the most exciting
02:58 or remarkable thing that's happened to you
03:01 as a result of all of this?
03:03 Premiere was pretty wicked.
03:04 That was... It was cool to have, like,
03:07 like, real conversations with Percy Jackson fans.
03:12 - Yeah. - Like, talk to them about the books and stuff
03:14 and what their favourite ones were and favourite scenes,
03:17 because, like, I mean, we're all big fans of the books.
03:20 So it was cool to have, like, more big fans of the books
03:24 to talk to about this.
03:25 - So, yeah. - Yeah.
03:27 Can you ask that question one more time?
03:28 Yes, I can.
03:30 Anything... What's the most, like, remarkable, exciting thing
03:32 that's happened, like, as a result of, like, all of this?
03:34 I feel like the travelling part of all of it,
03:36 because, you know, like, I feel like, you know,
03:38 I get to be with the cast and stuff,
03:40 and also just travelling, get to go to these places
03:43 that you normally just wouldn't go to and stuff
03:45 on a regular daily basis, and just to know that
03:48 at such a young age, we're travelling around the world
03:50 and doing so much that, like, people wait years and years,
03:54 almost, like, at, like, the age of, like, 40 sometimes,
03:58 people don't even do so, so, like, just to have the opportunity
04:00 to do it now, it's, like, a really good, like, feeling.
04:03 And also definitely the premiere and stuff, like,
04:05 and even get to do it here.
04:07 Yeah. No, oh my God. No, I get it.
04:09 Like, I didn't start travelling until I was in my 30s,
04:11 and I was like, I wish I'd done it sooner.
04:13 So you guys... You guys are winning.