Umbrella Academy's Aidan Gallagher was among the top fan favorites on Twitter to play Percy Jackson in the upcoming Percy Jackson TV show. In early 2020, Disney+ announced they were working on a fresh adaptation of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series. The show is currently in pre-production, with Rick Riordan and his wife Becky Riordan attached as producers and writers of the first season.

With no release date in sight, fans are left speculating details around the project. More specifically, audiences are thrilled to find out who might reprise the lead role of Percy Jackson. Logan Lerman previously portrayed the character in two film adaptations, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, both of which left audiences and critics somewhat underwhelmed. However, Lerman became universally liked for his portrayal of Percy Jackson, so whoever takes on the role again has a lot of weight to carry.

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Fandom asked their followers on Twitter who their top picks would be to play Percy Jackson in the upcoming Disney+ series. In third place among the fan favorites was Aidan Gallagher, who grew to fame from his portrayal of Number Five in Netflix' Umbrella Academy. Among the top ten choices are Room's Jacob Trembley, Honey Boy's Noah Jupe, Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard, and Tom Holland's brother, Harry Holland. See the full top ten fan picks list below.

Surprisingly, the most voted for suggestion is for a new and unknown actor to take on the role, so it's fair to assume audiences want a completely fresh look for the character. In second place is Jorge Benito, a relatively unknown Spanish actor with credit in Amazon Prime's Caronte series. Evidently, both in the top ten favorites and in fan replies below the post on Twitter, people are calling for a younger actor to play the role. Percy Jackson is only twelve in the books, and Logan Lerman was huge older in the film adaptations.

Both the show's creators and audiences want a more authentic adaptation of the story this time. After all, the books are young adult books with characters written to relate to young adult problems. Disney has become notorious for giving writers a substantial amount of freedom. With Rick Riordan and Becky Riordan writing the first season scripts, fans can be left assured that the Disney+ series will stay a lot more truthful to book themes and ideas. It would be nice to see an unadulterated version of the story, the way it was intended, instead of a highly adapted plot and characters for the sake of visual storytelling. An unknown actor would indeed be great: instead of associating the Percy Jackson look with an actor's old filmography, the producers could create the character from scratch, both story-wise and visually.

But for now, not much is known outside of the speculative medium. With no release date in sight and no official casting announcements, all that's left is to wonder in excitement. And since Rick Riordan has announced and promised fans that the Percy Jackson & the Olympians show will be very different from the film adaptations, expectations are great, and the bar is set high. Hopefully, the creators and Disney+ will deliver.

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Source: Fandom