Walker Scobell blew Rick Riordan away with his Percy Jackson audition
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7. Walker Scobell blew Rick Riordan away with his Percy Jackson audition
When announcing that Walker Scobell had been cast as Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan took to his website to write: "Walker Scobell is an incredibly talented young man who blew us away with his audition tapes for the role of Percy." Rick also teased that Walker is a huge fan of the books and had multiple pieces of Percy Jackson merch before he got the part. He wrote: "This kid knows his stuff." [Disney+]