{"id":256831,"date":"2026-01-25T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/256831\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:00:07","slug":"walker-scobell-on-season-2-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/256831\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Scobell On Season 2 Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 2 finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tPercy Jackson and his friends have once again staved off a threat against Camp Half-Blood, but in doing so they may have opened a bigger can of worms than they ever expected.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Season 2 finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians saw Percy (Walker Scobell<\/a>), Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), Grover (Aryan Simhadri) mobilize the rest of the demigods against Luke (Charlie Bushnell) and his ragtag crew of rebels working to resurrect Kronos. After a bloody final battle, Clarisse (Dior Goodjohn) finally completes her quest and heals Thalia\u2019s tree with the Golden Fleece. But, laying the fabled fleece on the tree doesn\u2019t just heal it from the poison, it brings the teenage girl back to life.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile this is where the book Sea of Monsters ends, the show continues on to reveal that they\u2019d all been lied to about the real reason that Zeus turned Thalia into a tree in the first place. It wasn\u2019t, in fact, because she\u2019d sacrificed herself to save Luke and Annabeth. Instead, we learn that Zeus had turned Thalia into a tree to keep her at Camp Half-Blood after the Great Prophecy is revealed to her and she tries to rebel against the idea of being her father\u2019s \u201cweapon.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tChiron tells the kids that the quest for the Golden Fleece is what made him realize that in the quest to take on the Big Three (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades), Kronos wants a champion, too \u2014 and that just might be Thalia.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the interview below, Scobell breaks down the filming for the final episode, what that big reveal means for Percy, and what\u2019s to come in Season 3 \u2014 which is set to debut later this year<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Season 2 certainly ends on a big note, not only with the Thalia reveal at the end but the battle leading up to it. What was it like to film all of that?<\/p>\n

\n\tWALKER SCOBELL: That whole final battle was insane. It was like a week of just sword fighting. When I\u2019m smoking and I fall on the ground, they put a smoke machine in my armor, and it was like blowing smoke the entire time I was falling. That\u2019s not CGI. So it was just kind of a crazy experience. It was massive. There was, I think over 50 or 60 people fighting at all times. <\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: The story starts to get a lot darker in the last three books, but we\u2019ve started to already see it get more mature in Season 2. You get pretty banged up in this season finale. <\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: I guess it just kind of shows the brutal reality of the world they live in..this is like a normal demigod thing in a lot of ways, unfortunately for them. I\u2019m really happy that we\u2019re leaning more into that, because it just also shows our characters aren\u2019t invincible. They get hurt, and it\u2019s important to remember that, especially moving forward into all the crazy stuff we have to do in Season 3, and hopefully, if we get renewed, 4 and 5.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: What do you think is going through Percy\u2019s head as he learns that Chiron has had to lie about what happened to Thalia, which changes so much about what they thought they were facing?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: I think he kind of understands that he doesn\u2019t understand yet. I don\u2019t think he thinks it\u2019s bad on Chiron. I think he thinks it, if anything, is more reflection on Zeus, the guy that they\u2019re all sacrificing their lives for. It just kind of changes things a little bit for Percy and and the way that he views fighting for Olympus.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Percy sort of tells Annabeth that she\u2019s being a little naive about Thalia\u2019s return and the possibility that she could choose Luke\u2019s side in all of this. At this point, do you think Percy is worried about how Annabeth might handle things now that Thalia is back?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: I don\u2019t. She\u2019s made her decision. I think Percy trusts her to make the one that\u2019s right. I think Percy, if it comes down to it, makeS the decision that keeps his friends and family safe. So, I think Percy kind of understands her in that way, you know?<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: You recently said in another interview that the role of Percy is still a little daunting to you. In what ways?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: Well, I think, it\u2019s not very daunting when I\u2019m on set. I try really hard every day, and I\u2019ve gotten the hang of just getting there and being Percy. But what is scary is when I go to places like Brazil and San Diego Comic Con. I see how many people really love it. And then I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, wow. I would be in this crowd if I wasn\u2019t doing this job.\u2019 I love going to those things, because it keeps me working hard and it inspires me to try harder every day.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: There\u2019s already been some big changes from the books. As a fan of them, how do you feel about the ways that the show has altered the story?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: Yeah, I mean, there\u2019s definitely some changes. As a book fan, there\u2019s definitely times where, changes happen, and I read it, and I\u2019m like, \u2018What? How does that work? How does that make sense?\u2019 And then I talk to the producers, and then \u2014 this happens all the time \u2014 I\u2019ll see the final cut [or] I\u2019ll see how it works out [when] I\u2019ll get there on the day, and then I\u2019ll go, \u2018Oh, okay, that does make sense.\u2019 It\u2019s just hard reading it. It\u2019s hard to imagine this change, especially because done a certain way and it\u2019s been set in stone for like 20 years, and now, in a weird way, we\u2019re kind of expanding the world with the changes, you know what I mean? I think it\u2019s fair to say that. Things are a little bit different. It\u2019s never going to be perfect, going from the book to live action, but I think we still keep a lot of the core things that make it Percy Jackson.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: What was the most challenging aspect of Season 2?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: I think the most difficult part of filming for me was I\u2019m playing a 13-year-old. I turned 16 during filming. A lot of the first season, I didn\u2019t have to try. I mean, I did have to try, but\u2026I was 13 the whole time, and I just kind of felt like him. But this time, it\u2019s difficult because I\u2019m playing down for my age a lot, or at least it felt like it. It feels like a big jump from 13 to 16, and I still wanted to capture Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, that same version that\u2019s in the book, but also not completely disregard who I am now. So I think it was fun, that balance between those two things.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: How has that changed as the production schedule has sped up and the content has also matured?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: That\u2019s been really nice for me recently, because I didn\u2019t have to think about that going into Titan\u2019s Curse and, hopefully, going into Battle of the Labyrinth and The Last Olympian, because it matures so fast. There\u2019s things that, I don\u2019t know, personally, never really changes in a lot of ways, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever really changed in those same ways. So it was easy for me to just pick it up and get right back into it as the person who I am now.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: Have you noticed the chemistry between you, Aryan and Leah develop more? How does that alter things on set?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: I think we\u2019ve all just gotten closer over time. It\u2019s not really something we\u2019ve ever had to think about, because we just kind of take it right up where we left off \u2014 the same thing Percy, Annabeth and Grover do. It\u2019s evolving every single day we work together. We\u2019ve known each other longer than Percy, Grover and Annabeth have, and which is a weird thought, but it\u2019s true. So I think it\u2019s not too hard for us all to kind of snap back into that.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: You\u2019ve spoken very highly of the way that Rick Riordan gave you space to find your version of Percy. You said that he\u2019d always just be very encouraging and assure you that you knew what you were doing, even when you were quite young. How do you feel like that\u2019s helped you find your version of Percy Jackson across these three seasons?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: It\u2019s been great. I\u2019ve had a lot of great encouragement. Logan Lerman said so many great things, and Rick said so many great things. I do feel very comfortable going into Season 3, which has this version of Percy\u2019s never been seen before. I am very excited for Season 3, because this is like my version now. They have the first two movies for The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. I\u2019m moving into uncharted territory with The Titan\u2019s Curse. I just get to do my own thing with it.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: How are you feeling about the fact that you\u2019re now adapting material we\u2019ve never seen in live action before? Any nerves?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: I\u2019m definitely a little bit nervous, but at the same time, it\u2019s such a great book to adapt to television, because there\u2019s not really anything we have to remove. I mean, obviously there\u2019s some changes here and there, but for the most part, it\u2019s almost written perfectly for a TV show like this. So I think that\u2019s my favorite part. There hasn\u2019t been really any times yet where I\u2019ve read it and someone\u2019s had to explain to me how it\u2019s going to work, because it\u2019s really just very similar to the book.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEADLINE: I\u2019m sure that fans will be very excited to hear that. What else should we look forward to about Season 3?<\/p>\n

\n\tSCOBELL: It\u2019s a lot more mature than Season 1 and 2. The end of Season 2 really sets up the tone for Season 3. It\u2019s written for a little bit of an older audience. They\u2019ve expected our audience to have gotten a little bit older than Season 1 and 2. So I\u2019m really excited for that to happen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 2 finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Percy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4550,146,85,46,76132,411,76133],"class_list":{"0":"post-256831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-disney","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-walker-scobell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}