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Creators of ‘Percy Jackson,’ ‘Avatar’ and More Series Explain Why Adapting YA Books Is Uniquely Challenging: ‘The Bar is Different’
Creators of ‘Percy Jackson' and 'Avatar' explain why adapting Young Adult books for television is uniquely challenging.
Walker Scobell plays the titular tween, an awkward kid who never really fit in at school and soon discovers that he’s a demigod (his dad is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, portrayed here by “Black Sails” alum Toby Stephens). Color-blind casting was instituted to throw a wider net for talent, and story points were added to answer questions some readers have had, such as what Percy’s life was like before he learned of his divine status. “It was about trying to apply a really rigorous amount of scrutiny to every moment as we were meeting, to make sure that it felt both honest to him — to the character — and also was built with an awareness of what a person whose head is wired that way would experience,” Steinberg says.
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