After Wearing a Skirt for Percy Jackson Season 2, Walker Scobell Called His Mom and Sister to Apologize
Walker Scobell, Disney+'s breakout Percy Jackson, opens up to Syfy Wire about carrying Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the unexpectedly wild wardrobe the role demanded.
Walker Scobell is settling into the whole 'being Percy Jackson' thing, but there was one very unexpected hurdle: wardrobe. And not the kind you can just zip up and forget about.
Walker vs. the toga (yes, he said toga)
On a Zoom with Syfy Wire, Scobell talked about leading Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the first time he had to wear what he called a toga. Quick nerd note: a toga is technically Roman, not Greek, but the vibe is the same if your brain immediately jumps to old-school epics like Gladiator or 300. Either way, it came with a learning curve he did not see coming.
"That was my first experience wearing a skirt, which was a big thing for me. That is the most difficult learning curve this season had for me, because I had to think about the way I was sitting."
"I don't ever wear skirts. Afterwards, I told my mom and sister, 'Guys, I'm sorry.'"
Honestly, fair. Sit wrong once and the whole camp gets a show.
Passing the trident: Logan Lerman's advice
Scobell also shared that he got a heads-up from the previous Percy himself, Logan Lerman, who led the two movie adaptations a decade ago: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and 2013's Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, alongside Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T Jackson. Lerman's message was simple: enjoy it. Scobell said he did enjoy season 1 while filming, but he was also locked in on getting every beat exactly right. Now, with more time in the role, he feels looser and more at home on set. If you caught him in Netflix's The Adam Project, the confidence tracks.
The current cast
The series centers Scobell with Leah Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell, and more, and rolls out on Disney+.
Season 2, Episode 5: timing, and yes, the date looks odd
According to the info provided, season 2 has four episodes out already, and episode 5 drops on a weekly schedule on Wednesday, December 31. If that date makes you raise an eyebrow, same — but here are the listed release times by region. Some of these labels are messy, so consider this a rough guide and double-check your app:
- Pacific Time (US): 12:00 AM
- Mountain Time (US): 1:00 AM
- Central Time (US): 2:00 AM
- Eastern Time (US): 3:00 AM
- Brazil: 4:00 AM
- UK: 8:00 AM GMT
- France, Germany, Italy, Spain: 9:00 AM CET
- India: 1:30 PM IST
- South Korea: 4:00 PM KST
- Japan: 4:00 PM JST
- Australia (listed as 7:00 PM AEDT in the source, though it oddly repeats 'France, Germany, Italy, Spain' — again, check local listings)
What episode 5 is aiming to do
The next chapter is set up as Percy squaring off with Luke again. Luke is gunning for the Golden Fleece, and Percy and friends get dragged into another clash with him while uncovering more quests along the way. The tease calls it the heaviest episode of the season so far.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 is streaming on Disney+.