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The main cast for Disney+’s adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson novels has been announced.

Leah Sava Jeffries (Empire, Rel) will play Annabeth and Aryan Simhadri (Disney+’s Cheaper by the Dozen) will be Grover alongside Walker Scobell as Percy.

Grover is a satyr (half human, half goat) disguised as a 12-year-old boy. He cares deeply about others and will put their needs before his own, sometimes at his peril. He and Percy are best friends, and though he’s naturally cautious, Grover will always join in a fight to protect his friends. Annabeth is a true daughter of Athena with a gift for strategy and a curious mind. Having spent the last five years at Camp Half-Blood, a demigod training facility, she has little memory of the human world. She trains Percy to survive the mythological world, while he becomes her guide to connect with humanity.