Percy Jackson and the Olympians star Walker Scobell reveals that he requested one of his co-stars to be lit on fire. Scobell plays the titular demigod in the Disney+ series, which adapts Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympian books . Season 2 adapts the second novel, Sea of Monsters , where Percy meets a cyclops named Tyson.

While talking with Liam Crowley for ScreenRant 's Percy Jackson season 2 cover story , Scobell explained that he prefers practical effects and finished sets over CGI, as seemingly small details like a finished wall or a finished building in the background can help him better understand and experience what his character is seeing.

Season 2's practical effects included Tyson actor Daniel Diemer being lit on fire multiple times, which "helps [Scob

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