We Used AI To Show What "Percy Jackson" Characters Would Look Like In Real Life Based On The Books, And I'm Enraged About The Movie All Over Again
The Percy Jackson books have been adapted into two movies, and now, there's an upcoming Disney+ series based on the books.
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And if there's one thing fans love to argue about, it's how casting matches the image of a character we make up in our heads. So we used AI to create portraits of Percy Jackson characters based on how they're described in the books to compare them to the two casts.
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Note: Remember that these comparisons are for fun! Rewriting and casting an adaptation to incorporate more diversity and representation is more important than casting someone who looks exactly like the book description.
To make these portraits, we used Artbreeder to take some existing faces, morph them together, and add all the features described in the books. Here are the results:
1.Here's Percy Jackson based on how he's described in the books:
How he's described in the books: "Black hair" that "never stayed down straight" and "seagreen" eyes.
Percy played by Logan Lerman in the movies:
And here he is side by side with book Percy:
Walker Scobell is set to play Percy in the upcoming Disney+ series.
And here he is side by side with book Percy:
2.Annabeth Chase based on her book description:
How she's described in the books: "Honey-blond hair" "curled like a princess's," "startling gray [eyes]," and with a "deep tan."
Annabeth played by Alexandra Daddario in the movies:
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Leah Sava Jeffries will play Annabeth in the series:
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3.Grover Underwood:
How he's described in the books: "Curly brown hair" with the "start of a wispy beard on his chin."
Grover played by Brandon T. Jackson in the movies:
Aryan Simhadri will play Grover in the series.
Side by side:
4.Chiron:
How he's described in the books: "Middle-aged," with "curly," "thinning brown hair," "a scruffy beard," and "intense brown eyes".
Chiron played by Pierce Brosnan in the first movie:
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Glynn Turman will play Chiron in the series.
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5.Luke Castellan:
How he's described in the books: "Mischievous," "tall and muscular," with a "sharp nose," "short-cropped sandy hair and a friendly smile."
Luke played by Jake Abel in the movies:
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Charlie Bushnell will play Luke in the series.
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6.Clarisse La Rue:
How she's described in the books: "Bigger and tougher looking" than Percy's old bullies, with "pig eyes" and "stringy brown hair" that's sometimes described as "dirty blond."
Clarisse played by Leven Rambin in the second movie:
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Dior Goodjohn will play Clarisse in the series.
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7.Sally Jackson:
How she's described in the books: She has a "smile ... as warm as a quilt," "a few gray streaks mixed in with her long brown hair," and "multicolored eyes" that at one point look "the color of the sea."
Catherine Keener as Sally in the first movie:
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Virginia Kull will play Sally in the series.
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8.Thalia Grace:
How she's described in the books: "Unruly black, punk-style hair" that's also described as "spiky" and "ragged," with "freckles across her nose" and "stormy blue eyes."
Paloma Kwiatkowski as Thalia in the second movie:
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She's not really in the first book, so she hasn't been cast for the TV show yet.
9.Tyson (in the mist with the appearance of two eyes):
How he's described in the books: He has a "big lumpy nose," a "calf-brown eye" (though here he has two eyes), and "thick lashes."
Douglas Smith as Tyson in the second movie:
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He also hasn't been cast for the TV show yet.
And here are two fan-favorite book characters who we didn't get to see in the movies (but will hopefully show up in the TV show eventually):
10.Nico di Angelo:
How he's described in the books: "Shaggy," "dark silky hair," with "olive skin" and "dark [eyes]."
11.Rachel Elizabeth Dare:
How she's described in the books: "Frizzy red hair," with "green eyes" and a "sprinkle of freckles on her face."
