Who Was Cast As Medusa In The TV Series?

Jessica Parker Kennedy is set to add yet another high-profile title to her already impressive list of TV credits with her role on "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." It's worth noting that the actor isn't the first performer who has been cast as Medusa in a live-action "Percy Jackson" adaptation. On the contrary, the character was previously played by "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman in the Chris Columbus-directed "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief."

As is the case in the original novel, that 2010 film puts Medusa at the center of a major second-act set piece at a garden emporium that is full of — you guessed it — stone statues. Right now, it's unclear whether "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" will expand or tweak the aforementioned sequence, which is a highlight of "The Lightning Thief" that remixes the original Greek myth involving Medusa in ways that are both clever and surprising. Either way, Kennedy herself has already received some noteworthy praise for her performance as the famous mythological gorgon.

Indeed, when he announced that the actor had been cast as the character, "Percy Jackson" creator Rick Riordan admitted, "Her poised, powerful, elegant take on Medusa blew me away!" Meanwhile, in her own interview with Cageside Press, Kennedy opened up about what it was like working on the forthcoming Disney+ series, teasing, "The writing is really wonderful in the show. I think people are going to love it."

Fans will find out if she's right or not when "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" premieres December 20 on Disney+.