Viewers of Disney Plus‘ Percy Jackson and the Olympians series want to know if Lin Manuel-Miranda is in the show or not, and if he is in it, they want to know who he is playing. Here is all you need to know.
Who is Lin Manuel-Miranda Playing in Disney Plus’ Percy Jackson and the Olympians?
Lin Manuel-Miranda is playing Hermes in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Lin Manuel-Miranda is a filmmaker, playwright, and singer-songwriter who is best known for creating the Broadway musicals 2005’s In the Heights and 2015’s Hamilton. He also composed the soundtrack for the animated films Moana, Vivo, and Encanto. More recently, he made his debut as a filmmaker with Andrew Garfield’s Tick…Tick…Boom!, based on the life of American composer Jonathan Larson.
According to the official site of Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson books, Miranda is reportedly a fan of the book series and was excited to join the Disney Plus show.
In the books Hermes, much like the Greek mythological depictions is the Greek messenger of the Gods and the God of Commerce, Travellers, and Thieves. He is also the father of demigod Luke Castellan, a member of Camp Half-Blood who serves as the main antagonist of the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief.
In the second book, Sea of Monsters, Hermes plays a minor but pivotal role when he tries to aid Percy Jackson and his friends in their quest with hopes of redeeming his son Luke and reconciling with him. This is after Luke turns against his father and the other Gods of Olympus and allies with the Titans.
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