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:

Percy Jackson

Percy played by Logan Lerman in the movies:

Percy Jackson
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And here he is side by side with book Percy:

Percy Jackson

Walker Scobell is set to play Percy in the upcoming Disney+ series.

Walker Scobell
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And here he is side by side with book Percy:

Percy Jackson

2.Annabeth Chase based on her book description:

Annabeth Chase

Annabeth played by Alexandra Daddario in the movies:

Annabeth Chase
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Side by side:

Annabeth Chase

Leah Sava Jeffries will play Annabeth in the series:

Leah Jeffries
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Side by side:

Annabeth Chase

3.Grover Underwood:

Grover Underwood

Grover played by Brandon T. Jackson in the movies:

Grover Underwood
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Grover Underwood

Aryan Simhadri will play Grover in the series.

Aryan Simhadri
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Side by side:

Grover Underwood

4.Chiron:

Chiron

Chiron played by Pierce Brosnan in the first movie:

Chiron
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Side by side:

Chiron

Glynn Turman will play Chiron in the series.

Glynn Turman
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Side by side:

Chiron

5.Luke Castellan:

Luke Castellan

Luke played by Jake Abel in the movies:

Luke Castellan
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Side by side:

Luke Castellan

Charlie Bushnell will play Luke in the series.

Charlie Bushnell
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Side by side:

Luke Castellan:

6.Clarisse La Rue:

Clarisse La Rue

Clarisse played by Leven Rambin in the second movie:

Clarisse La Rue
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Side by side:

Clarisse La Rue

Dior Goodjohn will play Clarisse in the series.

Dior Goodjohn in Head of the Class
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Side by side:

Clarisse La Rue

7.Sally Jackson:

Sally Jackson

Catherine Keener as Sally in the first movie:

Sally Jackson
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Side by side:

Sally Jackson

Virginia Kull will play Sally in the series.

Virginia Kull
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Side by side:

Sally Jackson

8.Thalia Grace:

Thalia Grace

Paloma Kwiatkowski as Thalia in the second movie:

Thalia Grace
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Side by side:

Thalia Grace

9.Tyson (in the mist with the appearance of two eyes):

Tyson

Douglas Smith as Tyson in the second movie:

Tyson
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Side by side:

Tyson

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:

Nico di Angelo

11.Rachel Elizabeth Dare:

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Did we miss your favorite character? Is there a series you want to see get the AI treatment? Comment below!