NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The Adam Project and Secret Headquarters actor Walker Scobell says, in some ways, his real life has paralleled that of the teen demi-god he plays in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
"We wrapped in January, then, that summer, I started swimming again. I've done that every year since I was a kid. And, so, that kind of kept me in shape a little bit," Scobell, who plays Poseidon's son Percy in the Disney+ fantasy series, told UPI in a recent phone interview.
"We didn't get the green light for Season 2 until we were way closer to filming it. So, I just went about my life. I joined the track team. It was my freshman year of high school and I kind of just went back to school like Percy did. So, in a way, that prepared me, as well."
Scobell, 16, said it took a beat for him, his friends and classmates to figure out how to navigate his newfound fame.
"It's such a weird thing to deal with it. I don't even know how to explain it," he said.
