Percy Jackson fans poke fun at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first look

❘ Published: 2023-10-16T15:00:35

Groover Underwood, Annabeth Chase, and Percy Jackson in Percy Jackson and the Olympians

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Percy Jackson fans joked about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first look image from the new Disney+ series based on the book of the same name.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you’ve heard that Percy Jackson and the Olympians has received a series reboot under Disney+.

The show — which is based on Rick Riordan’s best-selling novel series of the same name — follows Percy, a teenage demigod, after he gets accused of stealing Zeus’ thunderbolt and has to go on an adventure to clear his name.

While the book series saw two movie adaptations in 2010 and 2013, a new TV series is coming December 2023 and first looks of the characters have been released, but some fans are roasting one picture in particular: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s.

Percy Jackson fans mock low effort first look of Miranda

Over the weekend, the Percy Jackson released first looks of all their major characters plus some supporting cast.

It was super fun to see the main threesome of Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, and Aryan Simhadri along with the late Lance Reddick.

However, when it came to Miranda, who plays Hermes, the messenger of the gods, a lot of fans made fun of the fact that Miranda looks exactly like his regular self and not much like a powerful magical being.

It’s so inspiring when an actor transforms for a role like this https://t.co/2ir6olySRM
— Sydney🚀 (@CountVolpe) October 16, 2023

It's Lin Manuel-Miranda like you've seen him before https://t.co/tbujNi1JCh
— Quinton Reviews🎬 (@Q_Review) October 15, 2023

wow. he's really disappeared into the role here https://t.co/ebWm7Ecgp5
— scare-n (@realwackyguy) October 15, 2023

girl this is lin manuel as lin manuel https://t.co/bOTvwnsFrs
— 𝕛𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 (@heyyitsjanea) October 15, 2023

Now, while a lot of fans clowned on Miranda for being himself in a high-budget Disney+ series, other Twitter users pointed out that the gods in Percy Jackson and the Olympians adopt human disguises while on Earth.

So it may seem like Miranda is just a regular guy, but that’s how Hermes would look if he was amongst humans, not gods.

"Why does he look like a normal guy" The gods in PJO usually present themselves as regular humans to blend in the only reasonable critique here is that he's not dressed up as like a FedEx employee https://t.co/hPnqjquEl5
— Xiao (@velsmells) October 15, 2023

Hermes in PJO is supposed to look like Just Some Guy while also being slimy and annoying, so yeah they nailed that https://t.co/SoLEM4GvmD
— Nikolaj🍦🇺🇦 (@nikicaga) October 15, 2023

i know the gods are meant to just visually present as regular people but this literally looks like an image you might see on lin manuel-miranda’s wikipedia page 😭 https://t.co/EhadJ1iqdz
— FrostyMac HS ☭ (@FrostyMacHS) October 16, 2023

While not everyone may like Miranda’s look in Percy Jackson, at least it seems like a lot of fans will be tuning in to check out his performance in the show.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians premieres on December 20, 2023, through Disney+. You can check out our other TV hubs below: