‘Percy Jackson’ Adds Rosemarie DeWitt, Aleks Paunovic in Key Guest Roles (Exclusive)

Season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians is adding to its cast, including two actors set for important guest roles.

Rosemarie DeWitt (The Boys, Mad Men) will guest star as C.C., and Aleks Paunovic (Snowpiercer, Van Helsing) has signed on to play the cyclops Polyphemus. Beatrice Kitsos (iZombie) and Kevin Chacon (Jessica Jones) will have recurring roles as demigods aligned with Luke (Charlie Bushnell).

DeWitt’s C.C. is a stylish and composed New Age guru-type whom Percy (Walker Scobell) and Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries) encounter in their quest to find the Golden Fleece. She radiates warmth and empathy, but readers of The Sea of Monsters — the book on which season two is based — know there’s more to her than that.

Polyphemus is an ancient cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus long ago. He now tends animals and jealously guards the Golden Fleece on his private island.

Kitsos will play Alison Simms, a character who doesn’t appear in author Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians books. She’s a Camp Half-Blood “graduate” who lives in the human world but is a true believer in the world Kronos is promising and aligns herself with Luke. Chacon will play Chris Rodriguez, who like Luke is a son of Hermes and is part of his group (Andrew Alvarez played Chris in few episodes of season one).

DeWitt, Paunovic, Kitsos and Chacon join fellow Percy Jackson newcomers Daniel Diemer (Tyson), Tamara Smart (Thalia), Andra Day (Athena) and Sandra Bernhard, Margaret Cho and Kristen Schaal (the Gray Sisters) in season two. Additionally, Courtney B. Vance has signed on to play Zeus, taking over the role for the late Lance Reddick. Scobell, Jeffries, Bushnell, Aryan Simhadri and Dior Goodjohn will all reprise their roles from season one.

Season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians is currently in production and targeted for a 2025 premiere date. The show comes from Disney Branded Television and 20th TV. Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz executive produce with Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

DeWitt is repped by CAA, MGMT Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson. Paunovic is with Wright Entertainment, Inc., and Trisko Talent Management. Kitsos is repped by The Characters Talent Agency. Chacon is repped by CESD and Rybin Talent Management.