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Percy Jackson and the Olympians has almost single-handedly rescued Disney from the financial woes of a string of failed productions. This rendition of Rick Riordan's books hit the bullseye with fidelity to the books, a stellar cast (especially the child actors) and excellent effects and costuming. This documentary shines an excellent light on just HOW this feat was achieved.

It is almost universally acknowledged that the chemistry between the three lead actors Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri is what makes the series. A Hero's Journey forensically examines this chemistry with a fascinating look into the lives of these three children with filming replete with interviews with both parents of all three.

At the top of this large talented pyramid of actors sits Walker as Percy Jackson, an actor of such consummate skill and sheer energy that belies the fact that for all but a few weeks of the 8 months of filming, he was only 13. His fit into the character of Percy Jackson is so good it's as if he was born for this role. Whilst the large numbers of adult actors, directors, writers, educators, acting coaches and stunt people who were also interviewed were unstinting and fulsome in their praise for all the trio, their comments about Walker give the viewer the insight they need to understand why Percy Jackson has been so popular and how Walker, who is on-screen for almost every minute of the 4 hours of footage across the 8 episodes, carried this show despite only starring in two prior movies (The Adam Project and Secret Headquarters) shot only one year earlier.