{"id":64754,"date":"2023-12-21T12:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1641205"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:56:50","slug":"who-plays-dionysus-in-percy-jackson-the-olympians-and-where-have-i-seen-him-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/21\/who-plays-dionysus-in-percy-jackson-the-olympians-and-where-have-i-seen-him-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Who plays Dionysus in \u2018Percy Jackson & the Olympians\u2019 and where have I seen him before?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The casting for the new Percy Jackson & The Olympians<\/a><\/strong><\/em> television show is nothing short of perfection, starting with the actor playing the sardonic Mr. D AKA the god of wine, revelry, grape harvest, ecstasy, and theater, Dionysus. <\/p>\n

Who plays Mr. D\/Dionysus in Disney Plus’ Percy Jackson & The Olympians<\/em>?<\/h2>\n

Dionysus is played by none other than the hilariously eccentric Jason Mantzoukas<\/a><\/strong>. Seeing a Greek American actor playing a Greek god just scratches an itch we didn’t know we had. The choice to cast the 51-year-old actor in the peculiar role came, in great part, from the mind of the executive producer and director of the first two episodes James Bobin.<\/p>\n

In an interview with We Got This Covered, Bobin said Mantzoukas was always who he envisioned playing the role while reading the books<\/a>, so it was especially helpful that the two were friends when it was time to cast the Camp Half-Blood director. “I hadn’t worked with him for a while. I know him, so he’s Mr. D. in my head,” Bobin revealed, adding that this particular actor\/character combo was his favorite among the talent playing Greek gods on the show<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“That is a role I think he was born to play,” the executive producer concluded. We tend to agree, but Mantzoukas’s resume is filled with roles that could give Mr. D a run for his money. <\/p>\n

Where you’ve seen Jason Mantzoukas before Percy Jackson & The Olympians<\/em><\/h2>\n
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