Walker Scobell and Aryan Simhadri face off in EW’s “Lie vs. Lie” game.

Percy Jackson stars reveal their worst auditions, disturbing fan encounters, and more

Walker Scobell and Aryan Simhadri face off in EW's "Lie vs. Lie" game.

By Sydney Bucksbaum

Sydney Bucksbaum

Sydney Bucksbaum is a staff writer at **. She has been working at EW since 2019 and is a published author. Her work has previously appeared in *TV Guide Magazine*, E! News/E! Online, *The Hollywood Reporter*, Mashable, Bustle, IGN, DCComics.com, Inverse, *The Daily Northwestern*, and more.

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December 11, 2025 12:00 p.m. ET

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*Percy Jackson* stars Walker Scobell and Aryan Simhadri have battled mythical giant monsters, Greek gods, and more in their Disney+ action series. But some of their real-life stories sound more terrifying than anything their characters have faced onscreen so far.

The two young costars faced off against each other in *'s* "Lie vs. Lie" game, in which they guess whether their opponent told true or false stories. And in the process, the actors revealed their worst audition stories, most disturbing fan encounters, and more that will give you chills.

Scobell began by revealing the true story of his most disastrous audition when he was younger.

"When I was first starting, I went in to audition for a Nickelodeon show and they made me sing, but I didn't think they were going to make me sing," Scobell says. "I learned my lines in the car ride there. And I got there and I forgot all of it. And they made me sing and I picked a Queen song and I couldn't do that, so I didn't get it. At all."

Aryan Simhadri in 'Percy Jackson'.

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Simhadri reveals a fan encounter that freaked him out when he ran into a lot of drunk girls who seemed to recognize him. He first gave them a fake name, but then felt so bad about lying that he told them his real name, resulting in "40 drunk college girls" swarming him.

"I was feeling pretty uncomfortable, so I put my hands in my back pockets," Simhadri says. "And then she reached around and put her hand inside of my back pocket, with my hand already in there. There's not enough room in the back pocket of jeans for more than one hand. She lingered there a little longer than I would have liked. Not that I would have liked it at all."

Simhadri laughs as he tells fans, "Please don't do that. If you see me out in public, don't just go putting your hands in my pockets."

Scobell then shares an equally disturbing encounter when he was 10 years old in Los Angeles, and a Spider-Man impersonator followed him into a bathroom to try and get a photo with him.

"That's 100 percent true," Scobell promised. "That did happen when I was 10 years old. I don't know why. He was in a Miles Morales [suit], it was at his waist and was hanging down."

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Simhadri also reveals how he once tore open the skin on his calf during his play rehearsal and didn't let the bloody injury faze him. That experience helped prepare him for the dangers of filming season 2 of Greek mythology series *Percy Jackson*, which resulted in more than one real wound for the young stars portraying half-human children of the gods, or, in Simhadri's case, a half-human, half-goat satyr hero.

However, the teens take pride in putting their literal "blood, sweat, and tears into this story," Simhadri previously told EW, after the debut of *Percy Jackson* in December 2023 became one of the top five most-watched original series across all streaming platforms, according to Nielsen. And their hard work has already paid off, since the series based on creator Rick Riordan's books scored an early season 3 renewal — chronicling the third installment, *The Titan’s Curse* — after wrapping production on season 2's *Sea of Monsters* adaptation, which takes the heroes out to sea in the quest to save Camp Half-Blood.

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"It's going to be a lot bigger, a lot more epic, a lot wetter," Simhadri said of season 2. "I haven't been dry in a year or two. I mean, I love what I do, but this sucks. All of my clothes are constantly soaking wet all the time."

During EW's "Lie vs. Lie" game, Scobell also tells the story of when his *Adam Project* canine costar "tackled" him during filming, and Simhadri reveals how *Devil Wears Prada* inspired his love of acting. Watch the video above for more.

For more on *Percy Jackson* season 2, check out EW's full cover story. The first two episodes of season 2 are now streaming on Disney+.

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