Rick Riordan defends Leah Jeffries’ casting as Annabeth Chase, slams racist backlash
The Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan published a blog post defending the newly cast Leah Jeffries from the racist backlash against her. Jeffries is set to play Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Annabeth Chase is written in the novel as a white girl with blonde hair, and for […]