"Percy Jackson" casts a Disney Princess as Hera, queen of Olympus, for season 3 Sydney BucksbaumThu, February 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM UTC 0 Walker Scobell on 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Disney/David Bukach Percy Jackson and the Olympians has added some Disney royalty to the season 3 cast. Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Disney Princess actor MingNa Wen has joined the series as Hera, the queen of Olympus and matriarch to all the Greek gods. The Mulan legend will gueststar beginning in season 3, and fans of Rick Riordan's book series know just how pivotal this character is.
"Percy Jackson" casts a Disney Princess as Hera, queen of Olympus, for season 3
Sydney BucksbaumThu, February 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM UTC
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians has added some Disney royalty to the season 3 cast.
Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Disney Princess actor Ming-Na Wen has joined the series as Hera, the queen of Olympus and matriarch to all the Greek gods.
The Mulan legend will guest-star beginning in season 3, and fans of Rick Riordan's book series know just how pivotal this character is.
Ming-Na Wen at the 'Karate Kid: Legends' premiere in New York
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Not only is Hera the wife of Zeus (Courtney B. Vance, who took over the role from the late Lance Reddick), she's also the goddess of marriage and family. That means Zeus' infidelity, which led to the creation of his demigod child Thalia (Tamara Smart), is a personal offense to his wife. Essentially she hates all demigod children, because they all come from affairs between gods and humans, and that leads to plenty of conflict for Percy (Walker Scobell) and his friends.
And according to Hera's official character description for the show, Zeus' affair "rankles her." Described as "regal, maternal, and no-nonsense," Hera finds "leverage" in the family politics of Olympus due to having godly children on the council alongside her.
Best known for voicing the titular Disney Princess in Mulan, Wen can also be seen on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, as well as Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jennifer Beals and Hubert Smielecki
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Meanwhile, two more Greek gods have been cast for season 3. Jennifer Beals will play Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, the harvest, and the cycle of life and death. According to her character description, she's "a respected sister of Zeus" and "remembers the war against the Titans very well, and will do what she must to prevent the return of her father Kronos [Nick Boraine]."
Flashdance icon Beals has previously appeared with Wen on Book of Boba Fett, and her other screen credits include The L Word, The L Word: Generation Q, and Luckiest Girl Alive.
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And Hubert Smielecki will play Apollo, the dazzling and charismatic god of the sun as well as music, poetry, archery, and prophecy. He is described as "the literal golden boy of Olympus and twin brother to the goddess Artemis [Dafne Keen], the moon to his sun."
Relative newcomer Smielecki was recently seen in flashbacks on Netflix's Ransom Canyon.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 3 will adapt the story of The Titan's Curse, the third book in Riordan's best-selling series. However, a massive twist in the season 2 finale teased potential changes from the source material with the circumstances surrounding Thalia's return, since she didn't die fighting the Furies like everyone has believed. Her father, Zeus, actually turned her into a tree against her wishes because she renounced him and refused to be his "weapon" against Kronos.
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"The last line of the Sea of Monsters book is Percy looking at Thalia and saying, 'I was looking at a person who could be my best friend or my worst enemy.' There's a huge promise to that, that we just want to make sure that we play that," executive producer Craig Silverstein previously told EW. "And it plays a lot better if Thalia has a real grudge against her father and Olympus. It makes everything to come just that much more active and real. It feels like a huge change. It's a huge shock."
Percy Jackson season 3 is currently in production, and will debut later this year on Disney+.
Variety first reported this casting news.
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