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I remember I got the initial audition, which was, I hope I'm not screening, by the way. I have both

AirPods. So I don't know how loud I'm talking not just seven minutes What's good?

Thank you so much for tuning into this bonus interview episode of the Newsomlympian.

My name is Mike Schubert.

I'm the titular Newston Olympian.

I'm a grown man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid.

I read them as an adult.

I watched the show.

And now I have the wonderful opportunity to talk to people who were a part of that show. And one of the folks that I am so excited to have on the podcast here is someone that you have seen in the TV show as Luke. It's Charlie Bush and Elle. Charlie, how's it going? I'm good. How are you? Thank you so much for having me. Of course. I'm doing well. I'm happy to have you on the show. I've got a whole bunch of questions lined up for you. So let's start with the first one. First of all, how dare you? How dare you make me like Luke again? I read all the books. I loved him in the beginning. We have the plot twist. I knew that I hated him by the end. once, you know, the narrative is like, oh, don't trust the gifts.

I was like, I hate Luke. All my homies hate Luke. And now, episode two, the show comes out. And I'm like, man, I'm back. Yeah. I was all in. I mean, even going back to auditioning, like, was that something part of the process, like, hello, you're going to have to be supremely likable and then also supremely hateable later on.

Yeah, no. that something part of the process like, hello, you're going to have to be supremely likable

and then also supremely hateable later on. Yeah, no, definitely. I mean, in the audition process,

I remember, I mean, just the whole audition process. I remember I got the initial audition,

which was, it was the scene where Luke is giving the shoes to Percy before he goes off on the

quest. Nice. And there was actually a lot more in that scene for the audition.

And I think there was in the show as well, but I think they cut some of it because, I don't

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