BONUS | Dior Goodjohn on Playing Clarisse & Percy Jackson Production Team on Eps. 1–2
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (or a December 25th miracle if that's not your jam)! Dior Goodjohn who plays Clarisse on Percy Jackson and the Olympians was kind enough to chat with Mike about her role in the series. Later in this episode, you'll hear clips from Mike's interviews with Rick Riordan, Becky Riordan, Jon Steinberg, Don Shotz, James Bobin, Eik Henry, Jeff White, Dan Hennah, and Tish Monaghan about the first two episodes of the PJO TV show! Topics include: Jason Mantzoukas, Junior’s cheesecake, smashed laptops, costuming, developed characters, laughs, precious cargo, Riordan Wiki deep dives, Sydney Sweeney, future Clarisse, Mario Kart, Annabelle Chase, Walker-isms, the Knicks, George Costanza, emotional VFX, accurate apartments, foraging, and more!
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Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!
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| 0:29.7 | Hey everyone, it's Mike first in this bonus episode. It is an interview with Dior who plays |
| 0:34.2 | Clarice and then we'll have a little break and I'll talk about what interviews we're doing with the production people whew! What's good? |
| 1:01.4 | Thank you, everyone so much for tuning into this episode of the newest Olympian. |
| 1:05.2 | My name is Mike Schumer. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm the titular Newston Olympian. |
| 1:07.6 | I'm a grown man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid, but I read them as an |
| 1:11.0 | adult. And then I started getting involved in the TV show by interviewing folks who were |
| 1:17.9 | involved in the production. And we have another very special interview today with Dior Good John, |
| 1:22.7 | who plays Clarice. Dior, how's it going? It is going phenomenal. Thank you so much. How are you? I'm doing very well. I'm very happy. We're recording this one on December 20th, so the premiere has taken place. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is live. Disney Plus shocked the world by releasing it early. Did you know they were going to release it early or was it a surprise to |
| 1:45.3 | you as well? It was a little bit of a surprise to me. We had a tip off. They were like, listen, guys, this is what we're doing. You're going to post about it and it's going to be great. And I was like, okay, cool. Yeah, because I saw Leah, who plays Annabeth posted a little thing like, see you All Tonight. And yes, I mean tonight, which I... |
| 2:01.1 | It's always good. I'm a big basketball fan, so I love a cryptic social media post, but I like |
| 2:07.0 | that Leah put the cryptic thing and then was like, by the way, a little less cryptic. |
| 2:12.4 | I love that girl. Oh, my God. She's everything. She's fantastic. And you're fantastic. Episode two is one of the two that came out. Episode two, which I think should be called, like, yes, Supreme Lord of the Bathroom is a good title. But I think it is the Kulari's show when you really think about it. How excited are you now that the episode is out? Obviously, the show is out, but episode two is like really where the bulk of your scenes are. |
| 2:34.9 | How do you feel now that episode two is out and everyone's seen it? I don't have any words. |
| 2:38.5 | I'm grateful. I'm nervous. I'm excited. I'm all the things at the same time from what I've seen, |
| 2:44.9 | from the fans, which I love, I love that like they tag me and everything and I can like see |
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