Dior Goodjohn Talks Percy Jackson Season 2, Clarisse’s Love Interests, Making Music, and Naya Rivera
Zach Sang Show
Sangasong, LLC
4.6 • 687 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Dior Goodjohn is an exuberant human with a capital E. Sit her on the couch, she just goes, goes, goes, so it’s not surprising that she’s been modeling and acting since she was in single digits… and now she has her sights set on singing too.
We chat about being raised in West Hollywood, her Iranian roots, and of course her biggest role to date, as the spiky Clarisse La Rue, who’s evolving fast and getting more screen time as Disney’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians heads into season 2 (and 3).
Of course we get the skinny on her landing the coveted role, plus she lifts the lid on what it’s like working at Disney, her early years on Head of the Class, her character’s love life (it’s about to get interesting), why she likens herself to Rick Ross, and her memories playing young Santana on the set of Glee. Aaaaand, a lot more inbetween.
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| 0:40.0 | Great energy. So, hello to Dior Good John. Woo! Hi. You have a great name. Thank you. It is a superstar name. Your good John. Do we really? Because you know what's actually really funny? My middle name, so I'm half Persian. |
| 0:54.0 | My middle name is Negin. |
| 0:55.5 | And initially I was going to middle name is Negin. |
| 1:11.8 | And initially I was going to go with Dior Negin for my name. But I was like, I have to make, like, Grandpa Good John proud. So we went with Good John. But I'm glad you like it. I love it. I got to say, like, good John is very, like, it's like well-rounded. It's wholesome. It's like roots of the earth. It's a complete name. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.4 | Why'd they name you Deior? |
| 1:14.4 | Did you ever ask your parents? like, it's like well-rounded. It's wholesome. It's like roots of the earth. It's a complete name. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah. Why'd they name you Dior? Do you ever ask your parents? She, I wish I could bring my mom in for |
| 1:17.2 | that. She has the funniest story that she tells everyone. I'll tell it for her on my, on her behalf. |
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