User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Official "The Sea of Monsters (movie)" Discussion/@comment-6951062-20130327190539/@comment-2079715-20130327225111

Frankly... the way Percy thinks and reasons in PJO, looks more like thoughts of a teenager or even a young man, than a kid of 12,13... It's perfectly understandable that they would cast older looking actors. The things Percy does in PJO... i know a few grown ups who would rather faint than fight. Heck ... I faint when i see a snake, and i'm 24.