Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Casting News - Kate McKinnon to Play Aphrodite on Disney+'s 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - October 15, 2025

Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Netflix's Extraction.






DISNEY+'s PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS
  • Kate McKinnon has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. She previously starred for eleven seasons in NBC's Saturday Night Live, winning Emmy Awards in 2016 and 2017 for her supporting performance.
  • She will play Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She can alter her appearance depending on the beholder and must be sure that Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) respects the power and importance of love before she agrees to offer aid on his quest.
NETFLIX's EXTRACTION
  • Sacha Dhawan (The Great), Ross McCall (Silo), Pip Torrens (The Crown), Sam Woolf (We Were the Lucky Ones), Michael Zananiri (Once Upon a Time in Gaza), Riyad Sliman (Ramy), Muhannad Ben Amor (Andor), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic), Jojo Macari (Those About to Die), Theo Ogundipe (Mickey 17) and Emma Appleton (Everything I Know About Love) have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Omar Sy, Boyd Holbrook and Natalie Dormer.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters the eleven new cast additions will be playing.