‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ star Aryan Simhadri says he didn’t mind sharing grover’s iconic wedding dress in Season 2 with Walker Scobell: “It’s not much of a competition”

Don’t ask Percy Jackson and the Olympians star Aryan Simhadri who wore Grover’s infamous wedding dress better; he knows it’s him.

For fans of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters, it’s been a long time coming — nearly 20 years and one terrible adaptation, to be exact — to see the wedding dress Grover wears to hide himself from Polyphemus in the book finally come to life. Now, thanks to the Disney+ series, the vision has finally been executed. Unlike in the bestseller, Grover and Percy (Walker Scobell) share the gown, switching off back and forth to disguise themselves from the lingering monster keeping Grover captive.

With that in mind, what does Simhadri think about the fanbase being torn on who looks better in the dress? He’s not stressing. “I don’t think I’m worried about who wore it best. I mean, it’s not much of a competition,” the Freakier Friday actor told DECIDER.

At that, Simhadri’s co-stars, Leah Sava Jeffries and Daniel Diemer, laughed and chimed in with their own takes on the classic battle for the title of “who wore it best?”

“Aryan’s in the room, so for now, it’s definitely Aryan,” joked Diemer, who joins the cast for Season 2 as Tyson, Percy’s half-brother who also happens to be a cyclops.

Jokes aside, Simhadri shared that getting to don the wedding gown that fans have dreamed about for years is something he did not take lightly. In fact, it was such a major moment that the show teased its debut during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con, showing a video of Simhadri’s real parents outside of a dressing room on set as he tried on the dress that would later be on screen. The show, of course, cut off the footage just before the reveal.

“God, you have no idea. I don’t want to talk about it because I don’t want to get emotional. It was it was beautiful,” Simhadri shared of his excitement for the fans to finally see the look they went with. “It’s something that I’ve been looking forward to since I started the job.”

In the book, Grover runs into a bridal boutique and puts on the dress, pretending to be a female cyclops who wants to marry Polyphemus. In the show, things change ever so slightly as Grover finds the dress in a ship after being taken by Polyphemus. Thankfully, since the cyclops’ eyesight is bad, he gets away with it, but he is on a ticking clock with the wedding day approaching!

When it comes to finding the perfect look, according to the show’s executive producers, in order for it to feel right, the team cycled through about eight dresses before landing on the one that would be seen on both Grover and Percy in Episode 2. Simhadri said he didn’t mind at all, especially since it’s such a major moment for his character and for the fans.

“Frankly, it’s such an iconic moment of his arc and I was so excited. Our costumes team was incredible. Our costumer, Cate Adair, is such a collaborative woman and she was so willing to be there every step of the way, asking my input and just trying to make the process as seamless as possible,” he said.

The first two episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 are now streaming on Disney+. The entire first season is also streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

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