Logan Lerman has a surprise message for the new Percy Jackson and cast

The crown has passed from one half-blood to another.

Logan Lerman, who portrayed the titular character Percy Jackson in the 2010 and 2012 big-screen adaptations of the popular fantasy book series, sent a surprise message to the cast of the newly premiered Percy Jackson television show, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians� on Disney+.

Several of the show’s cast members and Rick Riordan, the author of the book series, were guests this week on the “Happy Sad Confused� podcast, hosted by Josh Horowitz, who read the message out loud during the show’s live recording at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

“The show looks amazing and I can’t wait to see you all crush it in your roles,� said Lerman, 31. “You’re making a lot of people happy bringing these characters to life.�

Times television critic Robert Lloyd was similarly positive about the new series, which premiered Wednesday, writing it was “as good as can be� and that it “does a lovely job of mixing its extraordinary and ordinary worlds.�

In Lerman’s message, he shouted out Walker Skobell, who portrays lead character Percy Jackson, a 12-year-old who learns he is the son of the Olympic god Poseidon.

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“I can’t imagine a better fit for Percy Jackson than Walker. You were so brilliant in ‘The Adam Project,’� Lerman said. “Hope you like eating blue food the next few years, because I think you’ve got a hit show on your hands.�

Skobell, 14, said he appreciated Lerman’s message, and although he’s never met the former Percy Jackson in person, he’s messaged him online.

“I watched one of his movies, ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ I really liked it,� Skobell said. “I thought it was so good I like DM’d him and told him it was good.�