Eureka’s Erica Cerra Goes Greek For Percy Jackson
Written by Ian Cullen on September 2, 2009 – 10:00 am -
Eureka star Erica Cerra who plays the role of Deputy Jo Lupo in the popular Syfy series is set to make her movie debut playing the Goddess Hera in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which is currently in post production and likely to hit cinema’s next year.
This is a first major movie role for Cerra and she is mixing it up with some pretty big names in the movie. Other cast members include the likes of: Uma Thurman, Rosario Dawson, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd, Catherine Keener, Melina Kanakaredes, Steve Coogan and Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson.
The movie is directed by Chris Columbus who is best known for having directed the Home Alone movies and the first couple of Harry Potter films. The film is based on the hugely popular book series by Rick Riordan. The story centres on a young lad called Percy Jackson who learns he’s the half-human/half-god son of Poseidon (McKidd) and embarks on a journey of adventure and self-discovery that also involves warring gods. Cerra plays Hera, the goddess of marriage and wife of Zeus (Bean), the god of lightning.
In a recent interview for SciFi Wire Cerra revealed that she is a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, and waxed enthusiastically about Percy Jackson.
“I have all the books. I’ve seen all the movies a billion and one times. When I heard what Percy Jackson was about I read it and pushed, pushed, pushed to be in the movie. So I was absolutely thrilled when I got a role, and then I was sitting in a room with Sean Bean and Kevin McKidd and Melina Kanakaredes, who plays Athena. It was a wonderful experience, and I’m a very big fan of Chris Columbus, so that was really cool as well. In the novels, in the other stories, Hera and Zeus show up to help Percy, so hopefully they will also in the [sequel] scripts.”
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief opens in the USA on Feb. 12, 2010.
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Tags: Erica Cerra, Eureka, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Syfy Channel
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By SiggiPe on Sep 2, 2009 | Reply
It will be interesting to watch this rising star climb up the ladder of fame.
SiggiPe