I’ve already read all the comments eviscerating “The Lightning Thief,” which opened this weekend. And I completely understand the complaints and disappointments. But let’s be honest: This movie wasn’t given the time, the budget or the attention that the Harry Potter movies were. Comparing the two is just silly. I went into this movie expecting [...]

Interview, The Baltimore Sun

Changing from a conservative- looking teacher into a flying Fury that crashes through a museum window was all in a day’s work for a former Eastern Cape actress who landed a role in Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lighting Thief. Maria Olsen (nee De Boer), who was an integral part of East London’s amateur [...]

Interview, Maria Olsen

I had the pleasure to get to interview Maria Olsen who plays Mrs.Dodds/Fury in Percy Jackson. You sent in your questions and we tried to get them all in (sorry if your question was not picked). Enjoy the interview! Did you read the Percy Jackson books prior to getting the role or once you were [...]

Fury, Interview, Maria Olsen, mrs. dodds, Mrs. Dodds/Fury

Read this interview with Craig Titley by Film School Rejects below. Film School Rejects: Anyway, thanks for taking a little time to talk to me today. Hopefully I am not interrupting anything to terribly important. Craig Titley: Uh, no. Cool. Well, let’s talk about mythology, I guess, because I hear you are relatively well-schooled in [...]

Craig Titley, Interview

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Interview, Maria Olsen