Nathan Fillion Takes Proper Place as a God in ‘Percy Jackson’ Sequel

There aren’t too many stars have more geek cred than Nathan Fillion. The actor has close ties with Joss Whedon after “Firefly,” it’s film adaptation Serenity and especially Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. In many fanboy circles, Fillion is a god, and the handsome devil even looks like one to boot. Now it looks like those who worship him can feel justified for a little bit as THR has learned that Fillion has taken the role of Greek god Hermes in the fantasy sequel Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, the next in the series of films based on Rick Riordan’s series of young adult novels starring Logan Lerman. Read on! If you’ll recall from the first film (beware of spoilers from here on out), Luke (played by Jake Abel) seemed like an ally, but was a sneaky villain who stole Zeus’ lightning bolt and framed Percy Jackson. Well, …