Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 Episode 2 is devoted to Danny Advantage. The tip credit of the second episode, which got here out on December 10 on Disney+ and Hulu, name him “a real pioneer.” We requested the Percy Jackson creators about Advantage and his significance to the manufacturing of Season 2.
Who’s Danny Advantage from Percy Jackson?
If you happen to don’t know his identify, odds are you already know his work. Advantage was a famend stunt coordinator, second unit and assistant director, and stunt performer from Canada who has labored on movies resembling The Twilight Saga and Warfare for the Planet of the Apes. He was an particularly expert horse stunt coordinator, which is what he was employed for on Percy Jackson Season 2. The chariot races within the second episode have been successful partially due to Advantage’s work. He and his crew cared for the entire horses and dealt with the stunts with them, together with educating the younger solid find out how to safely carry out stunts with the animals.
Advantage died of most cancers earlier than Percy Jackson Season 2 got here out, however government producer Dan Shotz tells TV Insider that he was in a position to present Advantage the completed product of the chariot race scene earlier than Advantage died. It was one of many final initiatives he ever labored on.
“Danny Advantage was basically the chariot race architect. Danny Advantage handed away from most cancers, I assume, nearly a 12 months after we shot it. And he’s considered one of in all probability essentially the most well-known stunt horse whisperers/wranglers in British Columbia, and actually one of the crucial well-known within the enterprise,” Shotz explains. “Each well-known actor who’s gone as much as do a western up in Canada went by means of Danny Advantage.”
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“After we determined to sort out horses and children and makeshift chariots in a constructed circuit, we would have liked the very best within the sport. Jon [Steinberg, executive producer] and I had a protracted historical past with Danny, and known as Danny and stated, ‘Are you able to assist us determine this out?’ And he instantly stated, ‘I’m all in,’” Shotz continues. “And so he introduced all his horses and horses from the Calgary Stampede. We had 20-something horses, we had stables proper there on the bottom. These are actual stables that we made, set dressing, and Danny was the one who helped us determine find out how to make this all sensible.”
“Proper earlier than he handed, I visited him within the hospital, and I acquired to indicate him the chariot race. He acquired to see his ultimate set piece that he actually helped create. It was very exhausting to lose him. He was very significant to us. However I’m so glad that the world is attending to see this chariot race, and we would have liked to honor him.”
Dior Goodjohn, who performs Clarisse La Rue, additionally tells TV Insider that the solid acquired to go to Advantage’s ranch throughout Season 2 prep to coach with the horses.
“We acquired to go to Danny Advantage’s Ranch. Shout out, Danny Advantage. RIP, Danny Advantage. He was so superb,” Goodjohn says. “Nevertheless it was actually cool to try this throughout prep as a result of we acquired to bond, and all of us discovered find out how to horseback experience and mount bareback, and it was actually, actually cool.”
Shotz paid tribute to Advantage on Instagram in October.
“At present, we honored a legend… Danny Advantage was laid to relaxation in entrance of his complete BC movie/TV household,” Shotz’s caption says. “He was a pioneer within the stunt neighborhood, a game-changing philanthropist in Vancouver and a pricey pal to me for a few years. He was the very best horse coach on the planet and designed essentially the most distinctive chariot race for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”
“Most significantly, he impressed… everybody… and by no means let ‘no’ be a solution,” the caption continues. “When my pal Ken Mitchell was identified with ALS and solely had use of his one arm, Danny was decided to coach him to experience with the opposite one for our collection. After which, when Ken acquired even sicker, Danny’s basis helped increase cash for the household. He did it with none fanfare or recognition. He did it as a result of that was Danny. I’ll miss this stunning soul.”
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Wednesdays, Disney+ and Hulu
