‘Riverdale’ Cast: Then and Now
usmagazine.comA lasting impression. Riverdale is gearing up for its seventh and final season on The CW — but fans have watched the cast change on and off screen since the series first debuted.In 2017, viewers were introduced to a group of friends who came together to uncover the dark secrets that exist within their town.
Based on the iconic Archie Comics, Riverdale shocked fans with several unexpected twists and turns over the years.Before the show was renewed for its final season, Cole Sprouse hinted that he was ready to move on to other opportunities after playing Jughead Jones for five years. “I’m not a creative force behind [Riverdale].
I actually have no creative control,” he told GQ in March 2022. “We show up, receive the scripts often the day of, and we’re asked to shoot.”KJ Apa, for his part, said he wasn’t sure how he would approach Riverdale‘s final chapter. “I try not to think about it, because the more I think about it, the more real it becomes,” he told TV Line in May 2022, shortly after the show was picked up for season 7. “I think a lot of us saw it coming, season 7 most probably being the final season.
So it didn’t come as too much of a surprise to me.”Apa joked that there was one aspect of playing Archie Andrews that he wouldn’t mind leaving behind, adding, “I can’t say I’d miss dying my hair every week.
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