Riverdale season 2 cast: Cole Sprouse, KJ Apa and Lili Reinhart return for new series
GETTY Riverdale is based on the popular Archie comics, and the series has become really popular
Season two of Riverdale which will premiere on Wednesday October 11 in America at 8pm EST and a day later on October 12 in the UK. The show exposes the darker side of the fictional world created by the Archie comics, and it is fast becoming a favourite with teens and adults. The series follows a group of teenagers who are embroiled in a mysterious murder plot, a biker's gang and a secret drug empire in Riverdale. After the murder of teenager Jason Blossom, teenagers at the high school set out to find out what happened.
GETTY Riverdale is returning next Wednesday, October 11, but who are the cast?
The show took off in such a way that fame followed very quickly after Lili Reinhart
Who is Cole Sprouse? Cole Sprouse, 25, is the American actor who plays Jughead Jones, the show's dramatic narrator. The actor and his twin brother Dylan Spouse started out in the Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life of Zack and Cody as children. Cody finished his education in 2015 and graduated with honours before he returning with the role of Jughead in Riverdale. Of his character, he said: "Jughead, to me, was reflective of a teen experience that made a lot of sense to me. "He’s the narrator on the show, so that to me was interesting because anybody who thinks they can write about their own town with the people living side-by-side right next to him… that’s a super pretentious thing to think."
Who is KJ Apa? KJ Apa plays Archie Andrews who becomes embroiled in a murder mystery in the eerie teen drama. The 20-year-old actor from New Zealand and is a relatively new name in America. But he is known for playing Kane Jenkins in the New Zealand prime-time soap opera Shortland Street. KJ said he did not know a lot about the Archie Comics when he went in to audition for Riverdale. He said: "I think me not being a massive fan of the comic was beneficial in a way because I could have the script for the pilot as my main focus." He plays Jughead's friend Archie in Riverdale, but says there was not an instant connection between him and Cole.
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