Following up on the news that The CW officially picked up the pilot episode for the live-action Riverdale TV series, it has now been announced that the series has cast its Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones.
Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack) has secured the role of Betty Cooper, who is described as “sweet, studious, eager-to-please and wholesome, with a huge crush on her longtime best friend, Archie.”
Former Disney Channel star Cole Sprouse (The Sweet Life of Zack and Cody) will play Jughead Jones, “a heartthrob with a philosophical bent and former best friend of Archie Andrews.”
The live-action series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade. The show will focus on the eternal love triangle of Archie Andrews, girl-next-door Betty Cooper, and rich socialite Veronica Lodge, and will include the entire cast of characters from the comic books—including Archie’s rival, Reggie Mantle, and his slacker best friend, Jughead Jones.
Expect more casting on Riverdale in the coming weeks.
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Originally published February 9, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
