Plot:
The Archie comic adaptation "Riverdale" tells a modern story, retaining the character settings in the original Archie comics, telling the story of Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends exploring strange events in the town. Camila Mendes plays the main role, Veronica Lodge, a confident, witty and eloquent high school sophomore who returns to Riverdale from New York to start over and get rid of the influence of her father's scandal. KJ Apa plays the protagonist Archie Andrews, a high school sophomore with typical teenage rebellious characteristics. He works in his father's company during the summer vacation and is hesitant among several favorite objects. At the same time, he is hesitant about the choice between writing interests, music interests, his father's expectations and football games. Lili Reinhart will play Betty Cooper, who has been secretly in love with the male protagonist Archie Andrews for a long time. She is sweet, studious, and likes to please others, but now she is tired of being a good daughter, a good student, and a good sister. Cole Sprouse will play Archie Andrews' best friend Jughead Jones, a careless guy. Luke Perry plays Archie's father Fred Andrews. However, this TV series is quite different from the comics. Fred Andrews is the owner of a construction company and hopes that his son will take over his company one day. So he lets his son work in his company every summer vacation to familiarize himself with the business. Ashleigh Murray plays Josie, a gorgeous, arrogant and ambitious girl. She is the lead singer of the pop band Josie and the Pussycats and has no interest in the songs written by Archie. Madelaine Petsch plays the villain Cheryl Blossom, a rich and powerful evil woman who is never responsible and loves to manipulate others. Her twin brother recently died in a mysterious accident. Marisol Nichols plays Veronica Lodge's mother Hermione Lodge. Like her daughter, she hopes to get rid of the scandal caused by her husband. Mädchen Amick plays Alice Cooper, Betty Cooper's mother, who is the editor of a local newspaper, a perfectionist and very strict with her daughter. Casey Cott plays Kevin Keller, the first out character in Archie Comics, and Ross Butler plays the school bully Reggie Mantle. Cody Kearsley plays the popular Moose Mason, and Daniel Yang plays the smart Dilton Doiley, who are good friends.