Deadline broke the news today that the CW has cast their Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones for the Riverdalepilot episode.
Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack), will play Betty Cooper:
Joining her is Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody), will play Jughead Jones:
Set in present time, Riverdale, from producer Greg Berlanti, is a subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.
Reinhart’s Betty Cooper is sweet, studious, eager-to-please and wholesome with a huge crush on her longtime best friend, Archie. Tired of being the perfect daughter, student, sister, etc., she turns to her new friend, Veronica, for life advice — much to the consternation of her emotionally brittle mother.
Sprouse’s Jughead Jones is a heartthrob with a philosophical bent and former best friend of Archie Andrews. He is still smarting from the rift that took place between the two.
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