<P> The show features an ensemble cast based on the characters of Archie Comics, with KJ Apa in the role of Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, his next door neighbor who has a crush on him, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, his new love interest and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, his ex-best friend and the narrator of the show . The show also features Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy, the lead singer of the Pussycats, and Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, the twin sister of Jason Blossom, who is at the center of the series' mystery . Other characters in the show include Fred Andrews, Alice Cooper and Hermione Lodge, the parents of Archie, Betty, and Veronica respectively . </P> <P> The series follows Archie Andrews' life in the small town of Riverdale while exploring the darkness hidden behind its seemingly perfect image . </P> <Ul> <Li> KJ Apa as Archibald "Archie" Andrews: An intense and conflicted teen, Archie is a boyish high school sophomore who got pumped up over the summer working at his father's construction business and is now juggling the interest of several girls, as well as trying to balance his passion for writing and performing music--against the wishes of his father and his football coach . </Li> <Li> Lili Reinhart as Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper: A sweet, smart, eager - to - please and beautiful girl with a longtime crush on her best friend, Archie . She is tired of being the perfect daughter, student, sister, etc., so she turns to her new friend, Veronica, for life advice--much to the consternation of her emotionally brittle mother . </Li> <Li> Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge: A beautiful, sophisticated, confident, silver - tongued high school sophomore and former socialite . Veronica is the "new girl" in town and is eager for a fresh new start . Veronica sees the move to Riverdale from New York as an opportunity to reinvent herself while making amends to redeem herself from the rich spoiled girl she once was . Humbled from her old ways in the past and from an embezzlement scandal involving her father, she and her mother have lost most of their status and wealth . </Li> <Li> Cole Sprouse as Forsythe "Jughead" Jones III: A philosophically inclined social outcast who was once the best friend of Archie, who is still dealing with the rift that came between them over the summer . His father is the leader of a local motorcycle gang called the Southside Serpents . </Li> <Li> Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge: Veronica's mother, who has returned to Riverdale with her daughter to continue a deal established by Lodge Industries and to establish an affair with Fred Andrews following the recent incarceration of her husband Hiram Lodge . </Li> <Li> Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom: A wealthy, entitled, and manipulative girl who recently lost her twin brother in a mysterious accident . </Li> <Li> Ashleigh Murray as Josephine "Josie" McCoy: A striving, competitive, fierce, snooty, and ambitious girl who is the lead singer for the popular band Josie and the Pussycats . </Li> <Li> Mädchen Amick as Alice Cooper: Polly and Betty's mother, who is the editor of the local paper . She is a controlling and demanding perfectionist who places exceedingly high expectations on her daughters . </Li> <Li> Luke Perry as Frederick "Fred" Andrews: Archie's father, who owns a construction firm that he hopes his son will take over one day . </Li> </Ul> <Li> KJ Apa as Archibald "Archie" Andrews: An intense and conflicted teen, Archie is a boyish high school sophomore who got pumped up over the summer working at his father's construction business and is now juggling the interest of several girls, as well as trying to balance his passion for writing and performing music--against the wishes of his father and his football coach . </Li>

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