EXCLUSIVE: The CW has expanded the solid of Riverdale for the upcoming seventh and ultimate season. Nicholas Barasch (Hadestown) and Karl Walcott (Le Chalet) have been tapped for main recurring roles on the Archie Comics collection, developed and government produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
Barasch will play Julien Blossom, your traditional highschool red-headed bully. He’s preppy, wealthy, and intensely entitled. Handsome, athletic, and cocky, he all the time will get his approach, however within the uncommon occasions he doesn’t—like with Veronica—he makes life depressing for everybody round him. He typically butts heads together with his twin sister, however can be an antagonist to all of our teen characters, most particularly Archie.
Walcott is Clay Walker, a teen renaissance man. He is studious, inventive, well-read, and well-traveled. An Army brat, Clay comes from a loving household and is a champion for social justice. He may be very open-minded in his artwork and his sexuality. As he does within the comedian books, Clay could have an impactful friendship with fellow queer character Kevin Keller.
In Riverdale, after a youngster was murdered inside the city of Riverdale, this group of youngsters attempt to unravel the evils lurking inside this seemingly harmless city.
Season 7 will start with an enormous time leap after the city managed to outlive Bailey’s comet, however with a significant reset. The primary characters are again in highschool… however in 1955.
Riverdale stars KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones.
Riverdale is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in affiliation with Berlanti Productions. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Jon Goldwater government produce.
A seasoned theater actor, Barasch simply got here off the main function of Orpheus within the first nationwide tour of the Tony-winning hit musical Hadestown, directed by Rachel Chavkin. Barasch additionally lead the solid of Butcher Boy at The Irish Repertory Theatre, and starred within the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of She Loves Me, amongst different credit. In tv, Barasch has appeared on CBS’ Bull, HBO’s How To Make It In America, and he was a collection common on Nickelodeon’s The Backyardigans. Barasch is repped by Paradigm and Mara Entertainment.
Canadian actor Walcott is finest recognized for his collection common function of Charles on Vrak TV’s Le Chalet. His different collection credit embody Demain des hommes, 21 Thunder, Cerebrum and extra not too long ago Xavier Dolan’s restricted collection The Night Logan Woke Up. His movie work contains X-Men: Apocalypse and most not too long ago Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi pic Moonfall. He is repped by Shawn Hennessey-Nadeau at Play Management.
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