Coming to an finish. After seven seasons on The CW, Riverdale shall be wrapping up its story — and the solid has lots to say about heading to the end line.
Before the present was renewed for its closing season, Cole Sprouse teased that he was prepared to maneuver on to different alternatives. “I’m not a creative force behind [Riverdale]. I actually have no creative control,” he instructed GQ in March 2022. “We show up, receive the scripts often the day of, and we’re asked to shoot.”
The former youngster star additionally famous that his fellow solid members had been able to “wrap it up with a bow.”
Later that 12 months, The CW’s CEO Mark Pedowitz confirmed that Riverdale could be concluding after its seventh season. “I am a big believer in attempting to give series that have had long runs an appropriate sendoff,” he stated throughout a name with reporters in May 2022. “We had a long conversation with [executive producer] Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa] yesterday, who is thrilled by this news, and we will treat the show in the manner it deserves. We want to make sure it goes out the right way.”
He added: “I think they, too, felt that seven years is the right amount. As a fan myself, I do want to do what is right for the show.”
That identical month, KJ Apa broke his silence about the main transition in his profession. “I try not to think about it, because the more I think about it, the more real it becomes,” the I Still Believe star, who has been on Riverdale since its 2017 debut, instructed TV Line. “I think a lot of us saw it coming, season 7 most probably being the final season. So it didn’t come as too much of a surprise to me.”
Apa joked that there was one facet of taking part in Archie Andrews that he wouldn’t thoughts forsaking, including, “I can’t say I’d miss dying my hair every week. I’m looking forward to being myself again, but I promise you guys, this last season, we are going to end it with a bang, and we can’t wait to share it with you.”
His costar and onscreen love curiosity Lili Reinhart later provided a glimpse at how the solid could be spending their time earlier than season 7 manufacturing kicks off. “We spend so much time together during our filming season, that when it is our hiatus, we’re all like, ‘Bye.’ And we do keep in contact with each other for sure,” she detailed to Entertainment Tonight in August 2022. “I talk to Cami and Mads and Vanessa all the time and Mädchen, but everyone’s busy, everyone’s doing their things, and we know we’re coming back to each other, so, [our cast group chat is] not weepy yet.”
The Ohio native, who has performed Betty Cooper since season 1, opened up about what ending she needs for her character.
“I would obviously like to see a happy ending for Betty, knowing that she will be OK — an optimistic, lighthearted note,” she continued. “I don’t know who she’s gonna end up with or where, how, why, when — I know nothing about the final season — but I just hope that she’s happy, and you have an idea that things are gonna settle down for her in the best way.”
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