Riverdale fans got to see a lot with this week’s episode as the hit The CW series leaped seven years into the future. The narrative decision has already manifested itself in a number of creative ways, such as tonight’s episode, “Chapter Eighty: Purgatorio,” the new young adult lives of Archie Andrews (KJ Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes). , Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) and more. The first time the Jump episode was sure to bring a lot of new storylines for Season 5 – and now we have our final look at what that entails. The CW has released a new preview for “Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming,” which you can watch below.
“I think I knew about the time jump pre-pandemic,” Drew Ray Tanner, who plays Fangs Fogarty on the series recently, said. ComicBook.com. So when the pandemic happened, we knew we were going to be filming again and it was going to pick up on this time jump a little bit. So I was given nine months to grow my hair and grow as an individual. as I went through this life-changing thing. It was such a colossal thing – I don’t think anything that big has happened in my life since graduation or anything like that. “
“Like [an] actor, the best thing you can do is learn everything in everyday life. The best characters to learn from are people on the street and daily interactions, “Tanner continued.” You are constantly learning. You are constantly adding things to your tool belt. That’s the actor’s job, to take life and hopefully mimic it in art. So I was extremely blessed to have [so much time]. As a TV actor, you don’t get that much time to do something like that, but we really did have nine months to work it out and be aware of “Okay, this is where we’re going. How can I build this up? And how do I make this character real? And how do I make it sort of a seamless transition? ”It was extremely exciting. It was challenging, but I was given plenty of time to prepare. “
You can check out the synopsis for “Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming” below!
THE FIGHT FOR RIVERDALE HIGH – Toni (Vanessa Morgan), Alice (Mädchen Amick), Archie (KJ Apa) and Kevin (Casey Cott) fight to keep the doors of Riverdale High open after learning the budget had been cut by Hiram Lodge (Mark Consuelos). Veronica (Camila Mendes) gets creative when she discovers Chad (guest star Chris Mason) is letting her follow. Jughead (Cole Sprouse) starts a new job after debt collection agencies appear in Riverdale. Lili Reinhart, Madelaine Petsch, Charles Melton , Drew Ray Tanner and Erinn Westbrook also star. Steve Adelson directed the episode written by Michael Grassi.
Riverdale airs Wednesdays at 8 / 7c on The CW. “Back to School” will air on February 17th.