Life for the Riverdale cast hasn’t always been milkshakes and musical numbers.
Cole Sprouse recently revealed the darker side of being involved with the beloved show—a byproduct of fans’ deep investment in the actors’ fictional characters and offscreen relationships. (He and costar Lili Reinhart dated from 2017 to 2020 while cast members Camila Mendes and Charles Melton dated for a year starting in 2018.)
“I get a lot of stuff sent to my house or my loved ones’ houses,” the 31-year-old told Vulture in a group interview with the show’s cast published August 13. “Death threats, really nasty, honestly criminal stuff. And I do think it’s because at least four of us at this table have dated our co-workers.”
And while they were dating IRL, their characters were romantically intertwined onscreen: Jughead Jones and Betty Cooper, Cole and Lili’s respective characters, were linked for several seasons while Camila’s character Veronica Lodge briefly romances Charles’ Reggie Mantle.
“Is that just a consequence of an incredible love?” Cole continued. “Or is that what fanaticism looks like? Perhaps because those lines were blurred to our audience, it’s hard to break those things up when life moves on.”
