Umlingisi waseMelika Madhan Amik, owaziwa ukuthi ubambe iqhaza ochungechungeni oluthi "Riverdale" njengomama bezinhlamvu eziphambili - uBetty Cooper, odlalwa yinkanyezi encane uLily Reynhart, washiya osebenza naye kulokhu kudubula. Kwavela ukuthi abalingisi baqukethe ebudlelwaneni obufudumele kunokuba bangeniswe emlandweni wesikrini.
NgoJanuwari 5, uMadhan Amik washicilela umyalezo kwi-akhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram, ebhekiswe kuLily Reinhart: "Angikwazi ukuveza ukuthi ngiwuthanda kangakanani lo muntu. Wayesekelwa kwami. I-Psychotherapy yami. Mngani wami. Uhlala eduze kwami, futhi ngiyamphuthumisa ngempela. " Beka amazwana "endodakazini" yakhe "ngaphandle kokuthi azenze alinde. Umlingisi weqhaza likaBetty Cooper wabhala: "Ngikuthanda kakhulu. Ungumusa ongisindisayo. "
Uchungechunge oluthi "Riverdale" lushicilelwe kusukela ngo-2017. Iphrojekthi yentsha yakha hhayi njengabahlanganyeli besikhathi esiningi. Ngenkathi usebenza esithombeni phakathi kwabathengisi bezindima eziphambili, uLily Reynhart kanye ne-Color Sprawl baphuke ubuhlobo bothando. Ngonyaka odlule kwaba nzima ngababili, futhi abalingisi abasebasha bamemezela ukuhlukana. Noma kunjalo, abaculi bazoqhubeka nokusebenzisana, ngoba ngo-2021 ukukhishwa kweminyaka yesihlanu yochungechunge kwamenyezelwa.