Cole Sprouse Chats Jughead & Riverdale In New Interview

Cole Sprouse opened up about Jughead and the new season of Riverdale in a new interview. The young actor will be reprising his role as Jughead Jones during the show’s second season. Highlights are below.

On what drew him to Jughead: “Jughead, to me, was reflective of a teen experience that made a lot of sense to me. He’s the narrator on the show, so that to me was interesting because anybody who thinks they can write about their own town with the people living side-by-side right next to him… that’s a super pretentious thing to think. And pretentiousness is kind of like the currency of the teenage experience. I think there’s something so human about that and so understandable about that, that Jughead became really interesting to me. He’s this character that strives for a kind of deepness in almost a cringe-y capacity, and that experience was really enjoyable to try and portray on screen.”

On what fans can expect from Jughead in the second season: “Jughead ends up joining the Serpents and he gets wrapped up in this world that forces his hand, forces him to play the game — which is something in season one he had a real aversion to. He ends up getting into a lot of trouble because of it. … He ends up a bit more of a damaged kid. He’s a lot angrier than he was in season one. He ends up coming off as kind of a … not necessarily to say a bad boy, but way more angry, which I also think is a fundamentally key experience. He gets himself into a lot of trouble because of his loyalty and honor to his family and friends, and it begins to make him question where his allegiance lies and what that means for his character — if it means stepping back again or if it means putting a foot back in.”

You can check out even more from his interview here. Riverdale returns to The CW on October 11.