‘Riverdale’ Behind the Scenes, With Photos Taken by the Cast

This month, Riverdale will air its last episode. The CW series that began as a sexed up, present-day take on Archie Comics is ending seven seasons later as a pulpy, genre-bending experiment — one that has sent Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the gang on a crash collision with cults, aliens, angels, and serial killers; imbued them with superpowers; and, finally, shot them back in time to the 1950s.

In June, New York sent disposable cameras to Riverdale’s core “teens” — including KJ Apa (who plays Archie Andrews), Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper), Camila Mendes (Veronica Lodge), Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom), Cole Sprouse (Jughead Jones), Charles Melton (Reggie Mantle), Casey Cott (Kevin Keller), Vanessa Morgan (Toni Topaz), and Drew Ray Tanner (Fangs Fogarty) — and asked them to take pictures of their last weeks on set in and around Vancouver. These photographs are the result.

They also sat down for a conversation with Vulture writer Rebecca Alter, sharing their feelings about how the show has changed their lives — and how they learned to roll with its anything-could-happen plot twists. As Sprouse said, “If you watched our show like you watch an anime, a lot of it would make more sense.” Read our conversation with the cast here ➼