Cole Sprouse made some pretty shady comments about wanting Riverdale to be over (2024)

Actor Cole Sprouse has made it pretty clear he's ready for Riverdale to be over, admitting the cast have no creative input or control over their characters.

The Netflix series is well into its sixth series now, having launched way back in 2016. And, by the sounds of it, the 29-year-old, who plays Jughead Jones in the drama, is ready for a new challenge. In a recent interview with GQ Hype, he says most of the cast are ready to "wrap it up with a bow," and move on with their lives.

While the interviewer notes he 'isn't not grateful for the show', he did make some fairly shady comments about how some of the show has been handled. "I'm not a creative force behind [Riverdale]. I actually have no creative control.

"We show up, receive the scripts often the day of, and we're asked to shoot." He was also asked to direct an episode but politely declined, 'knowing whatever vision he had would be immediately sucked into the network's needs.'

KJ Apa, who plays Archie in the show, said something similar to NME in a 2021 interview, explaining, "We’re on a huge machine of a show – with a huge global reach and a huge fanbase – and it’s a show where we don’t get to… our voices aren’t heard as much as other creative people who are involved."

Apa continued: "As actors, we very much have a job to do, and that doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s enjoyable and we’re grateful and that we love to do it. It’s just… not like being involved in other projects where maybe we have more of a voice in the creativity."

Riverdale is available to stream on Netflix