Sharing Lunchables with "Riverdale" Star Lili Reinhart

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Actress discusses playing the iconic Betty Cooper and how she differs from the original Archies comics
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Hey guys, it's Tracy here in the Young Hollywood studio with Lily Reinhardt and you look amazing.
Thank you.
We were talking about her outfit, just one more time. These pants. You just have to get a full look at these awesome work. I don't know, should I stand?
Do it, do it.
Little pants going on here. Get some pockets. I feel like it's very Archie like actually. Yeah. Representing. The orange and the red.
Yeah, thank you. Little retro vibe today.
Um, and we were also just talking about your Twitter feed, which is on point, all the time.
Thanks.
With all the memes that you always do. All the memes. Um, but speaking of which, I know food, as you were saying. It's usually about food.
Usually, food is a big part of my life, I'm realizing. Like most of my tweets are about food.
Well, your last tweet, we actually were creeping on your Twitter today.
Okay.
And you said that Lunchables should not only be for kids. They should also be for adults.
Yeah, I mean, literally, I tweeted that from my bathtub as I was eating Lunchables in my tub.
You were eating Lunchables in your bathtub?
Yeah, I eat Fruity Pebbles in my tub, like why the hell not? You know?
That's like actually the funniest thing I might have ever I'm just trying to picture that. Well, we brought you around too.
I see this. Lunchables. Guys, I had a Lunchable today already. this morning. This is my favorite kind. All day every day. This one. Oh my gosh, let's make one, you want to?
Yeah, we are. Okay. Can I just make a confession, though?
Please.
You've never had a Lunchable?
I've never had a Lunchable.
Well, today's the day. Wait, so how many combinations are there? Do you know every combination?
No, because I only like this one.
You only like this one? Okay, because of the Oreos?
Because I don't even like the Oreos. So, what is this? This is Turkey and crackers and cheese?
All right. Well, I'm going to I'm just going to skeptical about this. I'm not sure, but you're into it. I mean, I trust you.
I'm a newbie to whatever it is. Like, I've grown up eating this. I have the the diet of a kindergartner. Is the best way to put it. Um, Madelaine, who plays Cheryl in Riverdale. She is a vegan. And I'm basically the opposite of a vegan.
Cuz you guys live together.
Yes. Which is very opposite. Mine was very like
Wait, you had your own cupboard?
Yeah, no, but mine was like the top shelf. Hers was the bottom. Hers was like greens and all these vegetables and mine was like artificial, like, you know, cereals, Captain Crunch, and you had like Reese's Cups in there.
Um, but speaking of Riverdale, it's iconic because you're reinventing Archie Comics, which has been around since like, what, 1941?
Yeah, 1941.
And what's crazy to me is that you can still go to a grocery store, and I think you can still get the comics, which I actually didn't even realize. They're still there in the checkout line. Right. Well, and you play Betty. Lo and behold. Betty. I mean, the most again, besides Archie, like the most iconic character.
Yeah.
Um, what do you, like, how is your character in the show? Because I know it is different from like
Quite different. Very different from the originals. But you're kind of bringing Cuz like she was like this perfect, you know, girl next door. She was like, yeah, but she was also she let Archie kind of walk all over her, and um, you know, she was in love with him. Right. She was head over heels in love with Archie, and she was willing to kind of be at his beck and call, and that's very much not how it is in our show, which is good. And, you know, for a modern show about modern women, it was important to us that both Betty and Veronica weren't fighting over this guy all the time, and that wasn't their main priority. You know, that's not our show. There there are hints of the love triangle, but it's definitely not our focus. Our focus is more more so on the friendship between Betty and Veronica and
Yeah. There's already like a lot of shipping going on. I've seen like a lot of people like ship you two together. So, what is it like? Veronica.
Yes, Veronica. Veronica. People love Veronica, which is great. You know, like, they're Betty and Veronica are a very powerful female duo, and that's wonderful. So, I say if you want to ship Veronica, go for it.
So, but do you have a Veronica in your life? Like, did you ever have like that one friend that you were like,
Soulmates? Yes, I do have a soulmate best friend. Her name is Austin. Um, yeah, we grew up in uh Cleveland together.
Shout out to Austin.
Shout out to Austin.
Um, who do you relate more to in real life? Betty or Veronica?
Betty. Definitely Betty. I've always always been a Betty. Always been a Betty. Yeah.
There's a little bit of a dark side to her, though, in the show. You have a mom who's like very overprotective and trying to like be making you perfect. But then you kind of like start rebelling a little bit against it.
It is. And I mean, she's a high school student. You know, she's dealing with having a crush on her best friend who doesn't see her that way and dealing with a lot of family issues. Um, like her her older sister. She doesn't know what happened to her older sister and her she thinks her parents are lying to her and but yeah, I mean, there's definitely a dark side to Betty and I think there's a dark side to everyone. So.
That's true. There are a lot of secrets that go on like with all the characters in the town. Riverdale is full of secrets.
Yeah, you can't you can't trust anyone in Riverdale sadly.
Okay. Well, I have to tell you, so we had Cole here.
Mhm.
And we've had KJ.
Yes.
Um, who play Archie and Jughead. So, we asked them a couple questions.
Okay, I'm going to I'm going to ask you first, and you'll give me your answer and then you have to guess on what their answer was. Okay.
Okay, so, first question is, person who's likely to own an enemy.
Um, Ashley. Ashley. Okay. Yeah, she's fierce.
Okay, so, we're going to look over here. Oh god. So, what did they say? The most likely to own an enemy. Oh, Veronica. Like, Camila? Oh yeah, okay. So, we're using. Oh no, we're going real here. Camila, yeah. Yeah, so. Oh. Uh, Cole. Oh. We don't know that Cole that we don't know. I reckon. Okay. You don't want to miss trust me, you do not want to miss with Cole. No. Okay. Oh, okay, all different answers here. Okay, okay. So, um, okay, so, second question is, who do you think is the person that you'd most like to be stuck on a desert island with?
You know what? I would say KJ because he uh, I mean, he's from New Zealand. I've seen him like climb trees and do crazy things, and I'm sure he would be good in a survival situation. Yes. So, KJ for sure.
Person you'd most like to be stuck on a desert island with. Um, Luke Perry, for sure. Yeah. He knows stuff. Yeah. He's he's like he's got that sort of camping background. I feel like he would be the one to scale the coconut tree and then just like knock the coconuts off. Completely. Yes. I'd love to say Cole but Luke. Perry. Oh, okay. Yeah. Plays your dad on the show. He could survive anywhere that guy. He knows he knows everything. Right. He knows everything. Oh. Oh, wow. Oh my gosh. Both of for Luke. Um, okay, person most likely to get stuck on a desert island and why?
Um, the first person that popped into my head was Camila. Um, I just like imagined her going on like a cruise and the cruise ship went down and she's on an island. Oh my god. I just feel like that would happen to Cammy. Poor my sweet poor little sweet Cammy. Yes.
Person most likely to get stuck on a desert island. Camila. You'll be driving with her and she just kind of isn't the best kind of drives. No, please continue. Just go on. I love all this.
I don't know. I think no, she's not a bad driver. That was that was mean, but like, I don't know. That was the first person that came to mind.
Okay. Lily. Um, I I feel like she just stumbles she stumbles into situations where she's like, I'm not equipped for this. Um, so, uh, yeah, definitely. Oh, wow. Um, okay, and then last question is, who is the most likely to have the most secrets? Cuz Riverdale is full of secrets.
I would say KJ. Yeah. You know, it's just such an honest exterior. I am immediately distrusting of people with such an honest exterior. And he has so many shirtless pictures of themselves out there on the internet. Yeah. Like, what's why are you crushing two Red Bulls in this Twitter photo? Yeah. That's a that's I got Cole for that. I reckon he's got he's got the secrets. Yeah. Yeah. And that Jughead? That knit beanie? Yeah, right here. It's like Cole a lot. Something like that.
Well, thank you so much for coming and don't forget to check out Riverdale on the CW.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Lili Reinhart
Featured guest, actress in 'Riverdale'
- Tracy
Young Hollywood interviewer
- Archie
Character in 'Riverdale' and Archie Comics
- Madelaine Petsch
Plays Cheryl in 'Riverdale' and lived with Lili Reinhart
- Cheryl
Character in 'Riverdale'
- Betty Cooper
Character played by Lili Reinhart in 'Riverdale'
- Veronica
Character in 'Riverdale'
- Austin
Lili Reinhart's best friend from Cleveland
- Cole
Cole Sprouse, plays Jughead in 'Riverdale'
- KJ
KJ Apa, plays Archie in 'Riverdale'
- Camila Mendes
Plays Veronica in 'Riverdale'
- Luke Perry
Played Fred Andrews (Archie's dad) in 'Riverdale'
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