When Luke Perry was growing up in small town Ohio, sharing a tiny bedroom in a trailer with his brother, he took sanctuary with a stack of comic books piled high in his closet. He’d pull issues from his stash and read them diligently by flashlight, and amid the many superheroes and sci-fi epics there was another favorite – a staple of the medium since debuting in 1941: the quaint, relatable, all-American adventures of teenager Archie Andrews and his high school pals, rivals and crushes, set in the idyllic town of Riverdale, U.S.A.
Today, Perry – no stranger to series centered around iconic locales, thanks to his stint on Beverly Hills 90210 – is among the cast of Riverdale, The CW’s ambitious and decidedly edgier take on the 75-year-old comic book series. Read more...
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