‘Riverdale’: Nicholas Barasch and Karl Walcott Recurring in Season 7

EXCLUSIVE: The CW has expanded the cast river valley for the upcoming seventh and final season. Nicholas Barasch (city ​​of Hades) and Karl Walcott (The chalet) has been tapped for major recurring roles in the Archie Comics series developed and executive produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

Barasch plays Julien Blossom, your classic red-haired high school bully. He is brave, rich and extremely entitled. Handsome, athletic and stubborn, he always gets his way, but on the rare occasions when he doesn’t, like with Veronica, he makes life miserable for everyone around him. He often clashes with his twin sister, but is also an opponent of hers Everyone of our teenage characters, especially Archie.

Walcott is Clay Walker, a Renaissance teenager. He is hard-working, artistic, well-read and well-travelled. Clay, an army brat, comes from a loving family and fights for social justice. He is very open in his art and his sexuality. Just like in the comics, Clay will have an impressive friendship with fellow queer player Kevin Keller.

In river valleyAfter a teenager is murdered in the town of Riverdale, this group of teenagers will discover the evil that lurks in this seemingly innocent town.

Season 7 opens with a massive time warp after the town survives Bailey’s Comet, but with a major reset. The main characters are back in high school… but in 1955.

river valley KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones.

river valley is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in association with Berlanti Productions. Executive producers are Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Jon Goldwater.

Barasch, a veteran theater actor, was fresh off the lead role of Orpheus in the Tony Award-winning hit musical’s first national tour hades city, Directed by Rachel Chavkin. Barasch also directed the cast of butcher boy at Irish Repertory Theater and starred in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of she loves me including credit. On television, Barasch appeared on CBS. bullHBO’s How to do it in America and he was a series regular on Nickelodeon The Backyardigans. Barasch is repped by Paradigm and Mara Entertainment.

Canadian actor Walcott is best known for his regular role as Charles on Vrak TV The chalet. His other series credits include Demain des hommes, 21 thunder, Big brains and more recently the Xavier Dolan limited series That night, Logan woke up. His film work includes X-Men: Apocalypse and most recently the science fiction film by Roland Emmerich moon attack He is represented by Shawn Hennessey-Nadeau at Play Management.