After a seven-season run, "Riverdale" really is ending, and the cast of the popular teen drama is set to move on to new roles. But for some of the actors, their characters from "Riverdale" will continue to haunt them. When Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart announced they were breaking up, the show's huge fanbase exposed a very dark side that spilled over into the actors' real lives.
In an interview with Vulture, Sprouse admitted that his breakup with Reinhart was a horrible experience, made all the worse by fans who were much too invested in the fictional characters. "I get a lot of stuff sent to my house or my loved ones' house. Death threats, really nasty, honestly criminal stuff," he acknowledged. "And I do think it's because at least four of us at this table have dated our co-workers," ("Riverdale" costars Camila Mendes and Charles Melton also briefly dated while filming the show).
Sprouse goes on to question why breaking up with a costar would incite such a reaction. "Is that just a consequence of an incredible love? Or is that what fanaticism looks like?" he wondered. "Perhaps because those lines were blurred to our audience, it's hard to break those things up when life moves on."
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