Spotlight on actress Lili Reinhart
The Riverdale actress is a stripper in her highly anticipated new film
HUSTLERS BABE The Riverdale cutie stars in one of the most talked-about movies of the year – Hustlers – about a group of strippers who decide to turn the tables on their rich Wall Street clients. “It was fun to do something so different,” says Lili of her first major film role. “I’m wearing these bodycon, lovely, cheap dresses – so different from my sweaters and jeans on Riverdale. You want to be showing off all the goods.”
Working alongside J Lo, Keke Palmer, Constance Wu and Cardi B was “so cool”, she says. “We all got along really well. I think the fun we had together really is going to translate in the film.”
Her next film is next year’s Chemical Hearts, co-starring The Walking Dead star Austin Abrams. MENTAL WELLBEING She’s outspoken about mental health awareness after having battled depression in her teens.
Lili says she ended up moving back in with her parents after giving Los Angeles a try at 18. “It was the most miserable time of my life. I ran out of money and was incredibly depressed,” she says. While at home she saw a therapist and saved up money working as a sales assistant.
“My mental health was in such bad shape it made my physical health really poor. I needed to take six months to take care of myself. When I moved back out for the second time, I was able to audition for Riverdale in person, and I got it.” She’d sent an audition tape for the role of Betty Cooper earlier.
‘Acting was always my plan. I didn’t have a plan B. I didn’t go to college’
LOVE-LIFE A few months ago it was rumoured Lili and her long-time boyfriend, Riverdale co-star Cole Sprouse, had split up. They’ve always been private about their romance. “I keep my relationship private because it’s just between two people, and that’s the way it should be,” Lili previously told Teen Vogue. She responded to the rumours with a post on Instagram, saying, alongside a photo of the two of them, “Breaking: A reliable source has confirmed that none of you know shit.”