- Hi MTV News.
I'm Camila Mendes on the set of 'Riverdale.'
- I'm Charles Melton.
- This is Lili Reinhart.
- This is Madelaine Petsch.
- I'm Casey Cott.
- Jordan Connor here.
- It's Vanessa Morgan.
- It's Ashleigh Murray and you're on the set of 'Riverdale'
and we're shooting our big musical episode, The Heathers.
Well it's a great fit because there are murders.
So you know, it's like you're in,
this is murder town, this is like murder city
so anything where people don't make it
is usually perfect for 'Riverdale.'
- The gang is doing Heathers the musical
with Kevin directing yet again.
Betty, Veronica and Cheryl play the three Heathers
with Josie as playing Veronica.
- It's definitely an angsty episode.
Everybody's, yeah I think everybody's kind of expressing
that angst and coming together and saying like
enough is enough.
- It speaks to every high schooler or really to everyone
who's been in high school which is most of us really.
- It just meshes with the storyline perfectly.
So they couldn't have picked a better musical to do.
- I think the songs in the musical
are a really nice fresh take on kind of like that teen angst
with like a bit of a dark twist.
- Oh gosh, I don't even know
what the premise of the episode is.
I couldn't tell you.
There's always so many things going on in Riverdale
that there's like eight premises.
- I would have to say Lili surprised me the most of everyone
and not in that I didn't think she was a good singer
or anything, but she's an awesome singer
and like her and Cami and Madelaine
as the Heathers is unbelievable.
Like one of my favorite songs is "Candy Store"
that they perform and it's just unbelievable
how talented they are and they just reveal it.
- It was exciting to hear Casey sing more
'cause he's one of the few people that actually has
like some, I think he has proper training
and he definitely did it a lot in college.
So you know, being able to hear him sing
has been really fun.
- It's a tie between Camila and Casey.
Camila had this number she did called "Lifeboat"
and it's just so beautiful and she sounded amazing.
- Probably Jordan who plays Sweet Pea because last year
he wasn't even in the musical and you know,
we've always talked about music, but he was nervous going in
and he went in there and he gave it his all
and I think you guys will be very surprised with him
this episode too.
- Madelaine has a dancing background
so she's like super flawless on stage.
Like I had no idea, that was amazing.
Vanessa who plays Toni,
she's like, that is her actual voice.
She sings like an angel.
And I was just kind of blown away by her ability
like as an actress to be such a good singer.
- Charles was nervous about singing
and I thought he did such a great job
and same with Jordan and he was doing a great job singing
and the boys are just killing it dancing
and all the girls have great voices.
- Zoe really surprised me.
She plays Evelyn.
She kept saying like oh I don't sing,
I don't blah, blah, blah,
I don't move, I don't dance and she killed it in every way.
Like I remember hearing the first time she sang
and I'm like you actually do sing.
- I have a whole new respect for Casey and Cami
'cause they can sing and I can't.
- I think the biggest difference between last year
and this year's musical is just
overall our confidence level.
I think last year a lot of us were very stressed out
about the monstrosity, like the bigness
of doing a musical episode and all of the added work
that would be into it and could we do it
and would it be pulled off properly, and we had no idea
and we watched it, and thank God we did.
- Similar to Carrie, 'Heathers' fits Riverdale quite well.
- Definitely not a coincidence that we're doing 'Heathers,'
that's for sure, especially the music.
Not necessarily the plot, but more so the songs
that the characters sing really just ties in perfectly
with everything that the characters are going through.
- You look at the Heathers and the different girls
in Riverdale and you can kind of piece in together.
- 'Heathers' blends into 'Riverdale' through the character
that Veronica is playing which is Heather McNamara.
They both are going through very emotional times
in dealing with the people around them
and all the chaos around them
and all the pressure that they're feeling
at that individual moment so you know,
Veronica sings "Lifeboat" as Heather McNamara
in our musical episode this season
and I think she's really relating to the kind of feeling
of your world is crumbling around you.
- The biggest challenge has been,
as per usual, in Riverdale, time.
I think we have such big episodes that fitting them
into eight days is always difficult
and then fitting in rehearsals
and studio time and all of that.
- I had to do a dance with Madelaine and Cami
for the song "Candy Store" which is pretty, pretty,
it's not even that hard of a dance,
but like, for me, it was pretty challenging.
- I think the most challenging part
is just probably lack of sleep.
- And the choreography's been a lot easier because
I've had more time
and I think the production learnt from last time.
My favorite number so far has definitely been "Candy Store."
It was so fun.
- Madelaine, Lili, and Cami
just absolutely killed their dance sequence.
It's super fun and then I come in and me and Cheryl
have a riff-off dance battle.
- The audience is gonna love seeing
Veronica, Cheryl, and Betty doing a number together,
especially like a really kind of fun number
where we're all just being like sexy and fierce.
The choreography in that one was really fun to learn.
- [Casey] I'm excited for fans to see the finale.
- Just to see everybody up on stage.
We had 500 extras in the auditorium
to fill up all those seats.
It felt very real.
There is a buzz in the green room.
It felt like we were actually going out there
to do a performance.
- It's just sort of everywhere.
I'm just like
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ah ♪
Like that's me, that's me.