-I´ve got to say I´m a giant fan,
as you probably heard, that I am a fan of your show.
-Only a couple times. -Yeah.
I was watching and I go -- ´Cause I was a fan
of "Archie" comics growing up, and I go,
"How are they gonna make this work as a show?"
´Cause I didn´t understand, like, you know,
it was, like, Archie and Jughead, Betty and Veronica.
Then -- Ooh, it´s dark.
[ Laughter ]
-I think they just tossed around the word "perverted,"
like, seven times. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, but I mean -- -"Perverted"!
-There´s a murder, and it´s one of --
It´s -- It´s your brother.
I mean, I´m not -- No spoilers tonight, yeah.
-That´s not a spoiler. -No. Well, you never know.
-It´s not my brother. Her brother
-I mean, yeah. -But they´re both twins.
-And I go, "Whoa. This is actually fantastic."
I love it.
There´s so many good special, fun cameos of people in this
that every other episode, I´m like "Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh!" And again, I don´t want
to give it away, because I freaked out.
I mean, your dad? -We were so psyched.
Yeah, we were psyched when we found out
that you were a fan of the show.
-Well, this is why -- This is why I´m very, very impressed.
First of all, your voice, your accent...
[ Laughter ] Where are you from?
It´s not Aust-- -I´m from New Zealand.
Not Australia. I´m from New Zealand.
-New Zealand. [ Scattered cheers ]
And -- And can you --
You´re not even a real redhead, are you?
-No. I´m not an American, I´m not a real redhead.
None of it really fits, but... [ Laughter ]
-So, when you auditioned to play Archie, were you like,
"There´s no way I´m gonna get this"?
-Absolutely. -Right?
-And I was even more terrified
about what I would look like with red hair.
-Oh, really? What color is your hair?
-´Cause it´s either gonna go two ways.
-Why? -What? Why´s that, huh?
-Yeah, why´s that? -Well, if you´re not ginger.
Like, you´re gonna suit it,
or you´re not gonna suit it at all.
-That´s true, yeah.
-But it kind of, I think, worked.
-I think it suits him. -I prefer him this way.
-We honestly prefer him with his red hair.
-What color is your hair? -It´s, like, black.
-It´s exactly like your color.
-Well, I mean, this is one of the finest toupees on Amazon.
[ Laughter ] Thank you for saying that.
I appreciate -- I really appreciate that.
I want to hear, like, how --
´Cause -- I --
This is what Jughead looks like, right?
So, you got the cartoon. That´s Jughead, right?
So I go, "How are they gonna make this work?
Are they gonna keep the crown?"
Were you concerned at all?
-They just made me turn profile,
and they measured the size of my nose.
-No. -They were like, "Mm, okay."
-No, but, Cole, did you know
that they were gonna keep the crown?
Or how were they gonna play that off?
-No, we didn´t know.
I guess I had asked pretty early on,
and they didn´t really have a solid idea.
But I actually have the crown here.
I brought it -- for you. -You brought it?
´Cause I mean, this -- they made it work.
This is the crown in the show. -Yeah.
It´s more like a beanie. -Yeah.
-It´s a beanie. -It´s fantastic.
-You brought it here? -Could you put it on?
It´s all right. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Are you sure? I mean...
-There´s a way to do it. -Really?
It´s the real one?
-Don´t smell it. -Don´t smell it.
-Don´t smell it. -I´m not gonna smell it!
-There´s only one of those beanies.
-There´s only one -- For real?
-Yeah. -Is this the right side, like --
Like this? -Yeah.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Just like that, that´s it.
You got it. Don´t even pull it down.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Now look in the camera and say, "I´m weird, I´m a weirdo."
♫♫
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow.
I´m honored to do this. This is really fun.