Camila Mendes, who stars as Veronica Lodge on Riverdale, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week and shared a very strange story from her audition for the show.
When asked if she remembered the audition, Mendes said, “I remember it being a very stressful day. I was thirty minutes late for the audition and I was the very last person they were seeing and I managed to squeeze in the audition.”
She then went on to say she had a very interesting chat with the casting director, “My hair was frizzy, it was raining that day and I remember the casting director telling me, ‘You’re a little matte right now, at The CW we’re glossy. You know, like glossy lips, cheeks are glowing… Come back a few days from now,’ because then they brought me in for a producers session…”
Colbert asked, “They wanted you to get glossy in a few days?”
Mendes laughed, “My friend did my makeup and she made me look glowy, like I just came out of the womb. Afterbirth, glowing.”
Colbert joked that it sounds like a compliment he wasn’t aware of, “Oh my God, you look amazing, it’s like you still have the placenta on you!”
With a glow like that it’s no wonder she landed the role.
Watch the video here:
Meanwhile, on the show, we’ll soon be meeting the younger brother of Fred Andrews (the late Luke Perry), Frank Andrews played by Ryan Robbins.
Deadline reports, “Robbins’ Frank Andrews is a blue collar, former high school football star – tough, brash, and charming. His temper and vices constantly get him into trouble. He’s lived in the shadow of Fred… his beloved older brother, since he was born. As a result, Frank joined the Army in search of his own identity. After three tours of duty, Frank Andrews is haunted and in need of a home.”
There’s no more known about the character and whether he’ll be staying in Riverdale long-term, but it could be the show’s answer to providing Archie (KJ Apa) with a father-like figure in his life following the death of his own dad.