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.