AND CURRENTLY STARS AS JUGHEAD ON "RIVERDALE."

PLEASE WELCOME COLE SPROUSE!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )

THERE YOU GO!

GO FOR IT.

THERE YOU GO.

HELLO.

>> PERFECT.

>> Stephen: WELCOME.

WELCOME.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU CAN INTERVIEW ME IF YOU WANT.

I'LL TAKE THE NIGHT OFF.

YOU AND YOUR BROTHER DYLAN HAVE BEEN ACTING SINCE YOU WERE EIGHT

MONTHS OLD.

>> DIAPER COMMERCIALS.

>> Stephen: PUT THAT BACK UP THERE FOR A SECOND.

WHICH ONE IS YOU?

>> I'M THE ONE HAVING THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS, FOR SURE.

>> Stephen: GOOD.

WHICH ONE IS THAT?

>> PROBABLY THE ONE ON THE LEFT.

>> Stephen: RIGHT.

YOU'RE THE CUTE ONE.

>> I THINK SO.

>> Stephen: NOW, DID YOU EVER DO THE TWIN SWITCH?

>> ALL THE TIME.

>> Stephen: YOU DID THAT?

YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY DYLAN.

>> Stephen: OH, FANTASTIC.

YOUR FIRST SOLO GIG WAS ON "FRIENDS."

>> YES.

>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THIS TIME?

>> I LIKE HOW YOU'RE JUST PULLING OUT PICTURES LIKE A

SCRAPBOOK OF MY LIFE.

>> Stephen: SURE, THIS IS YOUR LIFE, COLE SPROUSE.

>> HERE IT IS.

>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER THIS MOMENT HERE?

>> THAT'S WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER, YEAH.

>> Stephen: REALLY?

YOU HAD A LITTLE CRUSH ON JENNIFER ANISTON.

>> DIDN'T EVERYBODY.

>> Stephen: SURE, GET IN LINE.

I FELT SO INTIMIDATED BY MY CRUSH ON HER THAT I COMPLETELY

BLANKED AND FORGOT ALL MY LIFE AND SHE WAS JUST STARING AT ME

AND WAITING AND ONE OF THE CREW MEMBERS, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE,

SAID "THAT LITTLE BOY'S GOT A CRUSH!"

BROKE ME.

BROKE ME.

>> Stephen: OF COURSE.

I BET YOU STILL WAKE UP SCREAMING.

>> YEAH.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU TOOK A BREAK

IN YOUR LATE TEENS.

HOW LONG WERE YOU NOT ACTING?

>> I DECIDED TO GO TO COLLEGE, TOOK A BREAK.

>> Stephen: GOOD CALL.

TOOK ABOUT A FIVE-YEAR HIATUS FROM ACTING.

STUDIED ARCHEOLOGY, TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD FOR A BIT.

>> Stephen: THAT WAS NICE.

IT WAS, YEAH.

>> Stephen: INDIANA JONES.

INDIANA JONES IS SO EXCITING, IF YOU GUYS SAW WHAT ARCHEOLOGY

REALLY WAS, WHICH IS JUST SIX WEEKS OF ME OVER A ONE BY ONE

TRENCH OF DIRT WITH A SPOON -- ( LAUGHTER )

>> Stephen: WHERE DID YOU DIG?

I WENT TO BULGARIA, MACEDONIA, GREECE, FRANCE,

GERMANY.

I GOT ACCEPTED TO MONGOLIA AND EGYPT BUT THOSE DIGS SORT OF

FELL APART, SO I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER.

>> Stephen: DID YOU FIND ANYTHING COOL?

>> I DID.

I FOUND A CERAMIC THEATRICAL MASK OF DIONESIS, WHICH IS COOL.

>> Stephen: WHERE?

BULGARIA.

AN ANCIENT SETTLEMENT.

>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.

IT WAS.

BUT PULLING A MASK OUT OF THE GROUND IS CREEPY.

>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS UNDER THE MASK?

>> BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED MY JIM CARREY.

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PULL A MASK OUT OF THE GROUND.

>> Stephen: YEAH?

YOU EITHER GET GREAT LUCK AND END UP ON THE COLBERT SHOW, OR

YOU GET CURSED, AND THAT'S IT.

>> Stephen: WHAT DREW YOU TO "RIVERDALE"?

WHAT GOT YOU EXCITED ABOUT IT?

>> I WAS WORKING IN THIS LITTLE ARCHEOLOGICAL LAB, LIKE A

TREASURE GOBLIN, JUST PUTTING ARTIFACTS INTO BAGS AND LABELING

THEM IN SOME DINGY BASEMENT IN BROOKLYN AND GOT A CALL AND IT

JUST SAID, YOU WANT TO BE A STAR, KID?

AND I SAID, YEAH.

MY MANAGE BEGGED ME TO COME OUT FOR PILOT WEEK AND I WAS DOING

ARCHEOLOGY AND I SAID IF I DON'T GET ANYTHING, I'M NOT COMING

BACK, SO I BOOKED "RIVERDALE" AND IT FELL IN PLACE.

>> Stephen: THE PARENTS ON "RIVERDALE," PLAYED BY FORMER

TEEN IDOLS LUKE PERRY, SKEET ULRICH, MAURY RINGWALLED, AMONG

OTHERS.

HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU ADVICE ABOUT A BEING YOUNG AND FAMOUS?

>> THE ACT OPPOSITE.

>> Stephen: YOU GIVE THEM ADVICE.

>> IN I THINK THE NATURE OF CELEBRITY HAS KIND OF CHANGED

NOW.

FOR ME, AS WELL, WE'RE ALL SORT OF NAVIGATING IT, BUT FOR NOW

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN A FUNDAMENTAL PROFESSIONAL

COMPONENT OF YOUR BUSINESS.

YOUR SHOW KNOWS IT, ALL DO.

MOST FILMS HAVE TO DEAL WITH SMEEDY IN SOME ASPECT, AND MANY

OF THE CAST MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO IN TUNE WITH SOCIAL

MEDIA SINCE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE VETTING PROCESS HAVE

EDUCATED SOME OF THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE CAST ON --

>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU TEACH LUKE PERRY?

>> WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHOW A TASTEFUL AMOUNT OF NIPPLE ON

SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> Stephen: WELL, I DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT.

WHEN IS IT TO SHOW A TASTEFUL AMOUNT OF NIPPLE?

>> ALL THE TIME.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: "RIVERDALE" AIRS

WEDNESDAYS ON THE CW.

COLE SPROUSE, EVERYBODY.