On Riverdale, there is a lot of kissing, but the cast, according to actor Lili Reinhart, was never permitted to tongue-kiss.
There is a lot of kissing on Riverdale, one of the most contentious teen dramas on the CW, but actor Lili Reinhart claims that’s because of a specific rule.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Riverdale’s kids have exchanged a lot of kisses, but there has always been one rule on the show: no kissing with the tongue. Reinhart made this revelation when speaking on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast.
Of course, Reinhart wasn’t just saying it to make people laugh. Since Riverdale is primarily a teen drama, she was talking about a fundamental problem that prevented her from exploring her own development and maturity on the show. You can only act as much of an adult on a CW show, she continues, as tongue kissing isn’t even really permitted.
Five years later, Riverdale is finally coming to an end. The series’ final season is anticipated to debut in 2023, giving some closure to the longest single chapter of Reinhart’s career thus far. The season will also have four musical episodes and more tongue-free kissing than possibly any other program on television.
According to Reinhart, Riverdale’s finale marks the start of a new phase in her career, one in which she could get the chance to on-screen kiss with her tongue. She wants to begin acting in more mature parts to acknowledge the fact that she has aged since Riverdale initially aired. Reinhart was 20 years old when the show first debuted on television and had just finished a string of child-acting roles in movies and television shows. She is now 25 years old and claims she is prepared to take on “roles that you have not seen me in. In the most recent Look Both Ways movie on Netflix, Reinhart played a college grad who must balance two different lives: one in which she becomes a mother, and the other in which she concentrates on her job. While critics have given Look Both Ways mixed reviews, many have praised Reinhart for her portrayal of a woman on the verge of true adulthood.
Although the first six seasons of Riverdale are now available on Netflix, the show is about to end. Look Both Ways is another title available on the site for anyone interested in Reinhart’s future.