Riverdale Adds Broadchurch Alum to Season 5 as Veronica s Husband (?!) TVLine 7/01/2021
Riverdale has cast British actor Chris Mason (
Broadchurch) to play Veronica’s husband in the upcoming Season 5, according to our sister site Deadline.
Mason will play Chad Gekko, a Wall Street banker who is married to Veronica; the CW drama is set to do a time jump of seven years this season. A controlling and jealous alpha male, “Chad is threatened by Veronica’s life in Riverdale, especially her friendship with Archie,” per the official description. Mason will recur starting with Season 5’s fourth episode.
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This means, obviously, that Archie and Veronica aren’t still together when the gang reunites after the seven-year time jump. Season 5 premiering Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 8/7c picks up with the teens still at Riverdale High, going through rites of passage like prom and graduation, but then will jump forward to them as adults, post-college. Things will be d