What's up guys? Nicole Kotche in the Young Hollywood studio, hanging out with Mr. Charles Melton. What's up, Charles?

Not much. How you doing?

I'm good. Are you going to be Melton some hearts?

I hope so.

We have seen you on Glee, in American Horror Story, and now we're going to see you on Riverdale, which is awesome. Congratulations on the show.

Thank you. Thank you.

So, we know that you are stepping in for Ross Butler, who originally played Reggie. And he's been so supportive of you kind of stepping into this role. So, how was it stepping in to the show when it was already established?

You know, Ross did a great job. And uh, what's uh I think the position that I kind of came into, because you didn't really see too much of Reggie Mantle in Season one. The uh, opportunity to play Reggie Mantle and give my whole kind of like shpeel, like my version of it, is very exciting.

We've kind of heard in the grapevine, too, that uh, your character, Reggie, and KJ Apa's character, Archie, you guys are going to be a little bit closer.

Yeah, definitely. Uh, there's going to be a lot more interacting with uh, Reggie Mantle and the core four characters. Archie finds a friend and an ally in Reggie Mantle, especially with everything, the whole psychological thrill of figuring out who shot Fred Andrews. That's going to be like an exciting uh, thing that I think the fans are going to like to see.

Speaking of KJ, you guys are on set with each other. I I can't even believe that you were able to break away from him for like a few minutes to come hang out with us today.

Well, he's like my little bro, and I'm his hyung. You know, in Korean, hyung is your big brother. And so he looks up to me.

I like that.

Yeah. So I got to, you know, teach him the ins and the outs and like Okay. You know, people say bromance, but I'm just like, that's my little brother.

I saw on your Instagram that you guys have a picture with each other, kind of doing like the Titanic pose at the end of the boat.

Yeah.

What was that?

Uh I was looking through just like pictures that I was tagged in. And uh, I saw this, and it was the, you know, Titanic, because we were doing a little workout thing and whatever.

Oh, okay, okay.

It was hilarious. And I was like, I'm posting this.

So, when KJ was here last, he was talking about his bromance with Cole. So I want to know, does Cole feel left out? You guys include him. You guys are like the little three musketeers together?

Yeah, I think we're the four musketeers, because you've got Casey Cott, too.

Oh yeah, Casey. We love Casey.

Yeah. But I think, you know, everyone sees our friendships and relationships from just like the the microscope of social media, and it's just like a fraction of what actually goes on, you know. But Cole, Casey, KJ, they're all good.

Aw. They sound like a fun time. So, who's your favorite Riverdale couple then? Like on the show, the characters.

Uh, I'd probably say Bughead. Yeah.

Yeah. Why? Anything in particular?

Just like seeing the relationship just kind of evolve and everything. I'd say that.

They're also saying that this, you know, we're going to see the show get a lot darker. Does that mean there's going to be like more secrets? What does darker mean? Can you give us any hints?

Yeah, the psychological thriller. They're trying to figure out who shot Fred Andrews, you know, and uh that's going to It's just so dark, and it's it's going to be pretty cool.

Well, because you are a model, before we let you go, can you show us how to do like your model face to camera as a way to say goodbye to the Young Hollywood family watching at home? Yeah. But You have it pretty much down. You do like a little pout, and it's like you're staring into the camera.

Well, it depends. Is this for Gap or Old Navy? Like what is it? Like is this commercial?

This is for the Young Hollywood yearbook.

Yearbook? Magazine? Oh, great. No, yearbook is great. I already know what to do, ready? Now?