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Is Riverdale's Skeet Ulrich Team Bughead?

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One of the many of the "Riverdale" Hot Dads Club™ Skeet Ulrich, AKA FP Jones, stops by the YH Studio to chat about bonding with his on-screen son, Cole Sprouse, and what it's like filming in beautiful Vancouver! Plus, he gives us one very intriguing word to tease what we can expect from FP and he reveals whether or not he is #TeamBughead!

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Young Hollywood

What's going on guys? Hanging with me today, I have Skeet Ulrich. What's up, Skeet?

Skeet Ulrich

Uh, nothing.

Young Hollywood

What? This is nothing to you? How are you?

Skeet Ulrich

I'm great.

Young Hollywood

Good. I'm so happy to have you here. I'm glad you brought this, you know, this is my drug of choice as well. Riverdale Peeps. Yeah. You've eaten like kind of a lot since we've sat down.

Skeet Ulrich

I know. You put it here.

Young Hollywood

How are you feeling?

Skeet Ulrich

I'm I'm a little dizzy.

Young Hollywood

Are you? Yeah. Well you look great. You look fab.

Skeet Ulrich

Thanks.

Young Hollywood

Love the leather jacket.

Skeet Ulrich

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

It's very like serpent like.

Skeet Ulrich

Yeah, it is a little bit. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Because it is your first time here in the Young Hollywood studio. I want to know who off of our celebrity pillow would you want to hang out with and why?

Skeet Ulrich

I love Justin Timberlake. He's awesome, right? I think that would be a blast, but Adam Sandler all the way. Cause he's just hilarious, right? He's just so funny. Yeah. Yeah. I got to meet him one time. He was the most relaxed, fun, interesting person, so.

Young Hollywood

He seems like it. What's your favorite JT song?

Skeet Ulrich

Oh my God. I know no names of any songs. So that's I'm I'm not

Young Hollywood

Let's be a video. What is your favorite song of his? SexyBack.

Skeet Ulrich

Okay. I'm bringing sexy back. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. You can rap it, you know?

Young Hollywood

That's a good one. That's a good one. So you know that one. Yeah. Okay, good. Ooh. I was like if you don't know that one, Skeet, I mean, come on.

Skeet Ulrich

I know. I shouldn't even bring up his name.

Young Hollywood

Exactly. Yeah. Okay. Okay, so Riverdale. Yes. You're on one of the hottest shows I think ever for the CW. I think so many people watch it, yeah. Yeah. Some people are saying it's the show of the hot dads. What do you think about that?

Skeet Ulrich

Oh. I mean, you know, I don't know what I could say to that cause I mean I like Mark and I like Luke.

Young Hollywood

He's great, yep.

Skeet Ulrich

Yeah. They're beautiful human beings.

Young Hollywood

You guys all are. The cast is just gorgeous.

Skeet Ulrich

It I mean they're you know, it's a cool group of people. There's a lot of beauty floating around that makeup trailer in the morning.

Young Hollywood

Must be hard. Okay. I'm going to quote something from the show. You can tell me who said this, okay?

Skeet Ulrich

Okay.

Young Hollywood

You're looking extra Dilf-y today.

Skeet Ulrich

Oh, that's got to be Madelaine.

Young Hollywood

Yes, Madelaine. We love you. That's our favorite line ever. Dilf-y, just like that's great. Yes. You did it just like her. Just about in her lipstick, red hair, the flip, you know. Perfect. We love her. Nice, nice, nice, nice. So you play um FP Jones. Yes. Jughead's dad. Yeah. So you work really closely with Cole Sprouse who plays Jughead. Did you guys bond right away? Like what was the connection like when you guys first started?

Skeet Ulrich

Very quickly, yeah. I mean, he's a really interesting guy. I mean, he's got a, you know, his his education is very diverse. Um, he was really into archaeology for a long time and so there's always interesting stuff to talk about with him and and yeah, we bond really quick and had a great time creating the the life of the Jones.

Young Hollywood

I don't know. I I just think the world of him. He's a sassy one. We see him out and about and he just he's hilarious. We love him. Yeah. Yeah. He doesn't seem to have any any walls up either which is really interesting. He's kind of This is who I am and take it or leave it. Has anyone ever told you that you guys kind of look alike? Like on screen.

Skeet Ulrich

I know I've I've seen some stuff about um, you know, when I was young, when I was his age and stuff, people doing the comparisons and there there is a lot of similarities for sure.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, really? No, I honestly think Riverdale they casted just so well with like the the kids and the parents cause like when you guys are standing, you and Cole are next to each other on screen like I genuinely believe you guys are related. You guys you guys did it really well. So.

Skeet Ulrich

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

We've actually told the cast that we want to come to Vancouver. Which is where you guys film.

Skeet Ulrich

Sure.

Young Hollywood

Well, I've never been there. No. So can you kind of like set the scene like what does it look like? What's like the weather like? What are you guys doing in between takes?

Skeet Ulrich

Uh, well, we shoot primarily about 45 minutes outside the city. I mean it was snowing almost every day. There was a lot of snow.

Young Hollywood

Amazing.

Skeet Ulrich

But yeah, uh usually, you know, between takes, I mean cause TV goes so fast. There's not really much time to do stuff so you're kind of running to to get ready for the next little bit and um catching up with people as you can. But Vancouver is an amazing city. It's beautiful.

Young Hollywood

So your character has gone through an intense two seasons so far. Yeah. If you could put into one word what FP is going to be seeing soon. Like what we can expect for FP. What would that one word be?

Skeet Ulrich

Revenge.

Young Hollywood

Ooh. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, I'm going to extend the one word. Can you tell us anything else?

Skeet Ulrich

You're going to extend it.

Young Hollywood

Okay. I'm going to extend the one word. Revenge. Oh. I like that. Okay, okay, fine, you got it there. Okay, revenge, I like it. And last but certainly not least, are you Team Bughead?

Skeet Ulrich

Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm all for them working it out.

Young Hollywood

Me too. I think they're so cute.

Skeet Ulrich

Yeah, they are. They're great together and uh, I, you know, I like KJ and Cami as well. I think that's a great dynamic and hopefully Falice will come along pretty soon.

Young Hollywood

We're rooting for that. That'd be so hot. I know, she's Can we have Madchen come back and then you guys can just we can all hang out and talk about it?

Skeet Ulrich

I love that. She is so much fun and just so vibrant and uh, and a lot of fun to work with, really talented.

Young Hollywood

You're really talented too. Yeah.

Skeet Ulrich

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

You're welcome. Well, let's throw it out. We're all done here. I want you to stay forever but we got to go. So let's cheers to some chocolate and Jingle Jangle. Skeet, you're awesome.

Skeet Ulrich

Let's do it.

Young Hollywood

You're awesome. Come back anytime. Thanks so much.

Skeet Ulrich

Thanks for having me.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Skeet Ulrich

    Guest discussing his role as FP Jones on Riverdale

  • Cole Sprouse

    Plays Jughead, FP Jones's son on Riverdale; discussed by Skeet Ulrich

  • Justin Timberlake

    Celebrity Skeet Ulrich would want to hang out with

  • Adam Sandler

    Celebrity Skeet Ulrich would want to hang out with

  • Mark Consuelos

    Co-star on Riverdale, part of the 'Hot Dads'

  • Luke Perry

    Co-star on Riverdale, part of the 'Hot Dads'

  • Madelaine Petsch

    Riverdale co-star; quoted by host

  • KJ Apa

    Riverdale co-star, mentioned in context of dynamic with Camila Mendes

  • Camila Mendes

    Riverdale co-star, mentioned in context of dynamic with KJ Apa

  • Mädchen Amick

    Riverdale co-star, plays Alice Cooper, mentioned for 'Falice' pairing

FAQ

Who does Skeet Ulrich play on Riverdale?+
Skeet Ulrich plays FP Jones, Jughead's dad, on the show Riverdale.
Where is Riverdale filmed?+
Riverdale is filmed primarily about 45 minutes outside of Vancouver, Canada.
Does Skeet Ulrich think he looks like Cole Sprouse?+
Skeet Ulrich acknowledges similarities between himself when he was younger and Cole Sprouse, noting people have made comparisons.
Is Skeet Ulrich Team Bughead?+
Yes, Skeet Ulrich is 'absolutely' Team Bughead and is all for them working it out.
What word did Skeet Ulrich use to tease FP Jones's future?+
Skeet Ulrich used the word 'revenge' to describe what fans can expect from FP Jones soon.
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