What's more, Petsch suggests that Cheryl's progression from River Vixen bully to a young woman with agency and genuine emotions could mean shedding that devilish style. "I feel like that's a part of an identity she hasn't really clung to because her parents were so awful to her and she lost the one person who loved her," Petsch explains. "My interpretation of the red is that this is something her family has forced on her for a long time, that red is the color she always has to be wearing."