"Jughead, to me, was reflective of a teen experience that made a lot of sense to me," Sprouse told Teen Vogue. "He's the narrator on the show. So that, to me, was interesting, because anybody who thinks they can write about their own town with the people living side-by-side right next to him… that's a super pretentious thing to think. And pretentiousness is kind of like the currency of the teenage experience. I think there's something so human about that and so understandable about that, that Jughead became really interesting to me. He's this character that strives for a kind of deepness in almost a cringe-y capacity, and that experience was really enjoyable to try and portray on screen."