Following his award-winning performance as Joe in May December, Charles Melton is the talk of the town (and the internet). Joe’s emotional journey was the tour de force of the film, finally giving the actor his flowers. However, his rise to stardom is no surprise to those who watched him regularly on Riverdale until the series ended in 2023. Entering in the second season as the new Reggie Mantle, replacing Ross Butler in the role, Melton changed the character — and, by extension, the show — for the better, bringing a much-needed new energy to Reggie (even after only 13 episodes of Butler’s take) that turned him into the character that fans later came to adore, especially in the final season.