April 4 (UPI) -- Riverdale star K.J. Apa has been cast in Fox drama The Hate U Give in place of Kian Lawley who was fired from the film for using racial slurs.
Apa will be starring the film as the boyfriend of star Amandla Stenberg, Variety reported. Fox has ordered over a week of re-shoots in Atlanta to add Apa to the film. The Hate U Give, based on the Angela Thomas' novel of the same name, explores race and police brutality.