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Gina Gershon to play Jughead's mom on 'Riverdale'

By Karen Butler   |   Oct. 8, 2018 at 9:14 AM
Gina Gershon will play Jugheads mother in Season 3 of "Riverdale." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI "Riverdale" stars, left to right, KJ Apa, Casey Cott, Luke Perry and Skeet Ulrich arrive for the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 22. Photo by James Atoa/UPI "Riverdale" stars, left to right, Ashleigh Murray, Madelaine Petsch, Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, Marisol Nichols and Luke Perry arrive on the red carpet at the 2017 CW Upfront on May 18, 2017 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Red Oaks and How to Make it in America actress Gina Gershon has joined the cast of Riverdale for Season 3, which debuts Wednesday.

Her casting as Gladys Jones in the small-screen, comic-book adaptation was announced Sunday at New York Comic Con where the cast participated in a panel discussion in front of thousands of fans.

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Gladys is the mother of Jughead, played on the series by Cole Sprouse. Skeet Ulrich plays Jughead's dad, KP Jones.

Trinity Likins will play Jughead's little sister, Jellybean, starting this season, as well.

Luke Perry, who plays Fred Andrews, said Gershon's first scenes are with Sprouse, Ulrich and KJ Apa, who plays Fred's son Archie.

"And Gina can handle all them," EW.com quoted Perry as saying. "She's fun."

Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre Sacasa shared a photo Sunday of Apa, Perry, Lili Reinhart (Betty Cooper) and Mädchen Amick (Betty's mom Alice) sitting on a couch at the Javits Center in Manhattan where NYCC took place.

"Having a blast with the Cooper ladies and the Andrews boys at NYComic-Con. They make me so happy! #Riverdale is back in three days!!" he tweeted.