The Pain Was Real
In the heartbreaking scene from the show Riverdale where Archie is frantically trying to save Cheryl from drowning under the ice of a frozen-over body of water, the actor was too caught up in the moment. KJ Apa must have forgotten it wasn’t real-life and punched the “ice” so hard, he literally broke his hand on set.
Not only was there a lot of screaming that followed, but there was also plenty of blood. No matter how it must have felt, KJ Apa is a real trooper – and a fantastic actor. He kept working through that pain until the scene ended. And the producers used the actual raw footage in the final cut. We wonder what it must’ve felt like for the actor later watching that scene.