KJ Apa Talks Riverdale, his American Accent, A Dog’s Purpose and More

KJ Apa sat down and talked his new CW show, Riverdale with Vulture. In the interview, KJ talks auditioning for the role, dying his hair, his American accent, his movie, A Dog’s Purpose, his future and so much more. Highlights can be found below.

On his American accent: “I never actively went out and studied the American accent. I just came over here to the States and it was something I was able to do. Like, I never struggled with it. I used to talk to myself as a kid in an American accent. Other than that, I don’t actually know why I can do it. It’s an easy accent to do, I think, in terms of accents.

It’s harder for Americans to do a New Zealand accent than it is for a New Zealander to do an American accent. I think that’s also because of how popular and how just broad all American culture is around the globe. I think my musical side has always helped as well. I’ve always played by ear with guitar and piano, so I think that can also play into it as well. I’m able to hear and then mimic it or something.”

On his future: “At the moment, I really want to do action. I feel like I really want to be more physical. And I feel like action movies will give that to me. I definitely want to make movies after doing A Dog’s Purpose. I was thinking to myself, even while I was doing that, imagine if I could do this forever. Making movies is definitely something that I want to become more experienced at doing. I want to get away from the high-school jock.”

You can read his full interview here. I would love to see him in an action movie. What about you guys?

Source: Vulture