KJ Apa Covers The 50th Issue Of VMAN

KJ Apa is on the cover of the newest issue of VMAN magazine. The young actor is on the cover to promote the final season of his hit series, Riverdale. KJ was interviewed by James Franco for the interview. Highlights from his interview are below.

On wanting his chance to do a comedy: “I was like 12, so I definitely wasn’t smoking weed. But I just remember watching Jim Carrey and even still now, nobody does it like him. When I see actors like you, like Jim Carrey, playing characters like that, I want an opportunity to do that so badly. I feel like after being on Riverdale, like a CW type of show, it’s really difficult to get those opportunities because people only see you as this actor who’s capable of doing one thing…I almost want to go to the opposite side of the spectrum of CW Land. I want to play real characters, you know?”

On finding work after Riverdale: “I recognize that coming out of Riverdale, the fear of maybe not working, I realized that taking some time is actually a blessing. I’ve got debt and I know I need to keep making money and stuff like that to support my family. But I relate so much to what you’re saying, this obsession with working…I’ve been really guilty over the years of measuring my success against my work, but now, especially being in recovery, I’m trying to set standards for myself. I’m kind of going into another territory right now, being a father has really brought up a lot of things. Like I feel like I’m going through this period of self-discovery right now in my life where I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m a father. I’ve got all this responsibility,’ but I have all this ambition and things that I want to achieve. I’m trying to find a healthy balance for it all.”

You can check out even more from his interview here.