Lili Reinhart

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The star of Riverdale and Chemical Hearts, Lili Reinhart, joins Podcrushed to discuss her journey from a 12-year-old aspiring artist to a booked-and-busy actor. Lili reflects on her early struggles and auditions, the transformative experience of Riverdale, and the challenges of bringing indie projects like Hal & Harper to life. She also opens up about her latest productions and the pressures of adapting popular IP, all while maintaining her sanity in Hollywood. Don’t miss this one! For a limited time, you can try Pretty Tasty for free - just go to http://prettytasty.com, pick your flavor, and use code PODCRUSHED. Podcrushed listeners can grab Rosetta Stone’s LIFETIME Membership for 50% OFF at rosettastone.com/podcrushed.That’s unlimited access to 25 language courses, for life! Our new book Crushmore is out now! Go go go! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993 00:00 Introduction 04:19 Lily’s Early Acting Journey 10:05 Challenges and Rejections 15:52 Moving to LA and Booking Riverdale 25:13 First Crushes and Heartbreaks 28:08 Embarrassing School Memories 30:18 Transition to Adulthood 30:54 Moving Back to LA and Auditioning for Riverdale 33:03 Booking the Role and Moving to Vancouver 34:20 Chemistry Tests and Initial Reactions 37:05 Shooting the First Season of Riverdale 39:01 Impact of Riverdale’s Success 39:28 Favorite Storylines and Behind-the-Scenes Memories 42:36 Challenges and Rewards of Independent Television 54:10 The Love Hypothesis and Handling Fan Expectations 57:16 Upcoming Projects and Future Plans 01:02:24 Advice to 12-Year-Old Self 🎧 Want more from Podcrushed? 📸 Instagram 🎵 TikTok 🐦 X / Twitter ✨ Follow Penn, Sophie & Nava Instagram Penn Sophie Nava TikTok Penn Sophie Nava See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:05.8	I watched Grasswood Girl for the first time when I was 16 in L.A.
0:10.9	And was it like descending on a cloud?
0:12.5	Was it like, wow, this is confirming me.
0:15.8	This is what I want to do.
0:18.4	That's exactly what happened.
0:22.6	Welcome to Pod Crushed. We're hosts.
0:23.6	I'm Penn.
0:24.6	I'm Nava and I'm Sophie.
0:26.6	And I think we would have been your middle school besties.
0:28.6	Fishing around for two other besties so we could be in a quadruple.
0:32.6	So wrong.
0:35.6	Welcome, welcome to Pod Crushed.
0:38.7	I'm joined by my co-hote, one of my co-ho, only one of my co-hosts, 50% of the dynamic duo
0:46.2	who represent 66.6% of the tremendously charming trio.
0:54.1	Navi-cavlin, what have I even, where did I,
0:56.2	I can't remember when I wasn't talking.
0:58.1	Please go.
0:58.8	Yeah.
0:59.9	Buenos Aires.
1:00.7	I want to know how were the Crusades today.
1:03.9	How many people did you conquer?
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