Lucy Hale (Life Sentence, Pretty Little Liars) has been cast as the titular role for CW's Riverdale spinoff pilot Katy Keene. per THR.
Katy Keene follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene (Hale) — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio. Based on Archie Comics characters.
Hale's Katy is described as bold, big-hearted and independent and a New Yorker with dreams of being a fashion designer. When she's not working as a personal shopper at a luxury department store, she's navigating friendship and dating in the big city.
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