Lili Reinhart Calls Her Hustlers Character 'The Innocent One'

Riverdale star Lili Reinhart is taking on something of a different role than what she generally tackles in the upcoming movie Hustlers, and that's exactly why she loves it.


Speaking to ET Online, the actress revealed some of her inspirations in back of taking on her character, the film's diversity, and why she ended up leaving her comfort zone while filming.


As you might be aware already, Hustlers is a upcoming film that follows a crowd of strippers who determine to join forces to steal from prosperous Wall Street customers right after taking mistreatment at the hands of a few prosperous and influential boys. It incorporates a star-studded cast like Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, Constance Wu, Kiki Palmer, and Reinhart. And the fiercely independent Betty Cooper we know isn't coming out to play here, which was "refreshing" to Reinhart.


"It was quite a refreshing role to play because I generally don't play females who don't have their head on fully straight," mentioned Reinhart. "Betty understands what she wants, she's incredibly smart and also a leader, and Annabelle was the opposite. She's definitely not ridiculous, yet she's naive and young and I think she really was looking at the older ladies to guide her and take her under their wing." She described her character Annabelle because the innocent one," adding "Even though none of those are innocent."


to make for her role, Reinhart signed up for private pole dancing lessons and worked worked with costume designer Mitchell Travers to calculate the perfect look for Annabelle, which she described as "a little bit more slutty Hannah Montana."


"That was basically the vibe," she mentioned. "And wearing really shitty extensions in my hair and interesting bold makeup, sparkles and blue eye shadow." She noted how style was "so different" just a couple of years prior in 2013, and if she could call her extensions less-than-stellar, she's still fully rocking it, although she had to step out of her comfort zone to bring the character to life.


"I certainly look at strip clubs in a fully new way," Reinhart mentioned of her time as Annabelle. “I have so much appreciation for the ladies who do what they do. It truly is a workout and incredibly hard, especially in heels that are 12-inches long."


Hustlers is sashaying into theaters on September 13.