Riverdale star KJ Apa says late actor Luke Perry 'made such a huge effort' to make him 'feel comfortable' on set of hit CW show
KJ Apa said Luke Perry made him 'feel comfortable and feel welcome' on the 'Riverdale' set.
The late actor — who played Fred Andrews on the hit CW series — passed away last month at the age of 52 after suffering a stroke, and now KJ, who played his on-screen son Archie Andrews, has heaped the praise on his kind and caring attitude.
'It's not every day you come across a guy like Luke,' he said during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 'Luke is the kind of person who did everything he can to make whoever you are, no matter how big or small you are, feel comfortable and feel welcome.
'It's not every day you come across a guy like Luke,' KJ Apa said during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
'It's hard to kind of put into words how that makes me feel.'
The 21-year-old star went on to reveal Luke treated him like a son even away from the cameras, and would often phone up his parents to let them know how their son was doing.
'He would call my parents every week and keep them updated on how I'm doing. If I had a cold or something he'd be like, "I got him, I brought some Gatorade to his apartment the other day."
Difficult: Perry - who played Fred Andrews on the hit CW series - passed away last month at the age of 52 after suffering a stroke
Nice guy: The 21-year-old star went on to reveal Luke treated him like a son even away from the cameras, and would often phone up his parents to let them know how their son was doing
'He made such a huge effort from the very beginning. I wish I could be like that.'
Earlier this week, Luke's final scenes as Fred in Riverdale were aired, in which he was seen comforting his son after he was accused of committing a crime.
As of the time of writing, it's not known how the show's writers will tie up Fred's storyline in the wake of Luke's passing.
Meanwhile, fellow Riverdale star Mark Consuelos recently hailed Luke as 'one of the good ones.'
He said: 'All the great things you've heard about Luke? They're all true. That's who he was. He was an amazingly generous, kind person. You can't fake that. He was one of the good ones.'
'He made such a huge effort from the very beginning,' Apa said of his co-star Luke Perry
'He would call my parents every week and keep them updated on how I'm doing. If I had a cold or something he'd be like, "I got him, I brought some Gatorade to his apartment the other day,"' Apa recalled
