Riverdale's Bernadette Beck: "I feel like I was just there to fulfill a diversity quota"

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The actress, who is Black, echoed Riverdale star Vanessa Morgan's allegation that the show has little regard for Black actors. Beck appeared on Season 3 and 4 as the character Peaches ‘N Cream. “I was made out to be a very unlikable character and therefore, an unlikable person in people’s eyes,” Beck tells Elle, noting that she and Morgan's characters haven't had developed backstories. Despite having few lines of dialogue, Beck says on multiple occasions producers told her that she was supposed to appear "sassy" and that her character is someone who "always speaks her mind." “I get it, there’s always a protagonist and antagonist, but I never had much of a story plot or enough character development to even be considered an antagonist,” Beck says. “I was, for no reason, depicted in a very negative, unattractive light. And I’m not the first Black actress to show up on set, stand there, chew gum, and look sassy and mean. I feel like I was just there to fulfill a diversity quota. It’s just to fulfill points.”