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Those are big shoes to fill, but we\u2019re confident we can find an actor who is as funny and sexy as Ross. And of course we all wish Ross the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butler is a regular on Netflix&#8217;s hit &#8220;13 Reasons Why,&#8221; which is expected to receive a second season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8220;13 Reasons Why&#8221; star was unavailable for season two, so &#8220;Riverdale&#8221; will find a new Reggie.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[6437,8865,289],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ross Butler Won&#039;t Return For &quot;Riverdale&quot; Season 2; Reggie To Be Recast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ross Butler is unavailable for season two of &quot;Riverdale,&quot; but The CW&#039;s series is not playing to ditch the Reggie character. 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