Riverdale are taking no chances when it comes to filming kissing scenes amid the COVID-19 pandemic – the actors must rinse their mouths for a full minute before each take.Actor KJ Apa has been filming season five of The CW series in Canada since production resumed in October (2020), following a coronavirus-related shutdown in September, and there are extra safety precautions in place when the castmembers have to lock lips onscreen.“They have us come to set a little early,” he tells America’s Live with Kelly and Ryan, “and we have to rinse our mouths for one minute.
There’s a guy standing there with a timer, counting down 60 seconds, and we have to rinse our mouths out for 60 seconds before the scene, before every take…”“It’s Listerine,” KJ .