I Never Thought I’d See Lili Reinhart Without Blonde Hair—See the Photos

When we first met actor Lili Reinhart in the pilot episode of the CW’s Riverdale, her blonde hair was tied back in a perky ponytail, just like the comic-book version of her iconic character Betty Cooper. Though a lot changed for Betty during the series’ seven seasons, one thing never did: that blonde hair! (“Dark Betty,” as she was referred to when she wore a black bob wig, doesn’t count.) After all, Betty Cooper is canonically blonde, and Reinhart has also been pretty faithful to her golden hair… until now, anyway.

Reinhart is a blonde no more, as she revealed in a cute Instagram post announcing her latest role. She’ll be playing Olive Smith, a biologist, in the film adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s extremely popular book The Love Hypothesis, and that means Reinhart had to ditch the blonde for awhile. Olive is brunette on the book cover, and Reinhart’s hair is now the same shade: a light brunette color with a warm tone, somewhere between caramel and bronde. In her selfie, where she holds the book aloft so we can see the resemblance, she wears it styled just like Olive’s, pulled back in a loose knot. Reinhart is also wearing what definitely looks to be a white lab coat, as well as a simple, shiny soap nail manicure.