Chase Stokes as John B and Rudy Pankow as JJ
Jackson Lee Davis / NetflixChase Stokes makes rare comment on how JJ’s death Outer Banks affected his bond with the now trainer costar Rudy Panek.
During Friday, January 24, episode of Siriusxm hits 1 on the morning mashStokes, 32, approached Pankow’s shocking releaseSaying, “When you spend five years with someone doing a show like this, there’s this lifelong bond. So none of that changes and no one has a problem with any of that. »
Stokes acknowledged that not filming with Pankow, 26, created change.
“It’s just one of those things because the job takes you to different places and takes you to different people, there’s this natural progression of distance,” he added. “But we always find our way back to each other.”
Earlier in the episode, Stokes called Madison Bailey And Jonathan Davis Some of his closest friends of the casting.
(LR) Jonathan Daviss as Pope, Chase Stokes as John B, Carlacia Grant as Cleo, Madelyn Cline as Sarah Cameron, Madison Bailey as Kiara and Rudy Pankow as JJ
Jackson Lee Davis / Netflix“When you’re in a city like Charleston, South Carolina, and you have the success of the show, you have to be a little more strategic and careful about how you operate in society,” he said. he explained. “Just having that level of success with a group of people, you have that instant bond and a lifelong one about it. I was literally at dinner with Madison Bailey and Jonathan Daviss two nights ago. »
Stokes continued: “I was in Los Angeles for 48 hours. They’re like, “We’re coming to find you.” I was like, “I don’t want to get out of bed.” They’re like, “I don’t care, get the bed out.” It’s family.
Understanding the Outer Banks Cast Dynamics Come After Season 4 Thrown the fans for a loop When Pankow’s character JJ Maybank was killed off in a shocking twist. The hit Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, introduced the fictional family found between John B (Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Kiara (Bailey), Pope (Daviss), JJ (Rudy Pankow) and Cleo (Grant Carlacia).
Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey became close friends before playing love interests – JJ and Kiara – on the Outer Banks. The Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, follows the conflict between two groups of teenagers in a coastal North Carolina town. The social divide is introduced through the Kooks aka the wealthy residents and the (…)
After JJ’s death sparked a backlash, Outer Banks creators Josh Pate, Jonas Pate And Shannon Burke Next tried to explain their vision.
Chase Stokes as John B and Rudy Pankow as JJ
Jackson Lee Davis / Netflix“The overall plan was to start with just kids who wanted to have a good time all the time and take them on a whole journey,” Burke said Deadline In November 2024. “One of them was going to end up dying, and pretty early on we knew it was going to be JJ, he’s the most reckless. It is also the most valued and, in some ways, the most sacrificing and risky. And this was going to be JJ’s year. »
He continued: “Kids, they get old. We wanted to start in a place of innocence, and then go to a place where at least one point to go through is really dark for them, and then bring them out. This is the overall plan for the show. It was always going to be JJ, we just didn’t know how we were going to play it. »
The fifth and final season of The Outer Banks is off to a start after the controversial decision to kill off fan-favorite character JJ Maybank. The hit Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, follows the conflict between two groups of teenagers in a coastal North Carolina town. The social divide is introduced through the Kooks alias the rich (…)
Viewers quickly suspected the departure was the result of Pankow seeking to exit the series amid rumors of distance between the main cast. Pankow, however, weighed in on the writers’ room surprising him with the narrative upheaval.
“When I found out JJ was going to risk everything and not do it, I understood it. And the risks got bigger and bigger, and the stakes got higher and higher,” he told Netflix Tudum that same month. “His death really sets up Obx’s future with the question, what’s worth it? And when someone close to you is gone, how do you navigate?
Netflix has renewed Outer Banks for a fifth and final season.