Chase Stokes as John B. and Rudy Pankow as J.J
Jackson Lee Davis/NetflixChase Stokes He made a rare comment about the way JJ died External banks It affected his relationship with the now former actor Rudy Bankoff.
During the Friday, January 24 episode of SiriusXM hits 1 morning mashStokes, 32, addressed Bankoff A shocking exit“When you spend five years with someone doing a show like this, there's a bond that lasts a lifetime,” he said. “So none of that changes and no one has any problem with any of that.”
Stokes admitted that he did not photograph with Banko, 26 years old. Create transformation.
“It's just one of those things, where work 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 close friends From the cast.
(LR) Jonathan Davis as Pope, Chase Stokes as John B., Karlasia Grant as Cleo, Madeline Klein as Sarah Cameron, Madison Bailey as Chiara, and Rudy Pankow as J.J.
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 the community,” he explained. “Just having that level of success with a group of people, you have that instant connection and a lifelong bond. I was literally having dinner with Madison Bailey and Jonathan Davis a couple of nights ago.
“I was in Los Angeles for 48 hours,” Stokes continued. They're saying, “We're coming to find you.” I was like: “I don't want to get out of bed.” They say: “Never mind, get out of bed.” It's family.”
Insight into External banks The cast dynamic comes after season four It threw fans for a loop When Banquo's character, JJ Maybank, is killed off in a shocking development. The hit Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, introduces the fictional family found between John B. (Stokes) and Sarah (Madeleine Klein), Chiara (Billie), Bob (Davis), JJ (Rudy Pankow) and Cleo (Carlasia Grant).
Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey became close friends before they played love interests – JJ and Kiara – in Outer Banks. The Netflix series, which debuted in 2020, follows the conflict between two groups of teenagers in a coastal town in North Carolina. The social division is presented through the Kooks who are also known as wealthy residents and (…)
After JJ's death sparked backlash, External banks Creative people Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke Accordingly They tried to explain their vision.
Chase Stokes as John B. and Rudy Pankow as J.J
Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix“The overall plan was to start with some kids who wanted to have a good time all the time, and take them on the full ride,” Burke said. Delivery time In November 2024. “One of them was going to end up dead, and very early on, we knew it was going to be JJ, he's the most reckless. He is also the most loving and, on the other hand, the most sacrificial and the most risky. This was going to be JJ's year.
He continued: “Children are growing up. We wanted to start in a place of innocence and then go to a place where there was at least one point to go that was really dark for them, and then have them come out of it. This is the overall plan for the show. It was always going to be JJ, and we weren't sure how we were going to play it.
The fifth and final season of Outer Banks got off to a rocky 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 town in North Carolina. The social division is presented through the Kooks who are also known as the rich (…)
Viewers quickly suspected that the departure was a result of Banquo looking to exit the series amid rumors of distance between the main cast. But Pankow surprised him in the writers' room With a narrative jolt.
“When I first found out that JJ was going to risk everything and it wouldn't work out, I understood that,” he explained to Netflix. “The stakes got higher and higher, and the stakes were higher and higher.” Tomdo In the same month. “His death has shaped the future of OBX with the question, ‘What is it worth?’ And when someone close to you passes away, how do you deal with that?
Netflix has been renewed External banks For the fifth and final season.
