“I think it’s a beautiful, honest take on how love should be,” Netflix star tells TheWrap
(Warning: This post contains spoilers through the Season 1 finale of “Outer Banks.”)
Netflix’s new teen drama “Outer Banks” dropped last Wednesday and is already sitting at No. 3 on Netflix’s daily list of its Top 10 titles in the U.S. Part of the reason behind its popularity with subscribers might be the level of relatability the show strived to achieve with the romance that buds between two of very, very different characters growing up in the Outer Banks of North Carolina: working-class boy John B. (Chase Stokes) and his rich boss’ daughter, Sarah (Madelyn Cline).
“I think it’s a beautiful, honest take on how love should be,” Stokes told TheWrap in an interview last week, which you can view above. “And [showrunner Jonas Pate], myself and Maddy spent a lot of time going back into the archives and watching shows that had those authentic experiences of love. We’ve gotten a lot of comparisons to ‘The O.C.’ and ‘90210’ and ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘One Tree Hill’ and all that. But you watch those shows and you feel like these people actually love each other.”
“You feel like you’re watching this take place in a way that, although it’s fictional, some times you’re like, ‘Wait a minute — OK, yeah, no I’m definitely watching a TV series,’” he continued. “So we really did our homework on that and got to know each other and sat down between us and tried to figure out what makes each other tick, or tried to figure out what is something I know that’s gonna make her laugh or vice versa.”
“Outer Banks” follows a tight-knit group of local teens (the “Pogues”) in the beach vacation destination of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The end up searching for John B’s missing father, which leads them on a treasure hunt and leads John B to fall for Sarah — something he never thought could happen.
Stokes says he and Cline and Pate also “wanted to break down that class barrier” with John B and Sarah’s relationship.
“So often we see in society, ‘Wow, she’s beautiful, but I don’t think I’d ever have a shot with her.’ And that’s kind of John B’s perspective on this whole thing, ‘It’s the boss’ daughter, she’s unattainable. She’s pretty and kind of a brat at some times, but I’m not even gonna explore it because it’s a different world,’” he told us. “So I think it was a really cool thing to show not just a small group of people, but to show the world that it doesn’t matter where you come from, or what you have to offer — again, going back to what I was saying before — it’s that emotional connection and allowing that to be the sole driver in a relationship. Because in relationships, physicality is such a singular component. The physical intimacy and the physical component only lasts for so long, but at the end of the day ,if you want to be somebody you really go tot understand their soul and understand your heart.”
We also asked Stokes to tell us what it was like to shoot the scene from the finale where Sarah and John B find themselves trying to escape the police in a tiny little boat while heading into a storm after that whole treasure hunt thing goes really, really south.
“I cannot say it enough, it was so difficult to shoot because we were in, essential it’s a boat dock,” he told us. “And it’s where they bring in the barges from wherever on the planet Earth they’re coming from and they’re huge, huge boats. So we had that boat tied up on both sides. We had a giant black screen put up on another side of the dock. We had five or six fans blowing 50 mile-an-hour wind gusts at us. We had multiple water cannons shooting water at us. We had crazy light sequences to make it look like lightening was going on.”
“It was madness,” he continued. “There was days through that three day period where I was like, ‘I don’t even know what’s going on. I’m trying to act, but at the same time I’m getting shot in the face with water cannons.’ That was one time a rock got picked up by a fan and hit me in the head. So it was crazy.”
Watch the full interview above.
“Outer Banks” Season 1 is streaming now on Netflix.
Spring TV 2020: Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Photos)
Spring has finally sprung and with the changing of the seasons comes the changing of many channels as a slew of shows are about to premiere. In honor of the months that bring showers and flowers, TheWrap has rounded up the start dates for not just the new and returning shows on Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and The CW, but also the ones for the eagerly-anticipated series hitting cable channels and streaming services this spring. Click through our gallery to find out when your favorite spring shows will be back and when your (possible) new favorites will debut.
Showtime/Netflix/ABC/Apple
Series: “The Innocence Files” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Outer Banks” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Mrs. America” Net: FX on Hulu Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: N/A
FX
Series: “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Net: Bravo Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 8 p.m.
Bravo
Series: “What We Do in the Shadows ” Net: FX Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 10 p.m.
FX
Series: “Fauda” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Thursday, April 16 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “In the Dark” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Thursday, April 16 Time: 9 p.m.
The CW
Series: “Bosch” Net: Amazon Prime Video Premiere Date: Friday, April 17 Time: N/A
Amazon
Series: “#blackAF” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, April 17 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Home” Net: Apple TV+ Premiere Date: Friday, April 17 Time: N/A
Apple TV+
Series: “Too Hot to Handle” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, April 17 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Friday Night in With the Morgans” Net: AMC Premiere Date: Friday, April 17 Time: 10 p.m.
AMC
Series: “Dragnificent!” Net: TLC Premiere Date: Sunday, April 19 Time: 10:58 p.m.
TLC
Series: “The Midnight Gospel” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Monday, April 20 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Thursday, April 23 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “We’re Here” Net: HBO Premiere Date: Thursday, April 23 Time: 9 p.m.
HBO
Series: “After Life” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, April 24 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Defending Jacob” Net: Apple TV+ Premiere Date: Friday, April 24 Time: N/A
Apple TV+
Series: “RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race” Net: Vh1 Premiere Date: Friday, April 24 Time: 9:30 p.m.
VH1
Series: “Vida” Net: Starz Premiere Date: Sunday, April 26 Time: 9 p.m.
Starz
Series: “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” Net: Showtime Premiere Date: Sunday, April 26 Time: 10 p.m.
Showtime
Series: “Never Have I Ever” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Monday, April 27 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Normal People” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Wednesday, April 29 Time: N/A
Hulu
Series: “Blindspot” Net: NBC Premiere Date: Thursday, April 30 Time: 10 p.m.
NBC
Series: “Hollywood” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, May 1 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Trying” Net: Apple TV+ Premiere Date: Friday, May 1 Time: N/A
Apple TV+
Series: “Upload” Net: Amazon Prime Video Premiere Date: Friday, May 1 Time: N/A
Amazon
Series: “Betty” Net: HBO Premiere Date: Friday, May 1 Time: 11 p.m.
HBO
Series: “Real Housewives of Potomac” Net: Bravo Premiere Date: Sunday, May 3 Time: 8 p.m.
Bravo
Series: “Billions” Net: Showtime Premiere Date: Sunday, May 3 Time: 9 p.m.
Showtime
Series: “Rick & Morty” Net: Adult Swim Premiere Date: Sunday, May 3 Time: 11:30 p.m.
Adult Swim
Series: “The Eddy” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, May 8 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Solar Opposites” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, May 8 Time: N/A
Hulu
Series: “Dead to Me” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, May 8 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “I Know This Much Is True” Net: HBO Premiere Date: Sunday, May 10 Time: 9 p.m.
HBO
Series: “Bering Sea Gold” Net: Discovery Premiere Date: Friday, May 8 Time: 8 p.m.
Discovery
Series: “The Great” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, May 15 Time: N/A
Hulu
Series: “She-Ra and the Princess of Power” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, May 15 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Hightown” Net: Starz Premiere Date: Sunday, May 17 Time: 8 p.m.
Starz
Series: “Snowpiercer” Net: TNT Premiere Date: Sunday, May 17 Time: 9 p.m.
TNT
Series: “Stargirl” Net: DC Universe Premiere Date: Monday, May 18 Time: N/A
DC Universe
Series: “The 100” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 20 Time: 8 p.m.
The CW
Series: “Married at First Sight: Couples’ Cam” Net: Lifetime Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 20 Time: 8 p.m.
Lifetime
Series: “The Amazing Race” Net: CBS Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 20 Time: 8 p.m.
CBS
Series: “Ultimate Tag” Net: Fox Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 20 Time: 9 p.m.
Fox
Series: “Burden of Truth” Net: The CW Premiere Date: Thursday, May 21 Time: 8 p.m.
The CW
Series: “Holey Moley” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Thursday, May 21 Time: 9 p.m.
ABC
Series: “To Tell the Truth” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Thursday, May 21 Time: 10 p.m.
ABC
Series: “Homecoming” Net: Amazon Prime Video Premiere Date: Friday, May 22 Time: N/A
Amazon Prime Video
Series: “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Wednesday, May 27 Time: 10 p.m.
ABC
Series: “Central Park” Net: Apple TV+ Premiere Date: Friday, May 29 Time: N/A
Apple TV+
Series: “Space Force” Net: Netflix Premiere Date: Friday, May 29 Time: N/A
Netflix
Series: “Ramy” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, May 29 Time: N/A
Hulu
Series: “Celebrity Family Feud” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, May 31 Time: 8 p.m.
ABC
Series: “Press Your Luck” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, May 31 Time: 9 p.m.
ABC
Series: “Match Game” Net: ABC Premiere Date: Sunday, May 31 Time: 10 p.m.
ABC
Series: “Quiz” Net: AMC Premiere Date: Sunday, May 31 Time: 10 p.m.
AMC
Series: “NOS4A2” Net: AMC/BBC America Premiere Date: Monday, June 1 Time: 10 p.m.
Series: “Dirty John” Net: USA Network Premiere Date: Tuesday, June 2 Time: 9 p.m.
Series: “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Net: Showtime Premiere Date: Friday, June 5 Time: N/A
Showtime
Series: “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” Net: Hulu Premiere Date: Friday, June 19 Time: N/A
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Here’s when 61 broadcast, cable and streaming series debut and come back
Spring has finally sprung and with the changing of the seasons comes the changing of many channels as a slew of shows are about to premiere. In honor of the months that bring showers and flowers, TheWrap has rounded up the start dates for not just the new and returning shows on Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and The CW, but also the ones for the eagerly-anticipated series hitting cable channels and streaming services this spring. Click through our gallery to find out when your favorite spring shows will be back and when your (possible) new favorites will debut.
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