‘Outer Banks’ star Chase Stokes dives into fan mail, tackling everything from dramatic plot twists to behind-the-scenes musings. Fans asked Chase for his thoughts on John B’s emotional journey, what he thinks would be the worst way to end the hit Netflix show, as well as reacts to touching stories from fans of all ages. Chase also weighs in on ‘Outer Banks’ fan theories and what it was like to be in the star-studded cast of ‘Uglies.'
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00:00I'm just making a mess here, but we're committed to the bit.
00:03What's gonna happen with the Merchant Gold?
00:05Did they ever go back to excavate El Dorado?
00:07We finally did it.
00:10We finally found the gold.
00:12Well, that is a very valid question,
00:14and if I told you right now, I would probably get in trouble.
00:17I will say that you will get that answer in season four of Outer Banks,
00:21so make sure you go watch it.
00:22So I'm gonna throw that one to the wayside.
00:30Hello, I'm Chase Stokes, and I am answering fan mail from Outer Banks fans.
00:35Let's dive in. Let's see what we got today.
00:38Rewatching Outer Banks, and I'm still mad John B. wasn't consoling Sarah
00:41when Ward was blown up on the druthers.
00:44Crying face, crying face, crying face. Also the emoji.
00:48You let her ex do it. I know you hate him, but come on.
00:51Well, Shama, you're not wrong.
00:53I think John B. kind of dropped the ball on that one,
00:55but I also don't think he knew that Topper was going to randomly appear
00:59in the background and run in Consult Sarah.
01:01So two things can be true, I guess, in that space.
01:04But yeah, we're gonna move on.
01:05Next step.
01:06What, in your opinion, would be the absolute worst way to end the show?
01:11Ooh.
01:12I think for the Pogues not to find some form of happiness.
01:17I think if they just ended up being sad and miserable
01:20and never getting any financial compensation
01:23for all these insane treasures they've chased over the years,
01:26that would probably suck.
01:28Oh my God!
01:34Hopefully, and I don't know, but hopefully our writers don't do that
01:39to these sweet, sweet human beings.
01:41So, we'll see.
01:43Next.
01:44Recently, my dad, who was 85, was telling me about a show he was watching.
01:48Last year, he had a stroke, so it took me a little while to figure out it was OBX.
01:52Keep doing what you're doing.
01:53It's resonating with all ages.
01:55From the user, the Tales of the Three Amigos on TikTok.
02:00I love hearing stories like this.
02:02I think whenever you set out to make anything, you hope that it resonates with some people.
02:08But when you kind of get the feedback that it's dads and their sons and moms and their daughters,
02:14or mothers and sons, and every single area that it's hitting, it's kind of a beautiful thing.
02:20So, I'm sorry about the stroke, but I'm glad you enjoyed the show.
02:25I'm going to put this one in my pocket.
02:27That's a keeper, for sure.
02:29Next up.
02:30This one says, I didn't like Big John until the last 20 minutes of the last episode.
02:34That is from Leah Corona on TikTok.
02:36Well, I think that most of the world would probably agree with you.
02:40Got to be honest, he wasn't the greatest dad, you know?
02:43But then he does redeem himself.
02:44That is true.
02:45You know, he kind of tells his son that he's the gold he always wanted, so.
02:49You are the best son any man could hope for.
02:54Big John, you did your best, but it wasn't really the best.
02:58But that's okay.
02:59Live and learn.
03:00Or he died, so never mind.
03:03Ooh, we've got a bingo card.
03:06Reddit user Ohanan compiled a bingo card of OBX's most used and cliched story beats slash plot points.
03:15This is incredible.
03:16Car chase scene, for starters.
03:18Seriously?
03:19What is he doing?
03:21We do have a few of those.
03:23Or boat scenes.
03:24Yeah, we've got a lot of boat chases.
03:26Cops slash bad guys don't know how to aim.
03:28Pogues come out of every shootout unscathed.
03:32Hayward being the best parent in the show, that is absolutely true.
03:35Climbing over gates and walls.
03:37Wow, I've never thought about that.
03:39But yeah, we do climb over a lot of walls.
03:43Pogues making stupid decisions, which also kind of goes hand in hand with this other one,
03:47which is J.J. comes up with a horrible, reckless plan.
03:50Give me the keys.
03:51No, dude.
03:52No, no, no, no, no.
03:53Give me the keys right now.
03:54Okay, that doesn't seem like a really good idea right now, J.J.
03:55Yeah.
03:56Yeah.
03:57I think season four, you might see a version of plans coming to fruition in a better way.
04:02So maybe, maybe we're setting you up for something.
04:07Maybe.
04:08I'm actually gonna send that to our writers so they can have a little look at it and get a little laugh.
04:14What else we got?
04:15It was kind of poetic for both John B. and Sarah's dads to die together.
04:19They were men who were overtaken by greed and they sacrificed themselves in the end for what truly mattered to them.
04:25This is from Robbie1863 on Reddit.
04:28It is very poetic, Robbie1863 on Reddit.
04:30I think that sometimes when you chase the wrong things in life, it'll lead you down the wrong path.
04:36Next step is, hold on.
04:38This is, this is deep.
04:39Mr. Sun is a villain theory.
04:42I'm blown away at this.
04:44Okay.
04:45He seems like he knew too much about what was going on with the Pogues.
04:48I know he's a history teacher so it makes sense that he might have the diary, but giving it to the Pogues.
04:53Careful with that.
04:55It just seems reckless and a diary as valuable as that is not something a teacher would give his students.
05:01If Mr. Sun is a villain, I will, I don't know what I'll do.
05:06I think I might cry because it's such a great character and I personally thought he was just a sweet human being who was trying to help these kids find their way in life, but this changes everything.
05:19Wow.
05:20Wow.
05:21That just threw me for a loop a little bit.
05:23Okay.
05:24Let's see what we got here.
05:25What is your favorite scene you filmed as John B?
05:27I really think it's still to this day the first scene that I shot and it was with Peterkin, Sheriff Peterkin.
05:33God rest her soul.
05:34Season one.
05:35I admired her as an actress prior to even getting the job.
05:39All I'm worried about right now is making sure you're in a safe home.
05:42Yeah, super safe.
05:44Super sound, sturdy, you know what I mean?
05:46And they kind of threw me into the fire with such an established incredible actress on my very first day on the show.
05:52And she made me feel so safe.
05:54And she gave me so much good advice on how to be a part of a long running show and her experiences before cameras even rolled.
06:03So I think that was something that really allowed me to settle in even in that first take and in that first scene to feeling somewhat confident to play this character.
06:13It's just kind of a core memory.
06:14Like it's a beautiful way to start the show and even when I'm not feeling super secure in myself or I leave work and I'm not super loving the performance I gave that day.
06:23I still kind of always go back to that.
06:25So that was a great question.
06:27It's been a lot of scenes.
06:29Joey King, Chase Stokes, Keith Powers, and Brianne Chu to star in Hashtag Uglies, All of My Favorite People in One Film from K. Maldo on X.
06:38I am very, very proud to be a part of that film.
06:41It kind of talks about sort of the ways that people identify their physical selves as sort of their definition of who they are.
06:53And I think in society we're so obsessive over our physical features that we forget about the internal parts of our self.
07:00The whole cast and the whole experience of making this movie, we started as strangers and it really quickly turned to family.
07:05You know, we have a very active group chat that has stayed consistent since we started filming, which is the longest consistent group chat that I think I have in my life right now.
07:13So it's a really cool film and it's based on a best-selling novel written by Scott Westerfield.
07:17It's just a badass young girl's hero's journey and I'm really, really excited to be a part of that.
07:24What I really liked about working in the sci-fi space was it was just so drastically different from Outer Banks.
07:30We also shoot a lot of exteriors on the show in Charleston, South Carolina, and it's hot. It's so hot all the time.
07:37So a soundstage with air conditioning was such a nice change of pace.
07:42But I think it's just fun as an actor to dive in a different world.
07:46So for me, this is sort of my first departure from Outer Banks and John B.
07:50So it was really cool to play a character that was so vastly different.
07:54The final fan mail.
08:01Who's worse? Big John Luke Erward by Chemical Speech on Reddit.
08:06You know what? D all the above. They all suck.
08:09So I'm going to say all of them. All of them. All of them. Bad dads.
08:19I'm in a mess. But that's okay.
08:22Well, I gotta be honest. I learned more about the show today than I have in the last six years.
08:27That's totally a joke. But Outer Banks is now streaming on Netflix.
08:31I like that you guys added Stapler. Did you guys ever do that when you were kids in high school?
08:35You would like pull it out and shoot them at your friends.
08:40Yeah. Looking back, that was never really a good idea.
08:43Yeah.
08:45I like it here.
08:46Yeah.
08:48Yeah.
08:49Well, I agree with that.
08:50Thank you, Michael.
08:51It's all right.
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