The first half of the fourth season of 'Outer Banks' just hit Netflix. Ahead of its release, the cast spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new episodes. Actors Chase Stokes, Rudy Pankow and Drew Starkey opened up about what it's been like essentially growing up with their characters over the past four seasons. Meanwhile, Madelyn Cline and Madison Bailey revealed whether or not they think their characters' respective relationships with John B and J.J. are "end game." Plus, Jonathan Daviss, aka J.D., and Carlacia Grant weighed in on what it was like bringing Pope and Cleo's relationship to the screen in the new season.
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00:00I've always thought John Bean said it already. Yeah, I mean,
00:04the rest of us need a mother and father, please. I know, I like, come on.
00:08The first half of the fourth season of Outer Banks just hit Netflix.
00:12Ahead of its release, the cast spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new episodes.
00:16Actors Chase Stokes, Rudy Ponko, and Drew Starkey opened up about what it's been like
00:21essentially growing up with their characters over the past four seasons.
00:26It's like mirroring a version of life. You know, you see a different person who has wins and
00:32makes mistakes and you get frustrated and you laugh and cry with them. And it's fun because
00:38I do think it's so rare to have so much time invested in a character. So it's fun because
00:45you get to experience all different emotions and an outer body sort of experience with this,
00:49with this world in particular. It's like being in a relationship. You know, I think we've all
00:54learned how to fall, fall in love with it in different ways. And, you know, I mean,
00:57we had five years, it's been a five year anniversary of filming this year. It's longer
01:03than I was in college or in high school. And so like it, you know, we kept joking. It was like,
01:09this year's our senior year. You know, we're working on senior years, maybe super seniors
01:13next year. But, I don't know, I guess. Super duper. Yeah, super duper, super duper. But yeah,
01:19I mean, I look, when I look back, I mean, it all feels kind of like very much the same. But
01:24when I look back in to like 2019, when we just started, I'm like, oh my God, we were children.
01:29Yeah. There's like little kids bouncing off the walls. So yeah, it's been, it's been
01:36like the joy of my life, really. Yeah. Since the drama series debuted in 2020,
01:40the onscreen relationships have been a key part of the show. Madeline Klein and Madison Bailey
01:45revealed whether or not they think their characters' respective relationships with
01:48John B and JJ are endgame. I think, unless I've been told otherwise, I think that,
01:56I think they are. I've always thought John B and JJ are endgame. I think so. Yeah. I mean,
02:02the rest of us need a mother and father, please. I know. I like, come on. I think that these
02:08characters have so much in common and I think that they'll, you know, go the distance if they
02:18keep their friendship at the forefront. And I mean, I think that they're two people who are
02:23so independent that that's why they work together. And then like just being themselves and giving the
02:28space for the other person to be themselves is why they, they work. So as long as there's never
02:33like a holdup on that, then I think they'll be all right. Speaking of relationships, Jonathan
02:41Davis, a.k.a. JD, and Carlacia Grant weighed in on what it was like portraying Pope and Cleo's
02:46relationship in the new season. It's been amazing, honestly. Like, you know, Carlacia's been such an
02:51amazing co-star over these past couple of years and like, and more than that, like a really,
02:55really good friend. So like being able to kind of bring our, ourselves into these characters more,
03:01to explore more moments with each other. We didn't get a lot of that season three,
03:04but I feel like this season, we really got a good opportunity to explore the relationships
03:08between these characters and really like flesh it out on screen. So it didn't feel like,
03:12you know, it's, it felt like a natural evolution of where we left off in the third season. It
03:16felt like they were in a really good spot. So it was, it was a joy to be able to do that.
03:20Yeah. For more on Outer Banks, head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.