Chase Stokes Talks 'Outer Banks' Coming to An End & Looking Forward to What's Next
Chase Stokes is speaking out on Outer Banks ending.
The 33-year-old actor and his co-stars wrapped filming on the Netflix series’ upcoming fifth and final season earlier this month.
In a new interview, Chase opened up about the show’s conclusion and how the cast is ready to move on to what’s next in their careers.
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“We want the story to end on the right note versus [turning] four seasons into season nine and we’re going after aliens or something,” he shared with People. “We want to cut the chord before we lose the plot.”
“It’s beautiful to know that even though there’s the highs and lows throughout all of the seasons, it’s ending exactly how I was told when I started the show,” he added.
Chase also noted how he and the cast are “thankful for the run, and we’re ready for it to be done.”
“There’s just so much gratitude because I was a kid who had a dream and no access to an industry, never really even knew what the process was,” he added. “I’ve checked so many boxes that I thought it would span the course of the next 40 years of my career.”
As for what’s next, Chase has “never been more excited” for his future.
“I always reference Robert Pattinson after he finished Twilight and [the] Harry Potter [franchise] and how he took creative risks, but really challenged himself as an artist. That’s the blueprint for me,” he said. “I want to show people that the floppy-haired beach boy from the Netflix young adult show, is now 33 years old. And at the end of the day, all I want to do is challenge myself.”
In season four, one of the main characters was killed off the show, but the actor was seen on set for season five over the summer…