‘Outer Banks’ Cast on Season 2’s Twists and Their IRL Relationships
Outer Banks season 2 understood the project. Final time we checked on Netflix’s beachy teen drama, John B and Sarah had been presumed lifeless, and Ward was getting away with a mountain of gold like some sorta murderous Scrooge McDuck. However all that has nothing on the adventure-packed second season Netflix simply gifted upon us. Prepared for a fast TL;DR spoiler dump? (In different phrases, in the event you haven’t binged it but, go try this and are available again when ya have.) (Additionally, wow, how do you may have such self-control?!)
Okay, right here goes: John B and Sarah casually get married, Ward admits to doing crimes and blows himself up, and a brand new treasure hunt begins. Plus, can’t overlook to say the 2 (!!) cliffhangers on the season’s finish: John B’s dad, Huge John, is secretly alive, and the Pogues are stranded on a desert island with no meals. After all, who wants meals when you may have simmering sexual rigidity and friendship?
The Pogues’ vibe on Outer Banks has all the time appeared genuine, however season 2 felt like watching a bunch of actual mates hang around—which is sensible, as a result of they legit had been. The present filmed its second season final fall and winter, and the forged lived collectively in a bubble because of the pandemic. The outcome? Peak bonding and a way of much-needed normalcy—all of which was tangible on-set throughout Cosmopolitan’s ’70s-inspired vogue shoot. At one level everybody broke out singing after which some impromptu sword combating occurred. We had FOMO and we had been Fairly. Actually. There.
“We had been simply holding on to one another for that sense of regular, carefree-ness, and enjoyable that we normally have throughout filming,” Madelyn Cline says of her time of their bubble. “That was our lifeline: one another and the way a lot enjoyable we had in scenes the place we’re enhancing or goofing round. These moments had been very pricey to me and saved me sane, particularly through the pandemic.”
Which brings us to a bit of secret we realized, ahem: All these drone photographs you see on the present? Simply footage of the forged hanging with one another IRL. “There’s no audio rolling, and we mentioned no matter we wished,” Rudy Pankow defined. “We simply began saying essentially the most random issues and laughing our asses off.”
Filming Outer Banks wasn’t fully chill although. Virtually each character had a near-death expertise and the forged’s BTS tales about how they went down are sort of wild. Questioning how John B fought off an alligator in a swamp? Chase Stokes advised us he needed to wade into “sickeningly chilly” water with an enormous pretend gator spinning round on a stick like a rotisserie rooster. As he put it: “It was like holding on on your pricey life with two huge dudes simply spinning that factor.” In the meantime, Sarah’s drowning scene concerned Madelyn being held down in a water tank whereas she was primarily “waterboarded” and screaming. “I used to be burping all evening,” she mentioned. “Actually not glamorous in any respect.”
After all, these life-or-death conditions had been only one piece of the extremely-high-stakes drama. Please see additionally: a brand new hunk of gold getting into the chat, and with it the Limbrey household—descendants of the enslavers who killed Denmark Tanny and who’re decided to steal his treasure though they haven’t any declare to it. In different phrases, they’re the newest incarnation of colonizing white individuals who suppose they will stroll by life taking what’s not theirs. Their arrival elevates Outer Banks from a frothy teen journey present to a collection that tackles racism and injustice in a surprisingly poignant manner. That is particularly salient for Pope, who finds out he’s Denmark’s direct descendant, and for Jonathan Daviss, who channeled his actual life experiences into the character.
“It hits very near residence,” Jonathan mentioned. “We had been, in our nation, going by some delicate topics because it involves household, injustice, and doing proper by historical past. Having the ability to put that into the present with my character, and simply what I’ve been by in my life, all of it got here from a really actual, real place this yr.”
To make issues much more private, certainly one of Jonathan’s ancestors had the same destiny to Tanny’s. “Pope learns that Denmark Tanny is his great-grandfather and that he had one thing stolen from him and was killed due to it. And I discovered, sort of lately in my life from my grandmother a few years again, that I had a great-grandfather who was additionally lynched. He was wrongly accused of one thing and was punished for it. It was a great-great-grandfather, this was a protracted, lengthy, very long time in the past.”
Like Pope, Jonathan discovered about his household’s historical past by his grandmother, one thing he talked about with an Outer Banks author: “After I did that scene, I used to be in a position to go precisely again to that day, when my grandmother advised me. I believe each younger Black child has that time of their lives, and so they could uncover one thing not too savory about their previous. And Pope finds that on the market, and in that second, it did resonate with me in a really possible way, even persevering with by the remainder of filming.”
Along with reconciling along with his previous, Pope enters into a quick relationship with Kiara in season 2. Besides the present subverts our shipper expectations. As Jonathan defined, Pope’s “obtained lots happening,” and Kiara decides the vibe is friendship solely. Though he’s dissatisfied, Pope absolutely respects Kie’s resolution, and so they pivot again to friendship with out the drawn-out drama you may discover in different teen reveals.
Which, ahem, brings us to JJ. This poor dude spent a lot of the season third-wheeling actually everybody—though Rudy doesn’t suppose JJ essentially wants a relationship of his personal, saying, “I believe, if something, that may possibly even make him extra misplaced, like he’d be extra questionable with what he’s making an attempt to do if he’s in a relationship.”
How-e-ver, in the event you’re satisfied there have been vibes between JJ and Kiara within the finale, you’re not alone. Getting data about mentioned vibes was like pulling tooth, BUT Madison Bailey advised us, “We’re each feisty, we’re each all the time down for the loopy concepts. There’s simply one thing these two characters have inherently in frequent that might work.” Oh, and Rudy added that sure, “every part is intentional” and we’re “completely” studying into issues appropriately. Good! To! Know!
And for everybody bummed that Kiara and Pope didn’t make it? A ’ship much more iconic than the Royal Service provider managed to remain afloat: John B + Sarah. Who, yes, are obviously dating in real life. However to be clear, Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline, the individuals, couldn’t be extra totally different from John B and Sarah, the characters.
“For Maddie and I as younger actors making an attempt to march our manner by the trade, it was necessary for us to ascertain a distinction in character versus private relationship,” Chase mentioned. Watching this season now, “I see quite a lot of John B and Sarah. I don’t see quite a lot of Maddie and Chase, which was actually gratifying. You’re in a position to be exterior of your self and be in these characters and go right into a world which is fictional vs. the fact of what life is.”
And Madelyn defined that her and Chase not dating in season 1 helped separate fiction from reality—though their real-life chemistry undoubtedly helps the dynamic between John B and Sarah. “I believe being in a relationship solely makes the connection moments stronger onscreen,” she mentioned. “Within the breakup scene, if it’s heart-wrenching for us, then we are able to solely hope it’s heart-wrenching for the viewers.”
Um. Sure, it’s. Talking of heart-wrenching, we’re nonetheless not over these two getting married this season. And apparently, neither is Chase: You realize that lovable scene the place John B and Sarah exchanged vows on a ship in the course of the ocean? Chase let slip that he stole the a part of John B’s sweaty bandana that was used as Sarah’s marriage ceremony ring. It sits on his lounge desk. It’s all very cute. I’ll offer you a second to soften after which reconstitute.
Okay…again! Proper in time for my very own private semi-deranged fan concept: I’m CONVINCED that we’re going to search out out that Carla Limbrey is John B’s long-lost mother in season 3. And sure, I completely rambled about this concept to actually your complete forged. Chase’s ideas? “I’d be mendacity if [I said] I didn’t suppose one thing comparable….That might be a twist. That’d actually throw the fandom for a loop.”
So what else can we count on subsequent season? Extra journey, extra chaos, and possibly an precise demise. As Madison put it: “Any person has to truly die in season 3. Any person has to die for actual for actual.” Until then, we’ll be busy obsessing over fan theories whereas the forged of Outer Banks obsesses over one another.
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Madison solo picture: Chloe costume and boots. Ariana Boussard-Reifel earrings. Jonathan, Madison, Rudy: On Jonathan: Bode shirt and pants. Converse sneakers. Gucci sun shades. Established necklace. Legier ring. On Madison: Chloe costume and boots. New York Vintage belt. Ariana Boussard-Reifel earrings. On Rudy: Bode shirt and pants. Coach footwear. Title of Work necklaces. Peyote Bird Designs ring. Luis Morais ring. Group picture: On Madison: 3.1 Phillip Lim shirt. Billabong x Wrangler pants. Jia Jia necklace. Mark Davis bracelet. On Madelyn: She Made Me bikini high. Gucci denims. On Chase: Todd Snyder shirt. Coach pants. On Rudy: Bode shirt. Levi’s denims. On Jonathan: Chaser shirt. Levi’s denims. Group video: On Madison: R13 jacket. Pretties tank. Frame pants. Gas Bijoux earrings. Peyote Bird Designs ring. Ariana Boussard-Reifel bracelets. Alltribes belt. On Chase: Bode shirt. Coach pants. Foundrae necklace. On Jonathan: Todd Snyder shirt. Levi’s denims. Clarks Originals footwear. Pamela Love necklace. Ariana Boussard-Reifel bracelet. On Rudy: What Goes Around Comes Around classic shirt. Levi’s denims. Clarks Originals footwear. Mejuri ring. On Madelyn: Dior shirt. Nili Lotan denims. Pamela Love earrings. Madelyn and Chase: On Madelyn: Miu Miu costume. Cathy Waterman earrings. Suzanne Kalan ring. On Chase: Alanui cardigan. Foundrae necklace. Chase solo picture: Alanui cardigan. Classic belt. Lee Jeans denims. Foundrae necklace. John Hardy ring. Jonathan solo picture: Bode shirt. Legier ring. Rudy solo picture: Alex Mill sweater. Bode pants. Coach footwear. Roxanne Assoulin and Title of Work bracelets. Madelyn solo picture: She Made Me bikini high. Gucci denims. Pamela Love earrings. Jonathan and Madison: On Jonathan: Bode shirt and pants. Established necklace. Legier ring. On Madison: Chloe costume. New York Vintage belt. Pamela Love ring. Ariana Boussard-Reifel earrings. Chase, Jonathan, Rudy: On Chase: MadeWorn t-shirt. Lee Jeans denims. Lucchese Bootmaker boots. Mejuri necklace. Minnetonka hat. Celine sun shades. On Jonathan: Gucci jacket, vest, tank, pants, and sun shades. Title of Work ring. On Rudy: Billy Reid jacket. Bode shirt. Levi’s denims. Luis Morais necklace. Fossil bracelet. Title of Work ring. Madison and Madelyn: On Madelyn: Sea New York sweater. Mother denims. Clergerie footwear. Syna Jewels ring. On Madison: Gucci vest and shirt. Nili Lotan pants. Ugg x Eckhaus Latta footwear. Ben-Amun earrings. Mark Davis bracelet. Legier ring.
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