However the forged of “Outer Banks” is not simply outdoorsy, they’re additionally Southern — for probably the most half. “They’re all Southern besides Rudy Pankow, who performs JJ,” the Netflix sequence co-creator admitted, “however he grew up within the wilds of Alaska. He is positively an outside man.”

Chase Stokes, who performs protagonist John B., spent most of his childhood in Atlanta, per a 2020 interview with JADE. His love curiosity Sarah Cameron is performed by Madelyn Cline, who is definitely native to the taking pictures location of Charleston. Taking pictures on her residence turf helped Cline join extra with the mission — and together with her personal roots.

“I feel personally, I fell again in love with the place I am from, Charleston,” the actress informed V Journal. “Taking pictures a present and a love story in that complete ecosystem with probably the most wonderful folks, our forged and our crew, I fell again in love with that space as a result of I used to be so in love with the mission.”

The sequence can also be extremely private and nostalgic for its creators, who grew up within the Carolinas as properly. “It was based mostly on childhood recollections,” mentioned Josh Pate (by way of Backyard and Gun). “[Co-creator] Jonas [Pate] and I grew up out on Kiawah and Johns Island [South Carolina] and round Wrightsville Seashore [North Carolina]. The category divide felt actual in these locations, which is the place the Pogues and the Kooks are available.”

For all of its far-fetched journey, “Outer Banks” has quite a lot of coronary heart. The bonds between the characters really feel actual, and there is a purpose — the forged can also be extremely shut in actual life. “They really are actually good pals, and I assume that was simply luck,” Pate mentioned.