Actor Chase Stokes has declared he is “ready to be done with” Outer Banks admitting he wanted the Netflix series to end “before we lose the plot”.
Chase Stokes is “ready to be done with” Outer Banks.
The 33-year-old actor has played John B. Routledge in the Netflix series since 2019 but the cast has now finished filming the fifth and final season which is slated to air in 2026 – and Chase is adamant the end is coming at the right time.
He told PEOPLE: “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.
“We want to cut the cord 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.”
Chase added: “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 says. “I’ve checked so many boxes that I thought it would span the course of the next 40 years of my career.”
He went on to cite Robert Pattinson as his inspiration for the next part of his career revealing he was impressed with the actor’s choices after he finished work on the Twilight vampire franchise.
Chase explained: “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.
“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.”
However, Chase has confirmed he won’t be leaving the show’s filming location in Charleston, South Carolina as he’s bought a house there and intends to stay.
He added: “I was in Los Angeles for about a decade and went back and forth, but never felt a sense of community like Charleston.
“It’s been so magical for them to accept a show so beautifully. And then a lot of people, whether it’s at the grocery store or if I’m walking my dog, even the kids in the neighborhood are like:’Hi, Mr. Stokes, how are you?’
“I’m like: ‘What in the small-town USA is going on?’ It’s so incredible.”
Chase Stokes is ‘ready to be done with’ Outer Banks
