May you think about JJ as John B.? Properly, it virtually occurred. In an unique interview with Us Weekly, Rudy Pankow, who portrays John B.’s finest good friend, JJ, revealed that when he was auditioning for Outer Banks, he initially learn for John B.
“Initially, I used to be going out — the primary chemistry learn — I used to be John B., and every part was just about lined up till the final chemistry learn after they have been like, ‘We’re unsure but,’” the actor, 22, mentioned. “So I truly learn by way of Rafe, JJ [and] John B. inside like two weeks. They weren’t positive which character they usually flew me out to Charleston saying, ‘You’re going to be considered one of these characters, however I didn’t know which one. The final audition I did in L.A. was John B., so I flew to Charleston pondering like, ‘All proper, they need me as John B.’”
Chase Stokes and Rudy Pankow in Outer Banks. Netflix
Nevertheless, when he acquired there and did one other chemistry learn, creator Jonas Pate instructed him they nonetheless weren’t positive and wished him to learn for JJ once more.
“So mainly I screwed up John B and I used to be like, ‘All proper, I can are available as JJ!’ They despatched me three new scenes and I’m like, ‘All proper, that is ridiculous! Three new scenes, just one extra chemistry learn and I’ve to be a unique character.’ I used to be sort of stressed just a bit bit,” he defined. “That’s once I met Chase [Stokes], and once I met Chase, the next chemistry learn, it was loopy as a result of I even noticed it. … JD (Jonathan Daviss), the man that performs Pope, helped me discover JJ the day earlier than and I introduced the model of JJ that’s within the present at the moment, because of JD.”
The Alaska native then famous that he’s glad he landed the position of JJ — and really instructed the creator that’s what he wished to do.
Jonathan Daviss Chase Stokes Rudy Pankow Madison Bailey in Outer Banks. Netflix
“Jonas truly requested me — that is loopy — actually after the chemistry learn in L.A. after I learn for John B. I feel because of this he was unsure, now I’m interested by it, he was like, ‘John B. or JJ?’ And I mentioned JJ as a result of I beloved the character. I believed he was anyone fully not like myself, however I noticed similarities,” Pankow mentioned. “I actually relate with this character and his arc by way of the present … it’s a lot deeper. … The present follows John B. a lot which you could’t actually guess [what he’s doing]. JJ, you get glimpses of stuff that you simply didn’t discover that was there after which it later is revealed.”
As for season 2, and the place JJ might go, Pankow hopes JJ will get a canine and perhaps a romance. However finally, he does have a imaginative and prescient of what he’d think about.
“One thing I’ve been saying, and I feel it’s going to go this fashion, is that the Pogues aren’t the Pogues at first. They’re struggling to search out that chemistry,” he defined. “JJ is doing his personal factor, Kiara and Pope are doing their very own factor, they usually have to return again collectively after they discover out John B.’s alive. I feel that’d be a enjoyable dynamic to progress all through a second season: We’ve acquired to return collectively and show John B. is harmless.”
Outer Banks is now streaming on Netflix.
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