Outer Banks Trivia | 30 facts about the Netflix series

Outer Banks is a successful Netflix original series, that is currently in its second season.

Let’s find out more about it!

1. Outer Banks is an American action-adventure mystery teen drama television series.
2. It was created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke.
3. iT premiered via streaming on Netflix.
4. It premieres on April 15, 2020.
5. In July 2020, the series was renewed for a second season.
6. The second season currently premiered on July 30, 2021.
7. Outer Banks is set in a coastal town along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where there is a stark social divide between wealthy seasonal residents and working-class locals (who have the nicknames “Kooks” and “Pogues”, respectively). The show follows a group of Pogue teenagers who live at The Cut, and are determined to find out what happened to the missing father of the group’s ringleader, John B. Along the way, they discover a legendary treasure that is tied to John B’s father.
8. Chased by the law and a wealthy group of Kooks from Figure Eight, the Pogues seek to overcome obstacles such as drugs, love, fighting, friendship, money, and the disenfranchisement of being an American teen.
9. Outer Banks is a real place.
10. According to Netflix, most of the time, every scene in Outer Banks is shot from three different angles to allow for improv to be incorporated.
11. This way, if the actors did something memorable on their own (which def happens), it can be worked into the final edit if need be.
12. Despite what her character says in Season 2, Cline actually does know how to drive stick shift. Per Netflix, she learned this skill during Season 2 production. It’s definitely a good skill to have, especially if her character continues to go on the run in future seasons.
13. Just like their onscreen counterparts, the couple is actually together IRL. After months of fan speculation, they confirmed their relationship back in June 2020. They even won the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Kiss and recreated their iconic Season 1 smooch onstage.
14. Considering they were on the run for quite a few episodes in Season 2, Cline and Stokes were in the same wardrobe for nearly half of the season, Netflix revealed.
15. Capt. Lance Julian served as the series’ marine coordinator for both seasons, which is a big deal, since he was also the marine coordinator of Titanic, which won 11 Oscars in 1998.
16. Although filming was completed in under four months, according to a crew member on Reddit, the days were extremely hot under the South Carolina sun. The most sweltering shot? The one on the tarmac.
17. There was very little shade and the only relief was a military-style air conditioner rigged to a tent for the cast and crew to cool down in.
18. According to Netflix, the container ship used in Episode 9 and Episode 10 of Season 2 was actually manned by a real crew from Russia.
19. They became friends with the OBX cast and crew through their work together.
20. Although the series mostly takes place in North Carolina (and was originally planned to shoot there), the majority of it was filmed in the Charleston area in protest of North Carolina’s then-support of the “bathroom bill” (HB-142), a law preventing cities from passing laws that protect transgender people’s access to public restrooms.
21. Sarah Cameron’s (Cline) fictional home — which was originally Denmark Tanney’s fictional home — is actually called Lowndes Grove (or “The Grove”) IRL. Built in 1786, the waterfront property is on the National Register of Historic Places and is rented out as a wedding and event venue.
22. Although he plays a minor, Stokes is actually 28, a decade older than John B.
23. He’s the oldest member of the Pogues cast, the rest of whom are in their early 20s.
24. On the day of filming for John B. and Sarah’s first kiss scene in Season 1, Pate, Stokes, and Cline decided the rainy weather was fate.
25. The team discussed showing more of the intimate moment between Sarah and John B. during the bell tower scene in Season 1, but decided against it.
26. Stokes lived with Rudy Pankow (JJ) during Season 1 filming to really solidify their bond. Plus, they may be enemies on the show, but Jonathan Daviss (Pope) and Austin North (Topper) were roomies in real life, just a few doors down from Stokes and Pankow, with Cline living a floor below them. A five-minute drive away was Drew Starkey (Rafe) and Madison Bailey (Kiara).
27. Pankow, Stokes, Starkey, and Cline were all quarantined together due to the coronavirus panis for about a month and a half — including when Season 1 was first released
28. While filming Season 1 during the summer of 2019, the team was forced to evacuate the city due to Hurricane Dorian.
29. Even though Pankow wanted to play JJ from the start, the producers were set on him being John B.
30. The first time Stokes dove was on set during the Season 1 scene in which John B. investigates Scooter’s boat. All he had was a quick tutorial before shooting, which is honestly such a John B. move.